Let me first wish all the readers a very happy Diwali and a great year ahead!!! If you are wondering what is Diwali, it is probably the most important Indian festival, often referred to as the festival of lights. Trueroots, a VoIP offering from the house of TATA, has a promotion going on during this...

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Don’t we all hate being charged for calls made to “toll free” numbers? If you have not realized it by now, the toll free numbers are free only from land line phones. Most mobile carriers would charge you to make calls to these toll free numbers. For our UK readers, help may be at hand....

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I was always surprised at Microsoft’s lukewarm response to VoIP. They have a (decently) huge user base for their messenger client. Skype has made a big impact using the telephony enabled messenger client, Yahoo also has decent voice offering. Microsoft was still warming up to the idea. In fact other providers like Gtalk2VoIP already offer...

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With the festive season (Diwali, New Year) round the corner, this is another great deal to make real cheap calls and save money. Stanacard is a virtual VoIP based calling card service which allows you to make cheap calls using your existing phone connections. Although the regular Stanacard rates are not extremely competitive, they have...

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More reasons to rejoice if you are from Bangladesh. TelephoneBangladesh is offering calls to Bangladesh at only USD 0.039. Yes, only 3.9 US cents!!! This is a decent option as compared to lot of other providers we have seen in the past. Although the rates to other countries are very high, but TelephoneBangladesh is a...

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The carnage at Wall Street has affected each one of us in some ways. Saving money is the flavor of the season. Our good old friend, Rebtel, has come out with a great offer to help you save money this festive season. So here is the deal, Rebtel will double the amount of money that...

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While VoIP is gaining momentum, its “detractors” are quick to point out the security threats associated with it. A search on Google for VoIP Security returned 6,222,000 results, enough to highlight that this is a topic of concern for “some” people. But is it really such a huge issue as it is made out to...

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By now you would have all read about the relaunch of the MTNL (Indian telecom company) VoIP service in its new avatar, Pigeon. MTNL has been offering this service for about an year without any brand name. Realizing the importance of marketing and impressed with the response that MTNL received to its VoIP offering, the...

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