We reviewed the Airtel India One plan earlier. While the plan was decent, there were two major concerns with the plan: High administrative fees ($3.99) Low validity of only 30 days to use up the 600 minutes. Airtel seem to have listened to this feedback and revised its India One plan to at least (partially)...

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We recently reviewed Airtel’s India One calling Plan, where Airtel was offering 1cent/min to India. However, the India One plan had several shortcomings: There was a monthly rental of $3.99, i.e. you got calling credit of only $6 for every $10 that you spent. Further, the calling credits expired within 30 days. Raza, one of...

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These are good times if you are looking to call India. I had talked earlier about ActionVoIP offering ultra cheap calls to India, but the complaint there was the unreliability of Betamax. If you did not want to trust Betamax, you could use Jaxtr Freeconnect which provided free calling to India and several other countries....

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Here’s another great deal to make free calls to India. Dialsimple is another new VoIP provider seeking to get some share of the VoIP market. And what better way than to offer free talk time to let users evaluate their service. Dialsimple is currently offering 30 minutes free calling to India. Here’s what you need...

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Do not let these bad times stop you from connecting with your loved ones this Valentine! Close on heels of Jaxtr announcing its Valentine offer, Rebtel just announced its Valentine deal. If you want to call India, this is yet another good deal… Rebtel’s regular rate to India is 4.9 cents, but if you add...

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Here at TruVoIPBuzz, we have been following Trueroots closely (read our earlier posts here and here). Trueroots is back with another promotional offer. This time it is not their regular double your credit offer, but they are offering free talk time. The offer is to commemorate the 60th year of the Indian Republic. Under this...

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Trueroots is back with its promotional offer during this holiday season. The offer is similar to their earlier promotion, wherein you get double the credit or effectively half the rate. You also get credit when you autorecharge before Decemeber 29th. Finally, you can earn additional free minutes when you refer friends. Read our earlier post...

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More and more new VoIP providers are using the free calls as a bait to attract new customers. We saw this earlier with OnetouchIndia. Now another VoIP provider, Ciaocellular is taking that route. Ciaocellular is offering $5 credit for new sign-ups. You can use this credit to make calls across the globe. Ciaocellular has some...

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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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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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