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With Challenger out, calls can be placed at low rates to landlines and mobiles too. The service is available for owners of the Eseries, N80ie or N95 mobile phones. Aside from this, there are several other similar services that the user can choose from, depending on his preferences.

Challenger mobile account owners can call both landlines and mobiles at local rates. Moreover, its subscriber can buy a local phone number which will bring great advantages for those who call him too. No matter where in the world the subscriber is at a specific time, he can be called at local rates.

Another advantage that Challenger brings is that of redirecting any incoming internet calls to the customer’s regular mobile phone number if they are not online. This means constant services and reliable functionality at all times for its user. Mobile VoIP technology has taken a considerable turn for development recently, as they bring best services at lowest rates, which makes them a first choice for mobile phone users.
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EQO Communications, a provider of mobile VoIP services, announced that it has added support for BlackBerry Pearl, Curve and other RIM handsets to its EQO Mobile application. The new BlackBerry handsets add to the list of already existing compatible devices that includes cell phones from top manufacturers, such as Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Samsung.

ECQ is a VoIP service for mobile phones that allows users to talk for free to other EQO users. The service also provides up to 95% cost savings on international calls and up to 70% on international text messages. In order to complete international calls or send text messages to offline EQO contacts or non-EQO contacts, users have to purchase EQO Credits.

EQO is simple to use, sparing people from calling cards, complicated dialing or call-back scenarios. EQO is powered by the EQO Mobile software application that makes calling as easy as using as a standard phone address book. EQO Mobile is free to download and installs itself automatically on the handset.
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Nokia S60 phone models already support VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services. WiFiMobile brings a PBX extension in order to improve these services. This means more solutions for small businesses and large corporations too.

VoIP is made of a set of protocols which make it possible for users to
place calls over an IP network. This technology works with a variety of platforms, including computers and mobile phones.

oneFone was originally a free software and was used as a PBX extension to the corporate private branch system. Connectivity is available for this software through Wi-Fi or 3G data connect to the Internet. Its main purpose is that of offering users the possibility to access contact database in order to make VoIP calls.
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Companies providing VoIP telephony will be bound by new rules set by Ofcom from today.

The regulator, which announced the new rules in March, has demanded that providers of VoIP are clearer to their customers about the limitations of the service, with fines of up to ten per cent of turnover as a penalty for failure to comply.

Companies will have to make sure customers sign a document testifying they know that emergency numbers are unavailable over VoIP during power cuts and equipment provided must also be labelled with these warnings.

The Internet Telephony Service Providers’ Association (ITSPA), told the CB Magazine website that the new rules made the VoIP telecoms sector the most regulated technology in the telecommunications industry.
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Microsoft says its’ 15 new Voice-over-Internet Protocol-enabled devices will help ease businesses’ transition through the changing communications game.

Bryan Rushe, product manager, unified communications for Microsoft Canada Ltd., said voice is moving from hardware to software. Like the transformation from the mainframe to the PC, software is changing enterprise VoIP and Microsoft is keen to lead the charge.

Traditional IP telephony is failing to meet people’s needs at work. Workers waste 30 minutes per week in phone tag and for 50 per cent of calls workers make they have to look up the number (according to research firm Harris Corp.). E-mail also has its shortcomings, with information overload and misinterpreted emotion. There is the need for the resurgence of the voice back in business and it doesn’t need to be a costly endeavour.
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The global phone carrier Vodaphone may be facing a lawsuit over VoIP services, writes Techworld. VoIP network Truphone accuses Vodafone of deliberately crippling interaction with its customers, some of whom use numbers which are legitimately in the mobile range. This allows them to be displayed on caller ID and receive SMS messages, but Vodafone subscribers will simply see them as blocked.

Vodafone is also blocking other VoIP related content including the website of Skype, arguably the largest VoIP service in the world. According to Truphone CEO James Tagg, this is breaking law, as “European telecoms legislation, gives operators an obligation to interconnect, and to offer unfettered access to services.” Vodafone is even said to be deliberately sabotaging its version of the Nokia N95, locking out VoIP features that the phone would otherwise have.

Not everyone shares Tagg’s perspective. The CEO of WiFiMobile, Gerry O’Prey, says that he has had no problems with Vodafone, although his company specializes in connecting dual-mode phones to business PBXs. Vodafone itself meanwhile is repeating a statement regarding the N95 specifically, saying that VoIP is “not yet a mature service proposition,” and that to “ensure a solid end-to-end customer experience,” it would have to work on testing, bill integration and customer support. It also argues that VoIP may actually be more expensive than simply relying on a regular network, as it can dip into expensive data transfer fees. [via]