Low-priced International Calling Comes to the iPhone
IP service provider Truphone, recently announced the availability of low-cost international calling for Apple iPhone users.
By enabling iPhone users to make calls to any number over the internet instead of over GSM, Truphone brings the cost of international calls down to as low as 0.06 USD per minute.
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Low-priced International Calling Comes to the iPhone™, Thanks to Truphone
Designed to provide low-priced international calls for Apple® iPhone users, Truphone for the iPhone hit Apple’s new App Store today.
James Tagg, Truphone’s CEO, said: “What Truphone for the iPhone does is really simple but absolutely sensational: it gives people low-priced international calls, whether they want to phone someone abroad or avoid roaming charges when making calls from abroad.
“With just a few clicks to download and install Truphone, anyone can afford to take their iPhone on holiday this summer – or call their friends and family abroad.” he added.
Truphone enables an iPhone to make calls to any number over the internet instead of over GSM, at Truphone’s fabulous internet rates. The rates are especially competitive for international calls, including landlines in 40 countries at GBP0.03 [USD0.06] per minute and mobiles at just GBP0.15 [USD0.30] per minute. To Canada, the USA and China, even calls to mobiles are just GBP0.03 [USD0.06] per minute.
Making a call using Truphone is exactly like making any other call on the iPhone: a single touch to bring the dialler up on the touch screen, touch-dial the number or choose from the iPhone’s own address book, and a touch to start the call. [Visit http://www.truphone.com/iphone for a preview video.]
Truphone for the iPhone is available to download from Apple’s new App Store for free. There are no monthly subscriptions or other charges.
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Truphone pricing
Wi-Fi calls to countries in the Tru Zone cost one flat rate, from anywhere in the world. A Truphone call on your iPhone to Sydney, London, Moscow or Rio always costs 3p/6c per minute to landlines and 15p/30c per minute to mobiles. The majority of the world’s mobile users are in the Tru Zone - including the UK, Brazil, Australia, Thailand, Japan, Russia, Hong Kong, almost all of Europe, and more countries besides. Calls to USA, Canada and China are a flat 3p/min to call landlines and mobiles. Customers receive free credit worth GBP2.00 [USD4.00] when they sign up for Truphone.