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Another UK Mobile VoIP Provider Launches |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Wednesday, 06 September 2006 |
Mobile VoIP providers are cropping up in the UK faster than
VoIP News can write up news reports about them. This one's likely to cause a
stir though... ROK Viper is offering free mobile to mobile calls.
Yesterday we reported on two new VoIP over cell phone
services (aql and Mobiboo ) and now there's another to report on today.
The UK-based ROK Entertainment,
known for its TV over 2.5G (GPRS) movie delivery system has launched a mobile
to mobile VoIP service that it is probably correct to claim is the world's first
free 'no strings attached' mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
application.
The service involves downloading and installing some free
software available on its website. There's a twist though, the service connects
to broadband via your laptop using a Bluetooth connection. So it is using the
Internet to carry the call rather than the mobile network.
"All you need do is download the free application from
the website and start making calls for free to other Viper-enabled
handsets" explained Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman of ROK "it couldn't
be simpler and even when you call non-Viper mobiles and landlines, the cost
will be much, much lower than standard network charges."
At launch the service only works with some of Nokia's Bluetooth-enabled
handsets, but the company has plans to add more than 100 mobile handsets by Christmas.
You can also make calls to regular phones at the usual per
minute call charges, but if you want to call another mobile phone that isn't
connected via Bluetooth they have to have a Bluetooth adapter to get onto the
ROK network. The company has an auto install solution for this which it sells
online for about £10.
"One of the most popular uses of Viper, we believe,
will be business travellers who spend much of their time within Bluetooth range
of their PC's - in their hotel rooms or in a Wi-Fi zone - who will now be able
to make free and low-cost calls anywhere in the world as easily as dialling
directly over the networks - but without the costs involved." Kendrick said.
www.rokviper.com
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