truphone on SWiK

Cheap Calls using VoIP with Truphone - Your Mobile VoIP Provider

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:17:54 -0700

Cheap Calls using VoIP with Truphone - Your Mobile VoIP Provider

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:21:21 -0700

Cheap Calls using VoIP with Truphone - Your Mobile VoIP Provider

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:59:13 -0700

Cheap Calls using VoIP with Truphone - Your Mobile VoIP Provider

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:59:06 -0700

NYTimes iPhone E-Guides - Truphone

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:07:16 -0700

Truphone

Mobile Phone Development - Nokia S60 SIP and Compatibility

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:58:46 -0700

Truphone - Maintenance!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:49:30 -0700

Truphone - Maintenance!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:57:49 -0700

Truphone - Cheap & Free International Mobile Phone Calls

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:49:13 -0700

Truphone - Cheap & Free International Mobile Phone Calls

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:48:54 -0700

VoIP On My iPhone

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:45:44 -0700

While most iPhone users are stuck with an iBrick this morning as Apple’ servers can’t complete the last step of the upgrade process, those of us smart enough to take the unofficial upgrade route 24 hours ago are happily trying out new App Store Apps. This morning I turned my iPhone into a VoIP phone by installing the new Truphone iPhone app (Truphone company profile).

One of the iPhone 2.0 restrictions that is unfortunate is the fact that VoIP applications aren’t allowed to use the cell/data connection - all that 3G bandwidth could be put to great use. But VoIP apps are allowed on the phone and can use Wifi when it’s available.

While at first it seems that the fact these apps can’t tap into the 3G stream is a real problem, in fact even the allowed activity, VoIP over Wifi, is extremely useful. For example - AT&T mobile coverage at my house/office is very bad, so I rarely use my iPhone for calls there. Instead I just pick up my landline (which is a Vonage VoIP phone). With VoIP over Wifi I can still use my mobile phone to make calls.

I installed the Truphone app this morning and registered online. Calls to any landline anywhere in the world are just 6 cents per minute, and you get a $4 credit to start when you first download the app. Truphone accesses your contact list to allow for one click calls in the same way as normal calls. The differences you’ll notice v. normal cell calls: you must have a Wifi connection to make calls, you can’t receive calls, if a normal voice call comes in your Truphone call is immediately terminated (this really sucks), you can’t use the speakerphone and your “favorite” numbers aren’t imported.

One really excellent feature is the fact that when you call someone, they see your normal caller id.

The video below shows the call process and I also play a voicemail I left through the app - the sound quality was excellent.

Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0

Truphone - Cheap & Free International Mobile Phone Calls

Thu, 29 May 2008 08:18:10 -0700

TruMoney For Truphone, Mobile VoIP Operator

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:25:45 -0700

One of the most important calls I make during the week is the one to my mother, followed by another one to my baby brother. These are international long distance calls, and for the first 15 years of my American life, those calls went over AT&T’s wired or wireless networks, forging a very special bond with Ma Bell.

This past year, however, that bond has been broken. AT&T has been replaced by Truphone, a UK-based mobile VoIP company that offers better quality voice calls at lower rates and doesn’t require me to own a landline. A WiFi-enabled Nokia phone is all it takes. (These days, I am totally in love with my Nokia E61.)

Truphone has become indispensable to my work and personal life, and perhaps that is why I’m glad to learn it just raised a whopping $32.7 million in Series B funding from “new investors,” although the company wouldn’t name names. Previous investors who have pumped in over $24.5 million in Series A funding — Burda Digital Ventures, Eden Ventures, Independent News & Media and Wellington Partners — came back with more cash as well.

Truphone recently acquired Sim4Travel, a company that made cheap cellular roaming possible. Alec Saunders points out that, with that particular acquisition, Truphone can extend its footprint beyond expensive Nokia WiFi-enabled phones. This has been Truphone’s Achilles heel and had limited the company’s growth prospects.

This is the crucial point. Even though Truphone has made great progress, the mobile VoIP game is still about cheap minutes and low-cost SMS. And that business is all about volume. I just hope Truphone can build that volume — this is one service I really want around forever; if it’s not, I will get an earful from mom.

Cheap Calls! Truphone Raises £16.5 million In Series B

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:12:56 -0700

UK-based Truphone, a VoIP service provider for Wifi/data enabled handsets, announced a £16.5 million ($32.7 million) second round of financing today, adding to the £12.5 million ($24.5 million) they raised a little over a year ago.

What’s that $50+ million being used for? Cheap calls! Like Fring and a slew of others, Truphone allows free calls initiated from between Wifi/data enabled handsets and/or computers, or cheap VoIP-to-anywhere calls.

Truphone has a technology advantage that allows for better sound quality and longer battery life, but at the cost of easier carrier blocking relative to Fring. But they’re winning against carriers in court, so the blocking issue isn’t hurting them as much.

Notably absent from the funding announcement was any mention of cofounder Alexander Straub or previous investor Straub Ventures (the venture fund still lists Truphone as an investment, however). I’m betting there’s an interesting story there. (Update: see comment below from Straub, although I find it odd neither he nor his fund were mentioned in the press release.)

Update2: TechCrunch UK has more on the pricing structure Truphone is using to attack carriers.

CrunchBase Information

truphone

Information provided by CrunchBase

Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.

Jaiku | Any way to have an Irish SIP number on my N95 so I can divert incoming GSM calls to it when bad coverage? Fring? Blueface? Truphone? What?

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:11:14 -0800

I really need to sit down and figure out the (literal) ins and outs of all the various options on SIP/VOIP/Cubic/MAXroam/TruPhone/Mobivox/Fring/Skype/Gizmo etc etc.

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:46:25 -0800

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:02:28 -0800

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:55:03 -0800

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:34:24 -0800

Not only can you make FREE calls to 40 countries, but now you won't pay more than 15p/min to EU mobiles - what's more, we've slashed world mobile rates too.

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:36:02 -0800

Convergence Vision

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:36:16 -0800

A conference named Bob 2.0 " Why "Bob"?

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:32:10 -0800

Helping Alice and Bob make their innovative yet practical IP mashups a reality... Bob 2.0 Conference

What’s New Now: Gizmo Project 4.0, fringMe Widget, Truphone For Facebook

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:37:56 -0800

SIPphone just released Gizmo Project 4.0, a soft client that includes video calling. You can make free video calls, even if only one person has a webcam, and the Meta IM and Tabbed Chat interface make it a worthy IM client for your Windows desktop. Mac people will have to wait, but 4.0 works on Nokia tablets. Now if they would just improve their quality of service…

Mobile VoIP/IP startup Fring has released the fringME! widget, which lets web visitors fring you from anywhere you’ve placed it. Among the cool features on this widget is the real-time ‘find me’ feature, which instantly opens a GoogleMaps window to show the fringster’s physical location via their GPS-equipped handset.

And lastly, my favorite voice-over-Wi-Fi company, Truphone, has released a Facebook app that allows folks to call you directly from the social network, just add the Truphone ‘Call Me’ button. They also have a video explaining how it works.

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:25:31 -0800

How Truphone Works - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:50:46 -0800

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:55:02 -0800

Truphone - internet calls from your mobile phone. Quite wonderful. With your Nokia E60, E61, E70 or N80 Internet Edition Wi-Fi enabled mobile phone, you can have easy, cheap and sometimes free calls to any phone in the world

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:20:19 -0700

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:33:34 -0700

Truphone Rate Table

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:03:21 -0700

Welcome to Truphone - Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:35:28 -0700

Truphone routes your mobile calls via the internet. That means free mobile calls to other Truphone users & very cheap calls to anyone else.