Truphone Mobile Users Can Now Call Google Talk for Free

Mobile VoIP pioneer Truphone today announced that Google Talk users can connect with Truphone mobile handsets anywhere in the world for free.

Truphone is a free piece of software that enables Wi-Fi-equipped Nokia mobile phones to make internet-rate phone calls (VoIP calls) over Wi-Fi connections. When the handset is not in Wi-Fi range it reverts from being a ‘Truphone’ to being a normal mobile phone, so people need only one phone.

‘On-net’ Truphone users show as ‘online’ in Google Talk, enabling people to know exactly when they can make a free call. Calls between Google Talk and Truphone are free because they are pure VoIP calls and take place entirely over the internet. Communication between Google’s servers and Truphone’s servers is via the standard XMPP protocol.

James Tagg, Truphone’s CEO, said: “Interoperability between Google Talk and Truphone means the web/mobile VoIP divide has been bridged. Google Talk can call Truphone, and Truphone can call Google Talk.” (See here for a video of Google Talk and Truphone in action.)

Truphone is free to download and there are no monthly subscriptions or hidden charges. Truphone-to-Truphone calls and Truphone-to-Google Talk calls are always free; other calls are charged at characteristically low internet rates. Until the end of March 2007, calls from the UK to landlines in more than 40 countries are free, while USA customers can call across the USA and Canada for free.

The Truphone website – www.truphone.com – enables customers to edit their account settings, including: customising voicemail settings, changing the GSM number to which inbound calls are forwarded when they are not on-net, and changing PIN numbers.

Truphone announced its beta software for Wi-Fi-enabled Nokia mobile handsets in September 2006. Currently Truphone is available for Nokia’s E60, E61, E70 and N80 Internet Edition handsets. Truphone for other handsets including Windows Mobile devices will follow soon.

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Notes to editors

Watch a video showing how to use Truphone and Google Talk to call each other here.

For more information on Google Talk, visit here.

About Truphone (www.truphone.com)

In mid-2006, Truphone was the first company to introduce true internet telephony (‘VoIP’) for mass market mobile phones, enabling free and low- cost calls from handsets via Wi-Fi and the Internet. The company is closely involved with the open source community and is developing the Truphone service in accordance with internationally-recognised open standards. The company has development teams and partners in locations across Finland, Romania, USA and the UK.

In December 2006 Truphone was selected as a ‘Technology Pioneer for 2007′ by the World Economic Forum. At the end of 2006 it received the biggest Series-A venture capital investment of the year for a European technology company. Truphone is the trading name of Software Cellular Network Limited (SCN), a privately-owned UK technology company founded in 2000. For further information, visit www.truphonepressoffice.com.

Important information about emergency calls: Truphone is not a replacement for an ordinary telephone service and emergency calls cannot be made using Truphone. However Truphone does not prevent emergency calls being made via a handset’s normal cellular service provider.

Truphone and Google Talk may be trademarks or registered trademark of their respective owners.

 Contacts: (Truphone) Both Barrels Communications Ltd Hannah Knowles/Rose Ross Tel. +44 20 8255 5225 hannah@bbcomms.co.uk / rose@bbcomms.co.uk  (Truphone) Both Barrels Communications Ltd Tim Donnelly Smith Tel. +44 7624 000275 timds@bbcomms.co.uk

SOURCE: Truphone