Free calls to India (Mobiles to PC)

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:59:55 +0000

Now you can call anyone on their PC for free using just your landline or mobile phone service. Thanks to Spokn.com.

How it works?

One has to dial a local access number which is available in over 40 countries and press the spokn-id of the person you are calling. The call is then received by the person on his PC using a software provided by Spokn.com

The local access numbers are available in these countries.

What if I want to call from my PC / Mobile to a phone in India?

The charge is US 2 cents per minute and you can call using Spokn.com software or using software available for Windows Mobile, Nokia and Blackberry. There is also support for SIP Devices but no iPhone app as yet.

As of now better than this is the Pennytel.com.au service which charges AUD 2 cents per minute and offers not only a similar and cheaper (Australian Dollar is cheaper than the US Dollar) service but also a handy iPhone app.

Is Pennytel the cheapest option to call India?

Is Pennytel the cheapest option to call India?

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:56:52 +0000

One of the chief concerns of any Indian living abroad, the students as well as the many stingy NRI’s (Non-Resident-Indians) is the expense to call friends and relatives back home to brag about their success and living conditions abroad.

So which is the best option. I would have said Google Talk (sorry not Skype, I find the quality of Skype really poor relative to Google Talk), but I would attempt to provide a phone to phone/web to phone solution, not a web to web one.

This article would edited as newer services show up, but at this time I feel the service Pennytel from Australia (can be used from any country) is the cheapest option.

Pennytel offers

Cheap Aus $0.02 cents per minute calls to India
Can access through their softphone by logging onto http://pennytel.com.au
Access through Pennytel’s iPhone application, only through Wifi or through 3G network if you have iPhone is jailbreaked.
Access through your mobile phone by using Pennytel’s own sim card (Aus $8 per month). The sim card option is available only in Australia. This is the best way if you want to make or receive calls on the go.
Supports voip through a adapter, so you can connect your everyday phone to make voip calls.

Browse through their plans to find other features like $0.08 cents unlimited calling to USA and using it through a voip lan adapter.