February 20, 2012 Google Voice opens free calling to iNum

Pleased to share the excellent news that Google Voice users can now call iNums (+883 5100) as well as the UN (+888) number for free.   That’s right FREE.

Currently voice calls are enabled via the  Google Voice smart-phone clients.

This is a great milestone for the iNum Initiative’s efforts to encourage service providers and carriers to a) support calling to iNum and b) price it properly , i.e. at zero to low cost.

I tested it on the Verizon mobile network in the USA, just installed the Google Voice client on my iPhone and it worked flawlessly.  Voice quality was excellent.  Please try it from other networks and countries and please share your feedback and experiences via the blog comments and tweets (@inum).

Voxbone’s iNum Initiative provides carriers and service providers with diverse options for free or close to free termination to the +883 5100 and +888 number ranges.  So we hope every carrier or service provider on Earth will follow Google Voice in providing affordable calling to the iNum and UN numbers.

Thanks Google Voice!

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February 20, 2012 Welcome Colin

Would like to introduce Colin Lightfoot,  who will be working on developing the iNum community from Voxbone’s Southern California offices.

Colin started and has managed Voxbone’s US customer support operations since 2006.

Feel free to get in touch with Colin via  inum (at) voxbone.com,  and iNum’s blog, twitter, facebook pages or the iNum forum.

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