The Truphone Blog

Snap a Truphone Taxi and win a FREE SIM with £5 credit!

Tired of roaming?

Well why not hail a Truphone taxi and give your feet a rest?

10 black cabs resplendent in Truphone colours can now be spotted running in and around London. And not only can a Truphone cab take you from A to B but they can also win you a free SIM with £5 credit.

If you spot one, take a photo, email it to us at fun@truphone.com and we’ll send you a free SIM in return.

So you can avoid hefty roaming charges too! 

Good luck!

 

 

Call to say 'I love you' this Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day we want to help you share the love.

How?

With free Truphone calls all-day!

Even if you are on opposite sides of the world there is no reason not to call your special someone and say 'I love you', with free calls all day on February 14 to landlines in 30 countries (and mobile phones in 5 countries). See the list of countries here.

It is open to Truphone customers*, wherever you are in the world, and there is nothing you need to do to take part, apart from make calls on February 14.

Find out more here.

*Apart from TruUnlimited customers (who get unlimited free calls anyway!)

Tweet the love and win!

Spread the love this Valentine's Day for your chance to win £20 of Truphone calling credit in our Twitter competition.

Enter by following @truphone, then tweeting the pet name you give to your loved one (no need to disclose their real name!) and including hashtag #trulove.

We will draw two winners at random on February 15, who will each win £20 of Truphone calling credit. Good luck!

P.S. If don't have a pet name or it's too embarrasing, then simply retweet this message.

Celebrate the 12 days of Christmas with half-price Truphone calls!

As you may know, there is a well-known Christmas song about the 12 days of Christmas.

Well, in the spirit of this song, we have decided to have a 'Truphone 12 days of Christmas'!

To help you stay in touch with loved ones this festive season, for 12 days only we are cutting our TruStandard rates by 50% to landlines in 30 countries (and mobile phones in 5).

It is open to all new and existing TruStandard users, anywhere in the world.

Half-price calling starts at 00:01 (GMT) on December 25 and finishes at 23:59 (GMT) on January 5.

Plus, on New Year’s Day all calls to the same destinations will be free (between 12.00 on December 31 and 11.59 on January 1 (GMT) for anyone on TruStandard or TruSaver.

To find out more, see the Truphone website.

If you don't have Truphone yet, you can download it here (it's free!)

Celebrate Thanksgiving with free calls from Truphone

We believe in the importance of staying in touch with friends and family, especially during the holiday season.

That’s why for 12 hours this Thanksgiving (Thursday November 26th, between midday and midnight GMT), all calls to a US landline or mobile phone made using Truphone will be completely free! 

It is open to all new and current Truphone users, anywhere in the world, on all Truphone applications, and you don't need to sign up to anything or change your settings to make free calls.

Find out more at the Truphone website, including reminders for your calendar.

If you don't have Truphone yet, you can download it for free here.

Amazing new offer - USA/Canada calls for 1.5c/min

Our new American Tru Saver pack brings you mobile calls to the USA and Canada for an incredible less than 1.5c/1p per minute!

$14.99/£7.49 buys you 1000 USA and Canada minutes - and you can use them wherever you are in the world!

The American Tru Saver pack is great news if you make a lot of domestic calls within the USA or Canada, or if you regularly call North America from around the world.

    * Calls to USA and Canada for less than 1p/minjust 1.5c/min.
    * Avoid out-of-bundle operator charges
    * Truphone works when cellular doesn't
    * Available to anyone worldwide
    * Stay in control - check your minutes online

Learn more or start saving now

Our smartest ever smartphone offer

We've got some great news for you, now not only can Truphone users make free calls to landlines in 40 countries and to mobiles in the USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong and Singapore, but we are today revising our tariff table to give you our best-ever rates to mobiles everywhere.

Now calls to EU mobiles are just 15p/min or LESS (20% better than before) AND we've also slashed world mobile rates by 23%.

You can check out some of the new rates below:

Prices exclude VAT. VAT is charged at 17.5%. See our website for more details and our full tariff table.

Any questions? Email support@truphone.com or visit the mobilevoipforum.

Truphone is hiring!

We are looking for talented people to join our UK team!

Database Administrators/Architects
You are a MySQL expert who wants a production, support and development role that requires architect grade thinking.

System Administrators
You are a Linux - Debian GNU/Linux Systems Administrator who thinks like an infrastructure architect.

Java Developers
You are a creative, high-calibre engineer with experience delivering scalable and robust web applications and services.

Test Engineers
You have test specification, development and execution experience and want to contribute to a world class telecoms product.

Helpdesk Analysts
You are a 1st/2nd line customer service or support desk analyst with technology and / or telecoms experience who speaks fluent Italian.

For more info go to www.truphone.com/blog/jobs.tru or email us

p.s. our offices are all modern and lovely with a great central London location. Look at this view from the window!

Free mobile calls for the rest of the year

UPDATE:This offer is no longer valid. But free Truphone calls are still available whenever you are in Wi-Fi. Find out more.

We're delighted to announce that we can now offer all Truphone users FREE mobile calls to 40 countries around the world for the rest of the year.

That means no matter whether you're a new or existing user, you can phone landlines (and some mobiles) at no cost in all 40 countries until the end of 2007.

If you've not had a chance to sign up yet though, make sure you do before 30th September 2007 because we can't guarantee this offer for users signing up after this date.

Any questions? Visit the Truphone website, share your experiences at the mobile VoIP forum or email our support team to raise a support request.

Spread the Truphone word and speak to more people for free.

Here's a reminder of the countries whose landlines are free:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo only), Canada, Chile, China (Landline and Mobile), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong (Landline & Mobile), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea (South), Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City & Monterrey only), Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama City, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia (Moscow Central & St Petersburg only), Singapore (Landline & Mobile), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, US Virgin Islands, USA (Landline & Mobile)

Truphone shop now live on eXpansys [update: international shops now live too]

We're delighted to announce that eXpansys have launched a Truphone shop for us on their site. There you'll be able to choose from a wide-range of Truphone-compatible phones and (soon) other recommended Wi-Fi VoIP equipment.

We've long been fans of eXpansys. They really know their stuff and their reputation for good service is well-earned.

A reliable source for buying tech items has never been more important, what with the recent hoo-hah over some carriers disabling VoIP on handsets they supply.

Buy from eXpansys and you'll get the real deal.

EDIT: international shops now live

Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
Spain
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Poland
France
Australia
Canada
USA

Great news: Truphone launch offer extended and expanded

We've got great news for all Truphone customers! We're pleased to announce that we've extended our launch offer of free landline calls until the 30th June 2007.

But that's not all - users EVERYWHERE can now get FREE calls to landlines (and some mobiles) in 40 countries around the world. The countries are:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo only), Canada, Chile, China (Landline and Mobile), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong (Landline & Mobile), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea (South), Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City & Monterrey only), Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama City, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia (Moscow Central & St Petersburg only), Singapore (Landline & Mobile), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, US Virgin Islands and USA (landline & mobile)

Phew! We've even made a rather silly video too

Outside of these free countries, we've found that some call rates have gone up and some have gone down. If you're a user in the UK, you can see country tariffs here, or if you're in the US or elsewhere, you can check here for call rates.

Any questions? Visit the Truphone website, discuss this at the mobile VoIP forum or email our support team to raise a support request.