The Truphone Blog

Troubled voice over 3G

A few things have changed over the last month in the voice-over-internet arena since our last post about why there’s still no VoIP over 3G on the iPhone. Apple has finally given the green light for voice apps that use 3G mobile internet connection, and some of the developers have immediately jumped on the bandwagon. However, we’d like to remain cautious.

Even though it’s now technically possible to have an app for 3G voice calls, we still believe a lot has to be done both from operators and developers to improve quality of internet calls. Truphone is by no means ignoring this new iPhone functionality, yet unless we have something that offers a top quality Truphone experience, we’ll keep working on it.

And we’re not alone on this – in a recent article The Boston Globe says that even though the ‘concept is darn near irresistible’, according to them until the next generation 4G phone network is available, voice calls over mobile internet remain dubious.

In the meantime, we provide a solution in our apps that allows you to make calls outside a Wi-Fi zone – use Truphone as usual and your call will be routed via a local phone number in your home country, it still costs fraction of a usual international call price and the quality is superb.

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Great new features added to the Truphone website

The Truphone website has had some big changes!

Here are just a few:

A brand new homepage, split into the different parts of the Truphone world, to make it easier to find the information you want. Check it out now.

A new section dedicated to our Truphone Local Anywhere product, which will be launching later in the year, and has already received a lot of interest. The page includes all the information you will need, plus a downloadable version of the presentation we did in February when we announced Truphone Local Anywhere, and the ability to register to be one of the first customers when we launch. Check it out now.

 

A fun page, which we call the Stuff page, because it contains lots of cool Truphone stuff! You can test your Truphone knowledge with our Truphone quiz, send us feedback on whatever you want, invite your friends to join, check out our different pages on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and flickr, and see what we are saying on the Truphone blog. Check it out now.

 

For bloggers and journalists (and anyone else interested) you can now download our latest press releases, contact our PR team, and more in our new press section. Check it out now.

 

Want to suggest a new feature, product, or solution that Truphone should build? Want to see what other people want? The all new Truphone Feedback Forum is your place to go for this and much more. Vote for your favourite suggestions, and get alerts when we action, and complete, different suggestions. You can get to the forum via a clever little green tab on the left side of the Mobile Applications page, or directly by going here.

 

To see everything the new Truphone website has to offer, head there now. And don't forget to send through some feedback!