The popular rechargeable calling card from Ibasis called Pingo announced last week that they have added a new feature to their offer that will allow users to make calls from a softphone. The softphone is a PC based application that a user downloads from the Pingo site and he/she can use to make calls from their computer (internet connection required).
The softphone is not a new application and has long been offered by companies like Net2Phone, Skype, DeltaThree and many others but Pingo hopes that by adding this application they will open up a whole new user base of individuals outside of their current toll free and local access footprint. This service will be ideal for travelers and especially for those in the Middle East and Asia where softphone applications are commonly used. The only downside for Ibasis is that they will have a whole new fraud element that they will need to keep a close eye on going forward!
The one surprise of this offer is that they are not offering lower rates for using a softphone vs. the calling card. Odd since Pingo is actually able to save by not paying the inbound toll-free/local access charge for calls made via the softphone. I suppose they feel the convenience is the main attraction not a potential cost savings.
To learn more about this website visit their website softphone page.
1 comment:
A correction need to be made to the above post. Pingo is actualy offering lower rates for many destinations when using a softphone vs the toll free access number.
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