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Aql offers free Mobile VoIP
07/09/06
Aql, a
Leeds-based telecoms and mobile messaging provider, is inviting Nokia
Eseries users to sample free peer-to-peer wi-fi calling over its
mobile VoIP network. With free connection and set-up, those taking
advantage of the offer will be able to make calls over wi-fi internet
from the same handset and mobile number as their existing GSM
service. To connect to aql, Nokia Eseries users simply need to text
‘nokia’ to aql short code 64446 and their phone will be configured
automatically.
Free
peer-to-peer wi-fi calling is being offered to anyone who has a Nokia
E60, Nokia E61 or Nokia E70 handset, which are essentially GSM
handsets with wireless internet and internet telephony capabilities.
aql’s network interacts directly with embedded software in the
handsets to enable high quality mobile calls to be made across the
internet. The handsets are configured remotely - users do not have to
download any additional software – and the service will be up and
running within minutes.
Cleverly, the outbound caller ID across wi-fi is the same as the
subscribers’ existing GSM number, and whenever possible calls are
routed over wi-fi to reduce the customer’s call charges. Those who
wish to extend the service in order to call GSM mobiles and landlines
across wi-fi can purchase conventional call credit online. Calls to
GSM across wi-fi cost from as little as 8p a minute and calls to
landlines from 1p a minute.
aql
managing director, Dr Adam Beaumont comments: “We are keen for all
Eseries users to text-in so that they can experience for themselves
the quality of our mobile VoIP service, without the necessity of
switching from their existing GSM provider. The free offer is simply
intended to prove that wi-fi VoIP calling can deliver an excellent
mobile service, with the ability to run alongside GSM for whenever
callers are outside of a wireless hot spot.
“Mobile VoIP has huge potential for many types of personal and
business communications. It is ideal for frequent travellers, for
example, as there are no roaming charges. And since most good hotels
now offer wi-fi connectivity, mobile users will have the potential to
call home free of charge from wherever they are in the world” he
added.
aql
has expertise in both internet telephony and mobile messaging, and has
over 3 million assigned UK geographic numbers available to choose
online, with monthly service charges of £2 a month.
Leeds-based aql was established in 1999 as a provider of internet and
telephony services for business users. The Company has over 3 million
geographic numbers terminated to VoIP – a figure which is growing at a
rate of 500,000 per month. aql also routes tens of millions of SMS
text messages for clients every month. The Company is a wholesale
carrier of SMS and telecoms services and is regulated by Ofcom.
www.aql.com
Nick Gibson, editor
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2006
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