Sipgate launches free VoIP service in US

Sipgate, which has operated a successful VoIP business in Europe since 2004, launched a new free VoIP calling play in the U.S. that aims to disrupt the landline telephony business. The service, called sipgate one, assigns users a free telephone number that allows them to receive incoming calls for free. It also lets users make free calls to other sipgate users, and only charges $1.9 cents per minute for calls made to wireline or mobile phones, which it says is less than Skype's rate.

The offering includes features such as click-to-dial, flexible call routing, and an online voicemail interface.

"There is simply no barrier to people disconnecting their old phone lines anymore," sipgate CEO Thilo Salmon said. "Phone and cable companies have long been pushing voice plans in the region of $25 to $40 per month--which end up being as much as $60 or more with extra charges--and that's just ridiculous. Even with calls to other landlines and mobile phones, most users will spend less than $5 a month using sipgate one."

Sipgate also announced plans to roll out a multi-user edition of the service, which will target small businesses also seeking to drop expensive landline offerings. 

For more:
- see the press release here 

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