Use your mobile phone to call internationally for free using Voice over Internet Protocol.
Calling your friends and family internationally makes all the difference when you don't have to worry about long-distance charges. Regardless of where your loved ones live in the world, you don't have to worry about a high phone bill with overage costs for going over your minutes or incurring international charges for long-distance calling. With the proper software and mobile phone, you can take advantage of free calling using your mobile phone's Internet connection, also called Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. You can use Wi-Fi or a 3G network.
Instructions
Fring
1. Visit the Fring website to find the free software to your phone. Fring allows you to make free calls using your mobile phone's Internet connection, or VoIP. You can also find Fring software by visiting the app store in iTunes for your iPhone or iPod Touch or find it for your Android device by visiting the Android marketplace.
2. Download the Fring software and follow the prompts to successfully complete the installation on your mobile phone.
3. Create a Fring nickname and password and complete the registration process. You must also enter a valid email address for password-retrieval purposes.
4. Log into Fring on your mobile phone to begin making free international calls using Wi-Fi or a 3G network. The person you are calling must also have Fring downloaded to her mobile phone for the international calls to be free.
Skype
5. Visit the Skype website to find the free software to your phone. You can download Skype to a Verizon Blackberry or Android device. You can also download it to your iPhone or Nokia and Sony Ericson devices.
6. Click on the "Get Skype" tab and then "On Your Mobile" to view the link for the Skype software. Scroll down and click on "Get Skype Mobile" for the free Skype download.
7. Type in your mobile number to receive the link for the Skype download using your Verizon device. If you have an iPhone, Nokia or Sony Ericson, click on "Other Mobile Solutions" to view the steps to download Skype to that phone. For the iPhone and iPod Touch, you can also download Skype using the device App store by typing in Skype in the search field.
8. Follow the prompts to download the Skype software to your mobile device and create a user name and password to begin making free Wi-Fi and 3G network calls. The person you are calling must also use Skype for free international calling.
Truphone
9. Visit the Truphone website for the Truphone application to make free international calls. The second-generation iPod Touch, iPhone and select Nokia phones are the only devices supported to make free Wi-Fi or 3G network calls.
10. Click on the "Truphone Applications" tab and then the "Devices" tab to select the phone to download the software. For Nokia devices, scroll down to view compatible Nokia devices that will allow free calling.
11. Click on "Download Truphone" and follow the instructions to download the software. For your iPhone or iPod Touch, iTunes will automatically open, allowing you to download the free software; alternatively, you can download Truphone from the App store; the download for your Nokia and Blackberry will prompt you to enter your mobile number to have the link sent to your phone in the form of a text message.
12. Click on the link to download Truphone in iTunes or on your mobile phone and follow the steps to install the software. Here you can create a user name, password and enter your email address to get started.
13. Add your contacts from your device to the TruFriends contacts manually or import them to start making free international calls using Wi-Fi or a 3G network. The person you are calling must also have Skype or Truphone for free international calling.
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