The services have received further endorsements by positive customers’ feedback and consistent growth over the years. Located in the U.S., the company has a coverage network of over 50 global destinations. Axvoice renders high quality voice with multiple value-added features. Some of the calling features include call forwarding, call blocking, caller ID, anonymous call rejection, international call blocking, voice on hold, number portability, emergency call and many more.

Additionally, you can enjoy Axvoice services on your smartphones as well. In this regard, you just have to get VoIP app for your device and sign into Axvoice. Here again, the services are not restricted to just one device or operating system like Android, you can use it on IPhone, BlackBerry, Galaxy or any other Smartphone, which can download and run the compatible VoIP apps.

For general subscription, you just need to visit the company website www.axvoice.com and select the most suitable calling plan for you. Upon sign up, you will be provided free equipment. If you just need VoIP for making local calls to US/Canada, you can sign up for residential package. On the other hand, for making local as well as international calls, international package will be most suitable one as in just 27¢ per day (calculated mathematically), you will have the utility to make almost free international calls.

There is actually not much to explain to get this trick done. Some people may think that you have to perform some sort of hack to allow these services to make free phone calls, but that is not true. The hardest part about this actually is to get a Google Voice invite. You need to know someone who uses the Google voice service. If they have invitations then they can send you one. It may take you a couple of week before they let you in, but once they do, you will now be able to set everything up. The first thing that will happen is that they want you to set up a number for them to call. This is where the Skype number comes into play. Let them call that phone number and listen to the numbers that they give you. These numbers are to verify that it is your phone number that you are using. Once that is verified, you can now set up the extra little things in your account. Such as setting up the phone numbers that you will call on a regular basis and setting up the voice mail messages that will answer people when they call the phone. After that is all set up, you are now ready to make your first phone call.

To make the first phone call, hit the call button and then type in the number that you would like. They are going to ask you what number you would like to use to make the call. Even though you have a Google voice number, the phone call is going to be routed to your Skype number. It will still come up on the caller ID as if the Google Voice number is calling the person. So after you hit the call button, you will receive a phone call on Skype. Once you answer it, you will hear the phone start to ring. It is now calling the person you originally called in the first place.  Once they pick up, you can now start to have a conversation.

Making free phone calls with these two services is very easy. Once the Google invite is out of the way, ou can now enjoy free phone calls.

The first way that you can do this is to get an invitation to Google Voice. The service is in beta form right now but it should be available for everyone pretty soon. You get it to work by hooking the phone service to correspond with your cell phone number. This will then allow you to make or take phone calls through the Google service. You will no longer be talking through your cell phone provider’s line. They will also give you a phone number that you can use as well. To make international phone calls with the service you have to pay a fee but it is very cheap.

The second way that you can make a cheap international phone call is to use the Skype service on your cell phone. Depending on the cell phone that you have, you should be able to install a version of Skype on it. When you use Skype on your cell phone, you will be using the data plan portion of your phone to make the call and not the normal way that you would make a phone call. So you must have the internet available on your phone so that you can use the program. Again, you will still have to pay a fee with Skype to make international calls but these fees will be a lot cheaper than it would be if you were to use your cell phone to make the calls directly.

We have shown you several ways that you can use a VOIP service to make cheap international calls on your cell phone. It is up to you to decide which way that you like the best. There are a few more services that you might want to take a look at as well such as Yahoo. See who offer the cheapest rates and the best quality. When you find one that you like, go with them.

The Skype will be part of the address book of the Nokia N97, enabling presence – seeing when Skype contacts are online – as well as instant messaging. Owners around the world will also be able to use 3G and WLAN to easily make and receive free Skype-to-Skype voice calls, in addition to Skype calls to landlines and mobile devices.

The decision to close down Sun Rocket was made quickly and the site was swiftly replaced with a notice to customers. It was revealed today that the company was in debt to its internet network providers and therefore Sun Rocket’s ability to provider voip to its customers was taken away from them

Packet8 has agreed to migrate Sun Rocket’s customer base to its service and has agreed to honor each customer’s Sun Rocket contract. Are you a former Sun Rocket customer? Why not head over to the Packet8 customer reviews page and have a read of what the Voip Mentor community thinks of Packet8?

Update: It appears that a new voip service called TeleBlend, have also promised to migrate former Sun Rocket customers to their system. Since no-one at Voip Mentor has ever heard of TeleBlend we are unable to tell you if they are worth your money or not.

Use the Coupon Code: zingo1007

This coupon code will allow you to receive free shipping OR $10.00 off any internet phone service package. Zingotel’s coupon code is only available to new subscribers and this offer ends 31st July 2007.

Zingotel have a very competitive price as it is, without this discount and they also included a free Linksys 2100 VoIP adapter adapter to allow you to use your home phone over your high-speed internet connection. Zingotel also gives you your first month’s service for free.

CLICK HERE and remember to enter the coupon code: zingo1007

Here are the details that Zingotel sent me:

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Details: New VoIP subscribers SAVE $5.00 on set-up and shipping on any of our popular broadband phone service plans.
Expiry: June 30, 2007 11:59PM

Click Here to take up this offer (Remember the coupon code!)

So if you are planning on joining Zingotel, be quick because this offer ends soon. With the $5 you save, on top of the cheap calls that any voip provider offers you can take you family out for ice-cream or something! If you are unfamiliar with Zingotel’s VOIP service you can read the opinions Zingotel customers here.

I will be posting more and more voip deals on VOIPMentor very soon. If you know of any current special offers or coupon codes for any voip service please contact us and we will post them on the site so the rest of us can save money too!

Playstation 3 owners simply need to fire up the special Jajah URL in the PS3 Internet Browser and take it from there. A similar service was recently made available for the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The first 5 minutes of any call to landlines is free and reasonable call charges apply thereafter.

The major difference between this internet based softphone for the PS3 and the Xbox 360/Live Messenger integration, is that Jajah allows you to communicate with real phones (landlines and cell phones) whilst the Xbox 360/Live Messenger offering is strictly between users of Live Messenger (which is over 465 million people anyway) whilst both people are logged in to Live Messenger.

It remains to be seen if PlayStation 3 owners will embrace this new service. Do you use Jajah on your PS3? Why not leave a comment and share your experiences with us?

This will allow over 465 million Live Messenger users worldwide to use their television as a VoIP softphone. Better yet, this ability will be available for free to both Xbox Live gold and silver (free) members.

So, all you need to make free voip phone calls to your friends through your TV is a Xbox 360 console, a free Xbox Live membership, a Xbox Live headset and an internet connection that you can connect your Xbox 360 to (broadband works better, but you can use dial-up if you want to). Sounds good to me!

The Zune Phone, if true, will be Microsoft’s attempt to compete with Apple’s recently announced iPhone which is due to be released to the public later in 2007. Rumors also state that the Zune VOIP Phone may be release around the same time as the iPhone, possibly earlier.

With the recent rise in the popularity in wireless broadband and the natural progression towards wifi enabled pda’s and phones which allow people to make calls over a VOIP network, this first step in the future of voice over IP will well and truely set-up an arms race between all the major voip, consumer electronics and internet companies for the hearts and minds of current and future voip users.

The question is, when will one of the portable voip enabled phone makers jump into bed with a voip company such as Vonage or even Skype?