February 20, 2012 Google Voice opens free calling to iNum

Pleased to share the excellent news that Google Voice users can now call iNums (+883 5100) as well as the UN (+888) number for free.   That’s right FREE.

Currently voice calls are enabled via the  Google Voice smart-phone clients.

This is a great milestone for the iNum Initiative’s efforts to encourage service providers and carriers to a) support calling to iNum and b) price it properly , i.e. at zero to low cost.

I tested it on the Verizon mobile network in the USA, just installed the Google Voice client on my iPhone and it worked flawlessly.  Voice quality was excellent.  Please try it from other networks and countries and please share your feedback and experiences via the blog comments and tweets (@inum).

Voxbone’s iNum Initiative provides carriers and service providers with diverse options for free or close to free termination to the +883 5100 and +888 number ranges.  So we hope every carrier or service provider on Earth will follow Google Voice in providing affordable calling to the iNum and UN numbers.

Thanks Google Voice!

 

Posted by hgoldstein | Permanent Link | Make a comment

7 Responses to “Google Voice opens free calling to iNum”

  1. db Says:

    February 21st, 2012 at 1:55 am

    Just tried it from Virgin Mobile (on Sprint Network) and it did not work. The two methods I tried were:

    1. dialing from cell phone with the Google voice App

    2. dialed from phone to google voice, chose option #2 to dial a number and the response is “invalid number”.

    Anyone else have success??

  2. db Says:

    February 21st, 2012 at 4:01 am

    Have had success now!

    The issue is that I didn’t use 011 b4 the number.

    It is an international calling code, not an area code, so don’t forget the 011!

  3. Jeff Says:

    February 21st, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    Test on my Virgin Mobile also by dialing 01188315000xxxxxxx and was able to reach by iNum Number. This however, uses your allotted Voice Minutes!

  4. db Says:

    February 22nd, 2012 at 6:22 am

    Jeff:

    Only uses allotted voice minutes? No international extra charges?

    That’s moderately good news.

  5. iNum Receives Google Voice Endorsement for Toll Free International Calling Says:

    February 22nd, 2012 at 4:19 pm

    [...] week iNum received a significant endorsement with the addition of Google Voice as an iNum service provider. The good news: calls from Google Voice to an iNum number are free; the bad news: Google Voice [...]

  6. Keira Alpha Says:

    March 12th, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    No enterprise is much more more likely to succeed than one concealed from your enemy until it’s ripe for execution.
    The highest man understands what’s right; the inferior man understands what’s going to sell.

  7. db Says:

    March 16th, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    Any solutions on how to RECEIVE iNUM calls on the Google Voice service?

Leave a Reply