Fusion Launches Free VoIP Phone Service

Yesterday, the Dubai company announced the public beta version of Efonica, a VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service that allows users to make calls from any phone or PC for free, with a few limitations. "As a company, we believe all telecommunications will be free in a few years' time," said Ibrahim Choueiry, Fusion's director of worldwide sales, at the CommunicAsia exhibition in Singapore.

The Efonica service strips away some of the technical issues associated with VoIP. While users must have an Internet connection, there is no need to use a PC to make calls if they have a phone and an analog telephone adapter, which turns a phone into an IP device. To make a call, Efonica users pick up their phone and dial "10' before entering the country code and phone number of the user they want to call, Choueiry said. :rofl:

The idea is to create an Internet equivalent to the international dialing code used with fixed-line and mobile phones. "The service is designed for people who don't understand technology," he said.