So what exactly are the additions here? This is a major update for Vopium where users will witness improved VoIP calling, better connectivity and full support of Android ICS devices. The app includes a smart feature that detects the hardware capability of the device, allowing Vopium to work on SIP-only enabled phones, providing better response time and user experience to the user.

So if you’ve recently upgraded your handset to the new amazing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, enjoy Vopium’s great voice quality and affordability to stay in touch with your family and friends. Download the new updated app from here and do let us know your experience in the comments section.

“With the turn-key White Label Solution, telcos can get fast to market with their own brand and visual identity, using a proven and well-tested solution, instead of investing in a lengthy and costly VoIP development process,” says Tanveer Sharif, CEO of Vopium. “Vopium has a proven White Label solution that is operational in 16 countries today. We are now reaching out to new potential partners looking to join the booming mobile VoIP market.”

Visit our team at the Mobile World Congress • The indirect sales team is in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress at AppPlanet in Hall 7, Booth 7F12. Visit them to learn more about Vopium and our white label solution.

Find more information about our mobile VoIP White Label Solution

With the amazing “Call Unlimited” package, you can call unlimited from your mobile to Indian landline and mobiles for only EUR 8.95/month. Along with this, you also benefit from unlimited calling to landline numbers in 52 other countries around the world plus mobile phones in select countries, with 30 free international SMS as a bonus.

Similarly our second new package “Call Pakistan Unlimited” allows you to make unlimited calls from your mobile to landline and mobile numbers in Pakistan for only EUR 19.95/month, with 30 free international SMS as a bonus.

Vopium’s cutting edge VoIP technology minimizes the cost of international calling by redirecting your international calls through the cheapest route. And with our new unlimited packages, staying connected with loved ones is far cheaper and much more convenient.

Existing Vopium users can login here and purchase the package of their choice from ‘Call Plans’. New user? No worries, getting started with Vopium is quick and easy. Click here to register with Vopium.

Remember call plans are valid for 30 days with auto renewal. Any unused minutes or SMS are not carried over to the next month. Please note: The unlimited packages are governed by a fair usage policy limit of 2000 call minutes/month to prevent undue abuse.

We updated our Android Apps today, and they are available for download on the Android Market. The updated iPhone app has been approved by Apple and is available from the App Store. Users are informed automatically that the updated apps are available.

Nokia/Symbian and Blackberry apps have also been updated and pending AppWorld and OVI Store approval but can be downloaded from get.vopium.com

We encourage our users to update their Vopium apps by pointing their mobile browser to get.vopium.com

We always strive to take all steps to ensure the integrity of our apps.

Updated on 6-FEB-2012: iPhone app now released.

Vopium’s latest iPhone app is the dynamic result of our New Year’s resolutions, symbolized by passion, innovation and a zeal for market-disruptive technology.

Convenience 101

The new Apple in-app payment system allows for easy top-up through iTunes, instead of having to enter your credit details. From a functionality perspective, we’ve increased the likelihood for free calls by ensuring that Wi-Fi/3G calls go through even when the app is in background, or closed. As part of our drive to integrate intuitive intelligence, there is presence indication of Vopium contacts available for push-based calls. As a result, the moment you launch the app, Vopium users amongst your contacts are high-lighted, so you can enjoy absolutely FREE communication!

“The world of iPhone apps is in a constantly evolving dimension, and we made sure our new iPhone app resonates the convenience, innovation and pioneering technology that iPhone users are accustomed to,” explains Babar Baig, Vopium’s Director of Marketing. Make sure you don’t miss out on the next-generation VoIP experience from Vopium on your iPhone!

About Vopium

Vopium A/S, the Mobile VoIP Provider, delivers mobile phone calls without borders. With the Vopium app, customers can make international mobile phone calls that fell like; sound like and cost like a local call. Vopium’s app takes advantage of both VoIP and GSM technologies, works across all major platforms and on more than 900 handset models ranging from smart phones to features phones.

With more than one million users in 52 countries, Vopium powers reliable, cost-effective mobile communications around the world. Vopium is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris Exchange. For more information, please visit vopium.com

What you, and we, have dreamt of

Android is, in many ways, a fulfilment of our dream, the opportunity to take the VoIP industry to a new level. Our app has won accolades from the mobile industry, but we haven’t taken our foot off the pedal. The management and development team have gathered feedback from our most important partners, our users, and we have worked hard to incorporate that feedback into the next-generation of our app. Not satisfied by staying on top of our industry, we want to evolve & match the global innovation rate, with developments kicking into the mobile dimension, the smartphone & tablet revolution.

Raising the curtains on Vopium’s new Android app

With improved look and feel, the Vopium app has great new features including:

• Contact integration with online presence for easy free Wi-Fi calls
• Simple transparent pricing with no hidden charges
• Supports calling from both Android smartphones and tablets
• Earn credits while you help friends save money

When you have downloaded the app, its Set-Up Wizard prompts to help you get started and assist you in customizing settings to suit your needs. The app helps you place your calls in the optimum way, based on cost, connection and your preferences. The app is fully integrated to your contacts, showing online presence for free calls. You can also call right from your dialer and call history. For paid calls, the cost is shown before calling and there are no hidden charges. Spread the word on Facebook and Twitter, and earn credits by inviting your friends to call and chat for free. Both 3G and Wi-Fi-only tablets are supported, including tablets that don’t have own dialer, as e.g. the Motorola XOOM WI-FI.

So whataya waiting for! – Visit Android Market here!.

About Vopium

Vopium A/S, the Mobile VoIP Provider, delivers mobile phone calls without borders. With the Vopium app customers can make international mobile phone call that fells like, sounds like and cost like a local call. The Vopium’s app takes advantage of both VoIP and GSM technologies, works across all major platforms and on more than 900 handset models, from smartphones to features phones.

With more than one million users in 52 countries, Vopium powers reliable, cost-effective mobile communications around the world. Vopium is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris Exchange. For more information, please visit vopium.com

Our New Year’s Gift to the World

Vopium is the first VoIP service provider to offer a Wi-Fi calling app through BlackBerry App World. One of the major milestones of our industry-moving app is that, unlike other Wi-Fi apps that require users to connect with a local call, it is good to go on a standalone basis. Most of all, the Vopium app offers least-cost routing to both mobile and landline numbers whenever you’re connected to Wi-Fi. Keeping in line with our cost-effectiveness, consumers will have access to free international and domestic Wi-Fi calls, as well as international calls over GSM and CDMA for as little as less than 1 cent per minute!

Of Numbers’n’Networks

And here is the icing to go on top of the cake. Because the calls are routed through Vopium’s network, U.S. BlackBerry owners can make Wi-Fi calls with Vopium to mobile or landline numbers globally without their carrier’s international charges. Our development team has worked round-the-clock to ensure that battery consumption is minimal, assuring that battery time will go on for a day, freeing you from office desk phones and home phones. The end result is, Vopium-to-Vopium, across the many platforms, from iPhone to Android and Symbian to Windows, IM and Wi-Fi are Totalmente GRATIS! … uhh … completely FREE

Vopium CEO Tanveer Sharif snapshots it very efficiently, “Unlike other Wi-Fi calling apps that rely on bridging and other limited architectures, the Vopium BlackBerry app frees users to make calls in more places and on their terms. No other BlackBerry Wi-Fi calling app can match Vopium’s combination of savings, convenience, battery life, wireline interoperability and mobile operator independence. This app democratizes Wi-Fi calling for BlackBerry users, with no caveats and gotchas.”

What are you waiting for then? Hop on and Wi-Fi your way to communication heaven!

You can find more information about the Vopium Wi-Fi (beta version) for BlackBerry here
You can read the press release here

Sandy is joined by Edmond Wong of San Jose, USA; Michael Khan from London; Valéria de Oliveira Brito from Brazil and Jeremy Hai from Singapore: Five winners from five continents that will each receive 5 YEARS OF FREE CALLS from Vopium.

“Now that I’ve won the prize, I’ll be calling many more family members and longtime friends – at least for the first few months, until I run out of things to say. lol This is really a great surprise, I’m very happy!” said North American winner, Edmond Wong.

Vopium decided to give out five years of free calls as a grand prize because it is the company’s fifth birthday. To celebrate, Vopium created the Birthday Blowout.

“We are delighted to share our milestone celebration with customers who have helped us grow to serve more than a million people in 52 countries,” said Vopium founder Tanveer Sharif. “Our birthday gifts demonstrate our sincere thanks and commitment to continue providing affordable, convenient international calling.”

The five winners all have in common that they regularly make calls to family and friends in other countries with Vopium. Winning the grand prize will make staying in touch that much easier and cheaper.

When asked if he might be calling any long lost friends, UK winner Michael Khan said, “Yes I will, knowing it’s FREE. I’ll  be able to talk for hours, cool. Before I was just e-mailing when we had the chance, now just a phone call away and its absolutely FREE!”

South American winner, Valéria de Oliveira Brito from Brazil talking about how the win would change her life said, “Winning this amazing prize will make possible to keep in touch with my guy (in Canada) for longer hours. What else can I ask for? ”

Vopium will be following up with the winners over the next few weeks to see how the free calls are working out. We also hope to get some pictures of the very happy winners too.

Check out our Facebook page to take part in more Vopium fun contests.

To join in the contest, all you have to do is go to vopium.com/birthdayblowout and enter your Vopium ID. You need to be a registered Vopium user to participate. If you are not already signed up with Vopium, you can register here and enter the contest too.  But you have to hurry. The contest ends on October 31. You’ve only got 5 days to enter to win 5 years of free calls!

The magic number is Five

The reason we picked 5 years of free calls is that it is our fifth birthday. It’s hard to imagine that it has been 5 years since we started but time flies.  Vopium has made it to the ripe old age of five years old.

So now that time’s running out on the contest and there is only five days left to win 5 years of free calls, we think everyone should join in, and quickly!

While you’re at it, give us a high five!

If you have friends and family who don’t know about Vopium, right now’s the time to tell them: Not only for the grand prize sake, but for your own sake as well. Remember, if you and a friend have Vopium, you can talk to each other free, if you are both on Vopium and Wi-Fi connected! You can also call each other at extremely low prices by just dialing direct without Wi-Fi

5 @ 5 Birthday Blowout Quiz

To celebrate this month, we’ve been posting our favorite “fives” on Facebook. Some of our favorite fives are Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Apple’s iOS5 and The Jackson Five, who are yours?

If you have any “fave fives,” please share them with us on Facebook or via twitter @vopium.

On Thursday, don’t forget to take part in our 5 @ 5 Birthday Blowout Quiz on Facebook and win 5 EURO in extra call credit next time you purchase call credits with Vopium.

There’s lots to do in the next five days! Hurry up!

So far, the excitement has been terrific. Last Thursday on Facebook and Twitter, we held our first 5 @ 5 Birthday Blowout Quiz – 5 people won 5 euro in credit the next time they purchase call credits with Vopium. We’ll hold the 5 @ 5 Quiz every Thursday in October. We’ll also have other fun contests via our Facebook page so follow us and discover more.

Tell your friends and family

If you have friends and family who don’t know about Vopium, now’s the time to tell them: Not only for the grand prize sake, but for your own sake as well. Remember, if you and a friend have Vopium, you can talk to each other free if you are both on Vopium and Wi-Fi connected!

You can also earn yourself 10 Euro credit when you Tell-a-friend and they sign up and buy Vopium call credits or a call plan.