50% off for Christmas & New Years

December 21st, 2009

Christmas and New Years is a time to stay in touch with our loved ones all over the World. We have decided to offer you 50% off on the 24th, 25th and 31st of December as well the 1st of January.

There are no restrictions. We will cut both the per minute prices and the SMS prices in half, so that you can call all mobiles and all landlines in all the countries of the world 50% cheaper. Make the most of it and say hi from us at Vopium.

If you don’t have Vopium yet on your mobile yet, you can register here

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Turn your iPod Touch into a mobile with Vopium

December 16th, 2009

Now you can also make cheap calls and send text messages all over the world from your iPod Touch! Simply visit get.vopium.com from your iPod OR download Vopium to your PC or Mac from iTunes.

Vopium is a free application installed on your iPod Touch (2nd generation) allowing you to turn it into a mobile phone. When your iPod is connected to WiFi, you can make calls and send text messages over the internet using your normal mobile number. You do not pay any charges to your mobile operator. You only pay Vopium’s low international call rates. You can obviously also use your iPod to make national calls. Just remember that you need to acquire a Microphone adapter to make calls.

When people call or text you back, you will receive the call and text message on your regular mobile phone. Thereby you are sure to always receive the call and text, even when you are not connected to WiFi

Instant messaging, integrated with MSN, Skype, Gtalk, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ and Twitter, will be added soon! We are doing the final round of testing and are eager to share it with you guys.

Needless to say this new version obviously also works on your iPhone.
You can read more about Vopium for iPod touch here

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Vopium now also on Nokia OVI Store

October 14th, 2009

Vopium’s award winning mobile VoIP solution is now available on the Nokia Ovi Store portal. This follows positive user feedback from the successful listing on Nokia Download back in May. With the addition of Nokia Ovi Store, Vopium now offers its applications on all major application stores including BlackBerry App World, iPhone App Store, Nokia Download and Android Market.

To take advantage of significantly cheaper international mobile phone calls, Nokia phone users simply download Vopium in one click via the Ovi Store on their mobile or from ovi.com. Once downloaded and installed, a Vopium account is automatically created and configured and the user is ready to call, saving up to 90% on their traditional operator rates. All new users receive 30 free minutes and 30 free international text messages (SMS) to any country in the world.

Vopium users can also send low-cost international text messages using the standard Nokia SMS interface. Once downloaded, the Vopium application seamlessly integrates with the address book and intelligently recognises international numbers. Vopium works in 45 countries both inside and outside Wi-Fi zones.

You can find Vopium on Nokia OVI store here:
Users can also get the application by registering at Vopium.com
You can see the press release here

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Vopium launches Wi-Fi calling on Windows Mobile

October 8th, 2009

We are proud to announce that Vopium WiFi is now available for Smartphones with Windows Mobile (OS 6.0 and above). See list of supported handsets.

Now, Windows Mobile users with Vopium WiFi can:

- Call other Vopium WiFi users for FREE,
- Obtain great savings on all international calls, both inside and outside Wi-Fi zones
- Avoid the very expensive roaming charges by using Vopium WiFi abroad.

Vopium automatically detects when users are connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot and routes the call over Wi-Fi. Outside Wi-Fi zones international calls are routed as a local call instead. Vopium WiFi has been available for iPhone users and Nokia users for almost a year and will soon be launched on a range of additional handsets.

If you are already a Vopium user with Windows Mobile, simply log in to your Vopium account and download the latest version to your mobile by pressing the green “Get Vopium” button placed next to your phone number on your dashboard. If you are new to Vopium, start by signing up and installing Vopium on your mobile. You can read more about Vopium Wifi here.

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The Danish newspaper Politiken concludes: Vopium is 10 times cheaper

August 31st, 2009

One of Denmark’s largest newspapers, Politiken, recently made a comparison of Vopium’s rates and the rates of one of the biggest Nordic telephone companies, TDC. The result was striking: With Vopium Danes save up till 90 % on an ordinary call when calling abroad.

For Danes travelling outside the EU calling home the savings are noticeable too: Vopium users save up to 40 % when calling from a Danish mobile outside the EU to a mobile phone in Denmark!

Read more examples of when to use Vopium in Politiken’s article.

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Vopium and Gratis Danmark team up to offer Danes free phone calls

August 31st, 2009

Vopium was mentioned on the Danish mobile news site mobil.nu as the company has begun a collaboration with “Gratis Danmark” (A Danish company offering free wireless internet to Danes in larger cities and in public trains and busses across Denmark.) Soon this collaboration will result in free VoIP telephony for Danes using “Gratis Danmark”’s services across the country. Read the article about free phone calls in Denmark.

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Vopium launches in 25 new countries

August 26th, 2009

Vopium has launched its mobile VoIP solution in 25 new countries and are now available on all major territories including North and South America, Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific.

Tanveer Sharif, CEO of Vopium says:” The roll out of Vopium in 25 new countries meets the ever increasing demand for high quality and low price international telephony. Due to the present economic climate consumers are keen to cut cost wherever possible. International telephony rates are still outrageously high, but with the geographic expansion, we are delighted to solve that problem by enabling even more consumers to save heavily on international phone calls.”

Vopium is now available in 45 countries, and the 25 new countries are: Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Malta, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Venezuela.

Full press release:

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Vopium doubles minutes for all packages

August 14th, 2009

Now you can save even more when you purchase one of Vopium’s attractive call packages. If you buy a package before 23rd of September, we double the number of minutes during the campaign period.

With this offer, our Call the World package for example gives you 2000 min instead of 1000 to more than 49 popular countries for only 12.95 Euros.

Likewise you can Call India 800 min instead of 400, Call Pakistan 500 min instead of 250, and Call Turkey 1000 min instead of 500. The price for all packages is only 12.95 Euros per month.

Existing customers who have signed up for a package will automatically benefit from this offer.



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Vopium in Daily Express (UK)

July 31st, 2009

Vopium receives press coverage from the UK newspaper Daily Express. The article underlines our low prices for UK residents in particular: Vopium offers rates as low as 2p a minute to call landlines in US and 5p a minute to call Indian mobile phones or landlines.

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Vopium for iPhone OS 3.0 available on Apple App Store

July 16th, 2009

We are pleased to announce that the Vopium application has been updated for the new iPhone OS 3.0. This latest version enables you to group your contacts as you wish, giving you a much better overview of friends, families and colleagues. Moreover it includes a simplified registration process making it even easier for new users to sign up for Vopium. Please go to the Apple App Store or click here to download the updated Vopium application.

NB! Before updating to the new version, please first delete Vopium on your iPhone and then install Vopium again from App Store.

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