Business today can be conducted just about anywhere thanks to mobile technology—from offices, backyards, coffee shops, trains, and even from another country. In order to compete in the global marketplace, international mobility can go a long way. Up until now, this has been an expensive practice for businesses, and those international fees have even held some companies back from offering it to their employees at all. Thankfully a new solution has entered the scene to make international mobile calls and conferences affordable and accessible for all.
Rich communications suite provider VoipSwitch announced this week that it is introducing a group chat feature to its popular Vippie solution, and encrypted dialer app that allows end-users to make free phone calls worldwide. Equipped with no more than a Vippie account on the app and an Internet connection, users can conduct conference calls with up to 30 people at a time—for free. Members of the group can send each other attachments during the call, such as photos, videos, reports, charts and more. Group chats must be initiated by a single administrator who adds and removes people from the group.
The Vippie application is compatible with a wide range of mobile devices—including smartphones, tablets and more—running on Android (News - Alert) or iOS. For enterprises with bring your own device (BYOD) policies, this is especially useful, because the app will work across the workforce’s diverse array of mobile devices. And while its compatibility with most major devices is a huge advantage, perhaps the biggest selling point for Vippie is the significant cost savings businesses will see. Because it is a mobile app that runs on regular Wi-Fi connections, Vippie saves its users from having to purchase expensive phone plans while still enabling them to make high-quality phone calls.
The employees of companies using Vippie can travel all over the world and still keep in touch for free, without compromising availability. And for those without the app, an international call to a non-Vippie user is still significantly cheaper than a standard international phone call, thanks to VoIP. Vippie can also facilitate video calls, as well as send text messages and attachments to fellow users. For businesses with international employees or clients, mobile apps like Vippie allow communications to never be compromised by distance or expense.
Edited by Maurice Nagle