Easybell Fuels VoIP Phones Market with New VoIP Test service

By Marisa Torrieri, TMCnet Editor

German telecom services provider Easybell announced it has launched a new service that will help test their new Easybell DSL/phone bundle for actually switching. And in turn, the service will help potential customers to try Easybell's connections to VoIP phones via their existing DSL connection.

The test service includes a local phone number with ingoing and receiving call capabilities and costs EUR 9.95 including EUR 10 call credit. Calls to German fixed networks cost EUR 0.0098 per minute and calls to German mobile network start at EUR 0.098 per minute.

If customers decide to switch to a Telefon/DSL-Komplett tariff from Easybell, they receive another EUR 10 call credit for free.

As the interest in VoIP phones continues to grow throughout Europe, the technology is becoming increasingly affordable and sophisticated.

In June, snom technology AG, a developer and manufacturer of advanced voice over IP phones for enterprise and residential markets, launched the snom 821, a new desktop IP phone with all the advanced functionality and interoperability of other snom 8xx series phones, as well as a new integrated gigabit switch.

Officials with snom said that the snom 821 comes in both light and dark colors, just like its big brother the snom 870.

The snom 821 is expected to be fully available in the United States by the end of the second quarter.

“As desktop phones continue to migrate from being voice-centric devices to acting as complete dashboards for unified communications, the speed of application execution is becoming more and more critical,” said Dr. Michael Knieling, executive vice president of marketing and sales for snom technology AG (News - Alert), in a statement.

To find out more about VoIP phones, head to ITEXPO West 2010. To be held Oct. 4 to 6 in Los Angeles, ITEXPO (News - Alert) is the world’s premier IP communications event. Mike Storella, director of business development for snom, will speak during the Oct. 5 session “Meet the HD Handset Vendors.” Don’t wait. Register now.

(source: http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/voip-phones/articles/96878-easybell-fuels-voip-phones-market-with-new-voip.htm)