New Vonage app slashes VOIP call costs

VOIP operator, Vonage is gunning for the mobile VOIP market with its new Vonage Mobile app for iOS and Android, which it says offers calls that are typically 30% cheaper than Skype's rates, based on per-minute rates to the top 50 countries called, The Verge reports.

According to Telecom Paper, the application works over WiFi, 3G and LTE mobile data networks.

Users do not need to be Vonage customers to use the application and calls to Vonage home or business lines are also free.

Meanwhile, PC Mag reveals that Anthony Russo, director of product management for mobile apps at Vonage, said in an interview that releasing the application was designed to grow Vonage's business at home and abroad, tapping into the $90 billion international dialling market.

In addition, calls to any phone in the US, Canada or Puerto Rico from anywhere in the world will be free for a limited time, Market Watch notes.