SIPphone, the Internet phone software company behind the Gizmo Project, is offering free Internet phone calls to landlines
in 60 countries, and mobile phones in 17.
There are restrictions, of course. Callers and those who receive calls must be registered and use the Gizmo VOIP (voice over
Internet Protocol) software on a regular basis. The company also says "it reserves the right to limit call length," on its
Web site.
SIPphone says the new program means access to more than two billion landlines and mobiles.
Gizmo Project appears to be one-upping competitor Skype, which announced in May that calls originating in the U.S. and Canada to landlines in those two areas would be free through the end of the year. Calls outside of those areas are billed at Skype's rates.
Gizmo offers other VOIP features similar to Skype, including free PC-to-PC calls and rental of a U.S. phone number that rings
your computer. The software's instant messaging (IM) service is compatible with Google's Talk IM application.
Eventually, Gizmo and Google Talk users will be able to call each other, according to Gizmo's Web site.
The Gizmo Project software can also make calls to landlines of users not registered with them, which are billed at varying
rates according to the country dialed. Full details are at http://www.gizmoproject.com.
Earlier this month, Nokia said it would include a special Gizmo software client on its 770 Internet tablet. The new version
of the 770 has Wi-Fi and runs a Linux OS.
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