VoIP start-up Spikko launches free mobile service

Israeli VoIP start-up Spikko Ltd. yesterday launched a free cellular telephone service for 3G and higher handsets. This service, like the company's VoIP telephone service, is for free.

The new service will come online in a few days. The company hopes to recruit an initial 1,000 subscribers, and will later expand the service both domestically and internationally. New subscribers must be nominated by existing ones. Each subscriber receives the company's SpikkoPhone software and an Israeli telephone number, which is used to make calls and accumulate airtime, allowing for the placing of calls for free anywhere in the world. The service also offers video and chat services, and will soon also offer e-mail and instant messaging.

Spikko says that the new service will save consumers 40-80% on their phone bills, depending on their access package.

The company has raised capital from a number of private investors to date.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on August 13, 2008