Make international calls from GTalk

February 9, 2008

By sinha

tringme GTalk or any native Jabber client doesn’t allow one to make internationals calls or use the IM client as a Skype alternative.

TringMe has launched a new feature which allows making calls (to any phone or SIP URI) from one’s GTalk client.

Here is how it works:

Add tringme@gmail.com to your GTalk contact.
To make a call to a number, merely send a message – call <number> – to tringme@gmail.com. For e.g. call 18585551212 would initiate a call to 1-858-555-1212.
You can also call other TringMe users by merely using their email address. For e.g., call abc@xyz.com would connect user abc@xyz.com to whatever destination the user has chosen to terminate upon.
You can reach more than 40 million worldwide SIP users using Gtalk just by typing their SIP URI. For e.g call greg@somesipserver.com will connect you to Greg’s SIP serve

The feature is under testing and will go live by Feb end (one can stil test ride it by signing with their Gmail id).

TringMe’s calling rates are quite cheaper and with this integration, they are definitely giving a big fight to Skype (and others).

What’s your take? TringMe introduced worldwide calling a few weeks back, and this is a device extension which surely will increase adoption.

» More details at TringMe blog
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Jagannath on February 10, 2008 at 1:38 am

wow nice feature!!

but i’m skeptical because of the relying on a gmail id :S

Pat on February 10, 2008 at 2:39 am

Very cool stuff, really a neat idea. I’ve been using
ooVoo to stay in touch with my family that lives in other parts of the world. It is free and lets six of us get online at once and video conference. Technology really is a great thing, so nice to get to see family even when they’re on the other side of the world

Ravi on February 10, 2008 at 4:34 pm

I tried this – called India from Singapore – its a lot cheaper than Jajah – 5.6 cents a min compared to 7.9 for jajah – but somehow i prefer the reliability of a cellphone to the computer and therefore Jajah to this. But in terms of usability this is well ultra cool.