Rebtel takes over Talkster FreeWorldDial Consolidation in VOIP continues

As we predicted a few years back, the Bigger VOIP players will slowly take over the smaller VOIP wonders one by one and only a few big players will dominate VOIP in 2012.

It seems the situation is now unfolding as Rebtel bought Talkster Service (Free World Dialing), an award-winning consumer calling service from Talkster. Which means all of talkster's free world dialing customers will now run on Rebtel platform and have access to Rebtel in 51 countries to call anywhere in the world for free or for just pennies per minute. This also means , Talkster customers can now use Rebtel Computer Calls to make free or super-cheap calls from any country to anywhere in the world, as well as Rebtel SMS for low-cost international text messaging.

Rebtel also recently bought Gorilla Mobile and now Talkster which clearly shows their dedicated and passion to lead the VOIP industry. Its also important to note that beating market expectations, Rebtel's Revenue in 2009 was close to $20 million and grew 75% versus 2008.

We believe Rebtel will be even powerful in delivering low cost solutions to their consumers and hopefully will lower down calling rates to destinations better covered by Talkster.

Now Call India at 0.039 cents Cheapest Ever Calling Rate to India

Welcome to The New Year 2010. We expect more revolution in VOIP and long distance calls in 2010. It seems VOIP companies are all set to lower calling rates to India. Today we got a amazing offer exclusively for VOIPGuide Readers.

One of our favorite VOIP Provider is Pingo. Pingo is a listed company and has solid reputation in the market and handles over 24 billion minutes a year. With this kind of volume, they can easily lower prices or offer great rates to many destinations.

Pingo is now offering $1 offer which will let you make calls to India at only $0.039 (0.39 cents). Its actually a $5 card which has $4 off coupon (use onebuck in the coupon code box in the signup page) when you follow this link. That means you only pay $1 and can call India for 256 minutes which is simply awesome.

I strongly recommend you Signup for Pingo using this $1 offer because these kinda offers are hard to come by. Please note this offer is only valid for new customers so if you already using a Pingo account. Signup in someone else's name in your family.

This offer is open anywhere in the world and you can call any destination including China, Mexico, Phillipines, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc.

Basically all destinations calling rates are reduced by 80% flat. This is the best deal in the market today. You can use Pingo from anywhere in the world even when you are traveling. They have access numbers in all countries and all major cities. To give you an example, You can use a Pingo card bought in USA from India or vice versa.

Don't miss this opportunity and Signup for $1 Pingo Calling Card Today!

Skype now supports 720p HD Video Calling for PCs and HDTVs

HD has already made its way into your living room and now its going to own the VOIP and Video Conferencing market. HD Video Conferencing is already getting popular.

Skype after settling the P2P lawsuit, seem to be back on track with recent news on full SIP compatibility for businesses and most likely for personal accounts soon. AT CES, Skype announced that it will support video calls on PCs in 720p HD format, as well as Skype software embedded into Internet-connected widescreen television sets.

In order to experience Skype HD Video Conferencing, you will need a high-speed broadband connection, an HD Webcam, a PC with a 1.8GHz dual-core processor, and Skype 4.2 Beta for Windows.

Skype has partnered with LG and Panasonic who will bundle skype with their HDTVs.

If you haven't figured out, the 2 most important things you would need to enjoy a true HD conferencing experience is, a great broadband connection and a Skype certified HD webcam. Currently skype has certified 4 HD Webcams and would be available in their skype store: faceVsion Webcam will ship in February 2010 one camera with a microphone ($99) and one without ($69), while In Store Solutions will offer the Freetalk HD Pro ($120) and Freetalk HD Pro Plus ($140), which will both be available in March 2010.

Are you going to try Skype HD conferencing? Downloadl Latest Skype 4.3 with HD Features. Let us know your feedback/review.

Happy New Year 2010 to VOIP Guide Readers

I would like to wish all VOIP Guide readers and happy new year. May 2010 bring lot of happiness and success to every one of you.

If you are making "Happy new year" calls then try Pennytel for FREE or use Localphone to make cheap international calls.