Google recently lowered the calling rates of over 150 countries worldwide for their VOIP service. As these changes will start getting rolled out to each territory, a new phone logo will come up in your chat list.
Just like Google Chat, you’ll need to install a small plugin file and restart the browser/ tab to be able to make phone calls. And another thing, anybody using Google Apps will need to have both Google Voice and Google Checkout (to buy credits) enabled in the admin settings for this to work.
I decided to run a check of the calling rates between Google and Skype to see how cheap  it really is. Here are a few popular countries for people living in the UAE.
As you can see Google is cheaper by at least 30% in most cases, and upwards of 70% when it comes to making calls to mobile phones. This is what happens when one of your biggest competitors buys one the biggest VOIP companies in the world. You undercut them. Good for us general consumers of course. Now let’s hope Etisalat doesn’t block this like they have Skype. Du users needn’t worry.
About Taimoor HafeezFrom auditing to editing, I now test and analyze the latest gadgets and games instead of the latest financial statements. Both jobs are equally intense and rewarding. In my free time you'll find me raiding in WoW or engineering in TF2.
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