Fring is releasing the first ever mobile VoIP application for iPhone users. The company is offering a pre-release version on their website since yesterday, that will allow users to make phone calls from their iPhones via popular VoIP gateways like Skype, MSN, AIM, GTalk, Yahoo Talk, ICQ, Twitter and SIP.Fring offers a thin-client technology for mobile VoIP over 3G, GPRS and WiFi networks. The pre-released VoIP client for the iPhone and iPod Touches was developed in conjunction with the academic research labs of The Holon Institute of Technology. Phone calls made via Fring bypass a carrier's network and won't generate any airtime.
The application runs in the background - something Apple does not really allow. Since the usage of VoIP applications via the iPhone could significantly reduce Apple's share in network revenues they naturally won't endorse it. According to a report by BusinessWeek, more than 100,000 new users from 160 countries were installing Fring each month. Advertising and premium services will be added to Fring's offering at a later date.
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