MobileCrunch picks up the news about client Truphone adding a range of ringtones that their users hear when originating calls.
But the big news is Truphone Out+ that really makes the service fly in countries they don’t yet offer DIDs. In a nutshell from the Truphone press office:
Truphone Out+ means that a customer’s existing phone number is now displayed as their ‘calling line identification’ (CLI) when they make a Truphone call.
Carrier pre-select is achieved transparently: when a Truphone call is made the Truphone’s servers recognise if the ‘ordinary’ telephone number being called is linked to a Truphone account. If the destination user is online, a free Truphone-to-Truphone call is setup.
This means that users of Truphone won’t miss calls when they leave a WiFi environment just like before, but that the number called by a Truphone user to reach another Truphone user in the new markets can be an existing mobile number. Neat!
Funny feature race between Truphone and Wifimobile
Both companies are adding more and more features, probably as reaction to what the other does. I nearly get the feeling that my blog was a pivot for their latest moves, Truphone Out+ and Wifimobile’s international calls at local rates over normal GS…