Jajah offers cheap international mobile calls

A new service that claims to cut the cost of mobile international calls by up to 86 percent was launched today by Jajah, the company that offers free calls between dial-up phones.

If you have a Symbian-based phone, a downloadable applet will allow you to dial a number as usual. But the call will be routed through Jajahs gateway and a Voice-over-IP link to the destination country where the target number is called at local rates.

A Java-based applet can be used on some other phones. Failing that you will be able to text Jajah, though details on this have yet to be posted on the site.

Jajah claims a 10-minute call to New York from London will cost £1.10 on the system, compared with £12.90 with Vodafone, £1.50 with Orange, £7.00 with T-Mobile and £9.90 with O2.

The company already offers free calls between dial-up phones in a number of countries via a browser form. You simply enter into your number and that of the person you are calling, and the system links both numbers for free.