Phone news Truphone invites you back for a coffee Truphone invites you back for a coffee |
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| Written by Matt Chapman | |
| Thursday, 22 November 2007 | |
 Large latte? Would you like mobile phone calls with that? No, don’t dip your Nokia N95 into your cup. Instead, use the smartphone to make cheap mobile calls on the Truphone service at 260 UK hotspots.
As you might remember, Truphone can be used to make free and low-cost mobile phone calls over Wi-Fi and the internet. Now 260 Surf and Sip hotspots in Cafe Nero coffee houses have opened themselves up to Truphone customers. According to Chris Isaacs, Truphone's business development director (no, not that one), there are more locations to follow. Calls from Surf and Sip Wi-Fi hotspots are charged at just 3p per minute more than Truphone's standard published rates. Under Truphone's present price promotion (valid until at least the end of this year), that makes Truphone call charges from a Surf and Sip hotspot: 3p/minute to landlines in 40 countries 3p/minute to cellphones USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong and Singapore 18p/minute or less to EU mobiles, with no connection charge. "Making mobile calls over their coffee is what many people do anyway, but now it costs less,” Isaacs said, quaffing a large mochachino. “And, because each Surf and Sip location appears the same to a Truphone handset, Truphone will even automatically log on the next time you walk into a Surf and Sip hotspot - even if it's actually a new location to you." Truphone is currently available for a range of handsets, including Nokia's E-series handsets and several N-series handsets. |
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