The Localphone Blog

You could win a year’s worth of free calls in our fantastic Christmas prize draw. We’ve got three prizes to give away and to be in with a chance of winning one of them all you have to do is recommend Localphone to your friends. When they sign up and verify their number you’ll be entered into the prize draw, which closes on 21st December 2011 so spread the word now!

1st prize
12 month’s free calls

2nd prize
6 month’s free calls

3rd prize
1 month’s free calls

The more friends who sign up by the 21st December, the more times you’ll be entered into the prize draw. You’ll also receive your referral bonus for each friend that signs up and you’ll get 10% of their call credit for 90 days.

To recommend your friends just log in to our recommend a friend page and share via Facebook and Twitter, send your friends your referral link, or import your email contacts. Remember to ask them to sign up and verify their number by 12pm GMT 21st December for you to be in with a chance of winning one of three prizes. We’ll be announcing the prize winners on 21st, 22nd and 23rd December.

Good luck!

Prize Draw Terms and Conditions:
1st prize is 12 month’s call credit equivalent to $144/€108/£90, 2nd prize is 6 month’s call credit equivalent to $72/€54/£45, 3rd prize is 1 month’s call credit equivalent to $12/€9/£7.50. The prize will be applied to the balance of the winner’s Localphone account.

To qualify for the prize draw your referral must sign up and verify a number by 12pm GMT 21st December 2011. Accounts that appear to be duplicates of existing customers will be disqualified. Anybody may take part except employees of Localphone and their family members.

Winners will be announced after 12pm GMT on 21st December 2011 each day until 23rd December 2011. Closing date for entry is 21st December 12pm GMT 2011. Winners will be contacted by email on the date of each draw. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Localphone are very excited to announce the launch of the their brand new Android app.

If you are using a phone running Android, like the Nexus One, the HTC Hero, the Samsung Galaxy, to name but a few, this new flexible app lets you make very cheap international calls and texts to over 250 countries worldwide, with the added bonus of updating contacts and checking credit via your smartphone. The app uses the phone’s own dialer to make local calls that connect internationally, which means it won’t use up a customers data allowance.

“Android’s share in some of our key markets has sky-rocketed, with surveys indicating more than 40% of new smartphone sales in the UK and US going to Google’s mobile OS,” said Paul Cusack, Localphone’s founder and CEO. “Our customers have been crying out for an Android app so we are pleased to announce this new addition to our mobile lineup, and look forward to expanding to further platforms in the New Year.”

With call rates as low as 0.5¢ USD per minute, Localphone offer a very simple pay-as-you-go service, and with no hidden contracts or charges these rates look to be some of the cheapest on the market.

Sound good? Then all you need to do is create an online account at Localphone, and get started with a bonus free 5 minute call. Afterwards, you just add credit with the minimum top up being $1/£1/€1 or you can add as much or as little as you need with a variety of payment methods.. The credit doesn’t run out, you simply top up whenever you want to.

Another great service from Localphone

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve made massive reductions on our calling rates to Pakistan! Effective immediately calls to Pakistan landlines and mobiles are up to 50% cheaper! Customers can make cheap calls to Pakistan for just 1p GBP / 2¢ USD / 1.8c EUR per minute to all Pakistan landlines and mobiles.

We’re offering these new low rates until the end of the year and prices will revert back on 3rd January 2012 at 12pm GMT. Don’t worry, you can still expect the same great call quality from us during this promotion.

Don’t forget to recommend Localphone to your friends and tell them about our cheap rates. You’ll receive 10% of their credit each time they top up for 90 days!

We hope you enjoy these new low rates and we look forward to announcing more Localphone promotions in the near future! For full details please see our cheap calls to Pakistan page.

This offer is subject to change in the event of an increase in call taxes by the Pakistani Government.