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Internet telephony services provider Tpad (News - Alert) is teaming with Nimbuzz, an Instant Messaging, presence and VoIP provider in a bid to expand further into the mobile VoIP market.

 

Under the terms of the deal, Tpad will promote Nimbuzz to their customers on the Tpad Web site. Now, customers  can instantly register and download the Nimbuzz service to their mobile phone and PC, according to the company.

 

The deal is expected to make it easier to making free SIP or VoIP calls  on mobile phones to other Tpad users or standard low cost VoIP calls to any landline or mobile in the world.

 

"We see these partnerships as providing real value to operators looking to increase ARPU and offer their customers full access to Instant Messaging and social networks without the risk and costs associated with setting this up themselves," said Evert-Jaap Lugt, CEO of Nimbuzz.

 

The free application is available on the mobile, PC and Web for instant messaging, location sharing, calling, and file sharing across popular communities, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, AIM, GaduGadu, Jabber, and 23 social networks including Facebook and MySpace (News - Alert), according to the company.

 

"Tpad aims to provide customers with ever growing calling options and the rapidly expanding market is mobile VoIP," said Steven Johns, marketing manager of Tpad. "The recently signed affiliate agreement with Nimbuzz will allow our Tpad users to freely communicate with each other across different networks worldwide. The cooperation with Nimbuzz is just the beginning of our range of new VoIP services.”  

 

Now, users can download the free Nimbuzz application for the mobile and register for free as a new user, contacts from their selected Instant Messaging communities are aggregated into a single contact list with icons indicating real-time "presence" - which contacts are online or offline and from which communities.

 

Nimbuzz users can also add their personal Tpad SIP / VoIP Settings to the application to allow their mobile phone to make and receive low cost VoIP calls anywhere in the world using their personal Tpad SIP number.