FreedomCalls

News/Media Release

19th August 2010

If you are a Vodafone customer that uses Freedom Calls to make free international calls, please read this.
As of 7/27/2010, Vodafone is playing the following message to all of its customers who call our access numbers:

“The number you have dialed is a re-routed call service. Depending on your plan you may be charged
higher rates for this call unless you hang up now. Visit vodafone.com.au for more information on re-routedcalls.”
If you are on the Unlimited Cap Plan, Vodafone is excluding Freedom Calls access number from your
unlimited minutes and charging you a $0.35 flag fall and $0.60 per 30 seconds to call our mobile access
numbers outside of your cap. This still works out to be a cheaper way to call as there direct call
charges are $2.40 per minute to international destinations.
If you are a Vodafone Standard Cap Plan customer (for example on $19 to $79 a month cap plan),
then the cost to call our mobile access number is $1.20 per minute plus a $0.35 flag fall but these
costs are included in your monthly cap plan value. For example if you are on a $49 Cap plan and
you get about $300 worth of local call credit to call any mobile network than you can use that
local call credit to call our access number and it will included in the cap plan you would not be paying
anything on top of your cap. This is a slight surcharge over a standard mobile rate to call which is a
$0.35 flag fall and $0.90 cents per minute, but still a significant savings versus international direct dialing.

27th Febuary 2010

Optus has blocked our network, thus customers using Optus, TPG and Virgin mobile plans would not be able
to use our service till further notice.In order to complain in regard to the same click here.

25th December 2009

We have launched Freedomcalls in New Zealand and South Africa

20th November

We have recently added few more destinations and removed few because of change in voip rates -

We no long support free international calls to these destinations -

Ecuador
Finland
Laos + mobile
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Panama
Reunion Island
South Korea + mobile
Uruguay
Vatican City

And we have added these new destinations to our list of Free International Calls-

Albania
Andorra
Austria-Vienna
Azores
Brunei
Croatia
Denmark
Dominican Rep.
Guadeloupe
Indonesia-Jakarta
Iraq-Baghdad
Jordan
Kazakhstan-Almaty
Kenya-Nairobi
Korea South-Seoul
Macedonia-Cosmofon
Malta
Martinique
Monaco
Northern Marianas
Paraguay-Asuncion
Satellite 1-Ellipso
Slovakia
Slovenia
Trinidad & Tobago

10th August 2009
New Service Launched - Now you can send a SMS and make Free International Calls - for more info
please visit SMSTopup.

5th August 2009
Now you can send Free International SMS -

15th July 2009
Freedom Calls is pleased to announce Amit Desai from Blacktown NSW, has won $100 Coles Myer
Voucher for using our service for 129 hours and 31 minutes in the month of May.

18th June 2009
Freedom Calls is the best Free International Calling service provider in Australia and now we launch
our Cheap International Calling Service from UK to rest of the world - London Call .

31st May 2009
To make the calling experience even better Freedom Calls presents - Direct Dial - 20 New Access
Numbers, Fast Connection, and Great Voice Clarity. For more information please visit- New Product Page

1st June 2009
Due to great demand Freedom Calls launches (for a limited time only) Toll Free Access Number -Simply
dial our Toll Free Number 1800 086 445 1800 086 445  1800 086 445  1800 086 445  1800 086 445  1800 086 445  1800 086 445 and make unlimited Free International Calls, promo offer
for limited time only.

25th December 2008
Optus customers cannot make free International calls using Freedom Calls Services Nizi Bhandari from
Freedom Calls was interviewed by Sydney Morning Herald :
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/optus-makes-it-harder-to-call-home/2008/12/26/1229998733229.html
http://fw.farmonline.com.au/news/metro/national/general/optus-makes-it-harder-to-call-home/1395623.aspx
http://apcmag.com/optus_threatens_customers_over_voip_calls.htm