Tokyo venture to launch world's 1st IP mobile phone service

Tokyo venture to launch world's 1st IP mobile phone service

TOKYO, Japan - IP Talk Corp., a Tokyo telecom venture, said Oct. 6 it will start providing Internet protocol (IP) mobile telephone services on such devices as that shown in photo in March next year. The service will allow free calls between subscribers and charge extremely low rates for calls to fixed-line numbers and overseas.

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