STOCKHOLM, November 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, the Sweden-based company freephoo, launched its free calling application in Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Lebanon, Yemen, Qatar, and Algeria Freephoo is available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Earlier this month the application was launched in Kuwait and immediately got very popular.

With freephoo, customers can make free calls with superior audio quality to other freephoo users, and low priced international calls to both fixed and mobile phones.

"We are pleased to launch our application in so many new countries and to reach out to even more users. Launching in new markets and supporting more devices has been a top priority for us, since our iPad application rose to the top of several App Store lists when launched earlier this year," says Pandelis Eliopoulos, Co-founder at freephoo.

In the Apple App Store, freephoo reached No 1 on the Top Free Apps list, No 1 on the Top Social App list and was the No 1 Top Grossing app, listed as "New and Noteworthy" and "What's Hot". Freephoo was also appointed "App of the Day" by Macworld Sweden.

Freephoo is one of the first calling applications that enable users to purchase premium minutes through Apple's App Store and Android Market's own payment systems (In-App Purchase & In-App Products). It enables users to make low-cost calls to billions of mobile and fixed phones in a wide range of countries.

"We are pleased to see that so many users convert to our premium service. This gives us great confidence to continue the launch in new markets," says Pandelis Eliopoulos.

Freephoo is currently available in: Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, FYR Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

About freephoo:

Freephoo was founded 2008 by entrepreneurs from the telecom and Internet industry. Freephoo uses innovative technology to offer new ways of communication through online devices.

Website: http://www.freephoo.com

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