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8. Silent Circle takes on Skype and Viber with global, encrypted phone calls

Secure communications firm Silent Circle is taking on Skype and mobile operators alike by adding private, encrypted international calls without roaming charges to its Silent Phone service.

Its new Out-Circle Calling international call plans start at $12.95 (£7.55) for 100 minutes, rising to $39.95 for 1000 minutes. Silent Phone users will be able to call one another for free.

The new plans cover landlines and mobiles in 79 countries, which Silent Circle claims is four to five times more than “non-secure competitors” in the voice-over-IP (VoIP) world like Skype and Viber.

The company is targeting businesses with the new plans, claiming to be ale to save their employees tens of thousands of dollars a month on international roaming charges.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/10/silent-circle-encrypted-phone-calls-skype-viber

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