Starting tomorrow T-Mobile customers will have access to a new feature that will allow Wi-Fi calling capable devices to make and receive phone calls for free. These calls will not use your calling minutes. In other words, they will be unlimited calls and that’s very exciting news!!
Rumor is that the qualifying customers will receive a text message when the feature is available and you can then add it to your plan via the web or by calling customer care. The best part about this news is not only that it’s free but also that those of you on the Even More, Even More Plus and 4G Do More rate plans can get the free unlimited Wi-Fi calling too!
Isn’t this great news for those of you who currently are cutting into your minutes when you are making Wi-Fi phone calls? This will stop that from happening so you can spare those minutes for other purposes now. If this excites you and you will be taking advantage of the feature, let us know what you think! Leave your comments in the box below.
Source: Android Police via Tmo News
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It was only a matter of time
Don’t get to used to it T-Mobilers, AT&T will make sure to take it away or charge you for it once they take over.
Will this work with the HD7? Just wondering (don’t have one).
@segadc, I imagine it would especially since MS just bought Skype.
sprint charges for calling from your google voice number using wifi? or it just uses minutes?
i’m curious because i am going to dominican republic next week and was planning on using my google voice number via wifi…
a clear answer would be great if anyone knows. i can call sprint but im sure i’ll get wrong answers
thanks
@itster…it depends on how you’re trying to make the call. if you are only your laptop calling through gmail (or GV) and not your phone, then it’s free and doesn’t use your minutes.
if you are calling with your phone, it’s on the cell connection, and probably at high rates
couldn’t you always use wifi calling for free? I mean even without a data plan and all. Hook up google voice to sip then use it over wifi. Ipod touch with wifi can make calls with sip, and that isn’t even a phone :S
I don’t know why it would be exciting to make a wifi call when phone companies can’t control what wifi networks you connect to.
Even using the data plan with sip works too, just make sure you have unlimited data plan.