French telecom company LGC will bring 4 cents a minute internatio...
French telecom company LGC will bring 4 cents a minute international calling to U.S. and Canadian cellphone users, it said Tuesday. The Manifone service, previously available in Europe, gives U.S. users ten New York numbers to which they may…
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assign international numbers. Manifone charges no registration fee, but customers must add credit to their account online before making calls, which to most destinations cost 4 to 6 cents a minute, LGC said. Manifone customers share the same ten New York numbers, but a caller ID mechanism automatically transfers users to a previously assigned international number, said Lounis Goudjil, LGC general manager. Goudjil believes the service will do well in the U.S. since it doesn’t require extra dialing or a mobile Web browser, he said.