Telus Canada is now offering by invite only, soon to be made available to everyone within the next 60 days, the Telus Extend app for iOS and Android. This service will allow users unlimited texting and free phone calls to numbers within North America through Wi-Fi. The service is now offered by invitation-only Beta stage, but will be opening up to the public soon. This app would be compatible with smartphone, laptops, and tablets. If you think you may have received an invitation, click on these links to activate the Telus Extend service:
- for Android users, click here.
- for iOS, click here
There are plenty of VoIP clients/dialers (BBM for example), but will only the out-going portion of call be free? Or will it route in-bound calls if you have the client installed (and are at a WiFi hotspot)?
It will be interesting to see how well this integrates with the existing contacts system.
PS. you can already send ‘free’ SMS messages via ‘My Account’ on Telus’ website.