Alternative telecom service provider i2Telecom is adding its own VoIP service with a patent-pending software called MyGlobalTalk. MMyGlobalTalk is scheduled for full launch in the fall and the company is positioning the technology as an inexpensive alternative for international calling.

Since its soft-launch in March, the software allows consumers to download Internet telephony direct to their cellular phone, regardless of their wireless carrier, handset manufacturer or service plan. The handset then becomes a dual-mode phone that can call anywhere in the world starting at two cents a minute without the need for local access to the Internet or proximity to an Internet hotspot. The technology, which uses a broadband Internet connection instead of a standard phone line, converts the phone call into data, which then travels through the Internet connection on i2Telecom's VoIP network.