Libon

Libon is the work of Orange, promising "visual voicemail that does it all".  That means free Voice-over-IP calls and instant messaging, with a voicemail  feature to handle calls when you're not available to answer, with email  notifications and text messages.

France Telecom’s Orange brand has today launched its incredibly interesting Libon service on  Android. Until now the product, which we’ve described as ‘A  mobile carrier in an app‘, has only been available on  iOS. However the Android launch brings with it the benefits of closer  integration with the operating system...

[...] it's announcing that premium users are gaining some new features to widen the WhatsApp and Viber-rival's  appeal. If you have coughed up, then you'll be entitled to call more  than 30 extra countries, and those Libon Minutes can now be spent  contacting domestic landlines and mobiles, too...

Orange’s Skype-and-WhatsApp rival is gaining functionality and reach for  users around the world, with particular benefits for customers of certain Orange carriers...

For the very busy, this messaging and voicemail app is a must have. In one  sense it's like Skype or WhatsApp - it lets you make calls and send messages to  other people using Libon for free. But its USP is how it treats voicemail; if  you're in the awkward position of being away from the phone a lot but still  receiving lots of calls, Libon is great.

Libon is [...] offering free calls, messaging and visual voicemail to  smartphones on that side of the platform fence. But there's important news for  us iOS users as well, as the app has also added free picture and audio messaging  to our version, along with a push-to-talk feature...

Orange, the mobile brand of France Telecom, launched a global free calling and texting application on Thursday, in direct competition with services such as Skype, WhatsApp and Viber [...] The apps allow users to communicate without using their voice or text allotments, leading some operators like KPN to complain about the hit to their bottom line...

[...] Orange, the mobile brand of France Telecom, launched a global free calling and texting application on Thursday, in direct competition with services such as Skype, WhatsApp and Viber...