Raketu now includes support for Jabber instant messaging, in addition to already supporting Google, Skype, Yahoo, MSN, AOL and ICQ, in its suite of voice and text communication options. Raketu includes high quality voice calling, SMS-text messaging, file transfers/sharing, news, sports, weather, stock feeds, an advanced internet and travel searching facility, podcast reader, and a full featured multi-media player. Raketu also includes its recently announced interactive ipTV and Video On Demand offerings. Through Raketu consumers can now use one single application to access all their instant messaging accounts and address books, and even transparently conference across them.

Raketu currently has over a million consumers using its VoIP, ipTV streaming video and other services globally. Free to download and use, Raketu enables computers to be full-featured world-wide communications, information, and entertainment tools.

Raketu Technical Features

Raketu uses a unique peer-to-peer technology, which allows the highest quality VoIP calling and the highest VoIP call-completion without the security issues associated with supernodes and other traditional VoIP services/p2p technologies. Specifically, Raketu does not use a consumer’s computer for routing the VoIP communications of other users.

Raketu services run over any Internet connection. Anyone on the Internet with a Windows PC and a headset can start using Raketu's Instant Messaging, VoIP, and other services immediately. Currently, all pre-paid customers of Raketu’s RakOut dial-out VoIP services enjoy free VoIP calling to over 40 countries. All VoIP calls to locations in these countries are free regardless of where the VoIP calls originate.