Raketu has extended its discounted VoIP dial out calling rates promotion. Through July 31, 2007, consumers making travel plans to visit friends and family can still take advantage of Raketu’s discounted rates (66% off Raketu standard rate pricing), currently the lowest dial out calling rates to any location globally. Raketu also announces a cut in sending US SMS-Text message rates to 5 cents per message.

Raketu runs over any Internet connection from broadband to dial-up and offers consumers three options to access their Raketu account for free to lowest cost VoIP calling rates globally:

• Totally Free: Raketu to Raketu calling anywhere in the world, requires both users running Raketu’s LaunchPad desktop application.
• Mostly Free: RakOut Dial-out VoIP service, requires one user on Raketu, the other on landline/mobile phone. RakOut offers free calling to locations in over 40 countries around the world, and the lowest published rates on all other calls (currently discounted 66% off the company’s standard pricing).
• Practically Free: RakWeb calling requires no software downloads with both users on traditional mobile or landline phones. This service can be used by anyone with access to a web browser via www.Raketu.com or www.Raketu.mobi - including Windows, Linux, Mac OSX. Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, and Linux mobile.