Fring is a mobile VOIP service that allows users to connect and share experiences with their friends online. With the help of the handset’s internet connection, users can easily interact with their friends through IM communities like Yahoo Messenger, MSN, Skype and many more. Recently Fring managed to secure $10 million funding. This extra funding now gives an opportunity to make this mobile VOIP service more accessible and easy to use.

The updates created with this funding will support more platforms, devices and add on services. Fring is more likely to be more compatible with Android. Services that is available in this VOIP application will feature VOIP calling, instant messaging and also social networking.

Fring, which is an Israel based company, has successfully raised 23 million dollars from a variety of companies like North Bridge, Veritas and other venture partners. This application can be downloaded for free from the company website and can also be used as a mobile VOIP application. With the help of this extra funding, customers can now derive more benefits out of this application.

The CEO of Fring Mr. Avi Shechter proudly implies that millions of users who currently make use of this application will benefit greatly as Fring becomes more popular and accessible in the rest of the mobile industry. This extra funding is definitely a boon for customers who are looking for latest developments and features in this VOIP service.

Another great feature of this VOIP application is that it allows users to make local and international calls at economical prices. Users can now use this application to make calls from their cell phones or landlines either by using Skype in or Skype out or by using any internet voice services like VOIP Talk etc. It also allows calls to be made from non SIP enabled handsets.

The Fring application does all the work for the users i.e. it automatically logs users into their favorite WiFi hotspots. The benefit of this is users can save a lot of time since they do not have to configure their WiFi access points every time they log on to their PC’s.

Fring is definitely gaining a lot of hype by the extra funding secured by it despite it not having a business model. This extra funding can surely help Fring to add more features and applications so that it can attract more customers. In short, Fring is now ready to shift its online nexus to mobile phones.