Telefonica Acquires VoIP Provider Jajah

Telefonica reportedly purchased Internet calling startup Jajah for $207 million. The company plans to offer Jajah’s calling service to customers of O2 initially. O2 is Telefonica’s European wireless unit. Telefonica is also a major wireless carrier catering to customers in Latin America. Jajah and Skype users make free or low-cost international calls using personal computers. Web calling on mobile phones has become common owing to the launch of Google Voice VoIP service in March 2009 by Google.