As you may have read in TelecomPaper, Libon teamed-up with Orange Romania and launched the Romanian version of our 3-in-1 communication service – that is an exciting achievement for us!

Orange Romania launched “Orange Young” – an offer aimed at the Romanian youth. On top of an interesting data+minutes+text package, the Orange Young tariff also gives access to Libon for free.
For free? Yes, the data you’re using for Libon isn’t deducted from your data package when you’re an Orange Young customer.

That’s a new key milestone for the team – a few weeks after our partnership with Sosh in France – and we’re proud to see our service hitting new markets!
Stay tuned, as we’ll have new announcements to make in the next weeks.

Tell us on Twitter @libon what’s your dream Libon country?

[UPDATE 22.03] The service is now back to normal. Thank you for your patience.

Some of you are experiencing bugs with the Libon voicemail – as some of your contacts can’t leave any voicemail messages.

We are working around the clock to fix it – and your Libon voicemail should be back shortly!
We apologise for the inconvenience, please contact us at iphone@support.libon.com or @Libon if you have any additional issues.

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So you’re going to Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress next week? So are we!

And you’ll have lots of opportunities to meet the Libon team in the “Mobile Capital“.

On Sunday evening (from 7pm), Libon will have a booth at Pepcom’s MobileFocus Global that will take place at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya. You need reasons to come and see us at MobileFocus Global?

Well you’ll get Libon Premium for free; meet the team who’ll give you exclusive previews of upcoming new features and you might win two tickets for El Clasico, the Barcelona vs. Madrid game on the 28^th of February.

We’ll also attend lots of conferences and parties throughout the week so make sure you tweet us @Libon @fjmasson @GiCorb so we can catch-up over a drink and some tapas.

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Call your homeland* for free in high definition!

Hey we can see you moaning in front of your screen: “free calls are not new”. You’re right.

What’s new with Libon is that:

1. Libon calls are HD, so you can perfectly understand what your friend is telling you, no matter if you’re on wifi or 3G
2. With Libon Premium you can call landlines and mobiles (60 minutes per month) in more than 30 countries – ideal to catch up with your parents or grandparents who don’t have an iPhone!

With Libon, you can call whoever you want wherever you with an incredible quality; whether you’re trekking in Peru, tanning on a beach in Bali or walking around Johannesburg, call home like as if your family and friends were near you.

Instant messaging

Can’t call because of the time difference? So just send your contacts a free message with Libon – and just think how happy they’ll be when they’ll wake up with a message from you!

Customized greetings

But sometimes, that’s the other way around: friends and family call you when you’re not free to talk. With Libon, you can create a personalized greeting for each of your contacts, so they have a kind word from you even though they don’t talk to you.

Share your location as a voicemail

If you’re a globetrotter and go to a different city everyday, create customized greetings with your location in it. The greeting is automatically updated with your latest location – country, city, area or street, and it’s easy to set-up.

Transcription of your voicemail

Not fluent in Spanish or French? No problemo, Libon turns voicemails into text thanks to the speech-to-text feature which makes it easier to understand!

We’d love to hear stories of expats using Libon – get in touch with us in the comment section, on Facebook or Twitter!

*List of countries available here http://www.libon.com/en/countries-calls-free-international

The main purpose of holidays is to relax and to try to fix your digital addictions: no Facebook, emails, Instagraming your food, tweeting…

So switch off your phone and let Libon do the work while you’re relaxing.

It’ll take you 3 minutes to create a customized greeting letting people know that you’re abroad and don’t want to be disturbed. Ready? Go!

1. Go to Greetings

2. Choose Create a custom greeting

3. Record it or Type it? Type it

4. Type your message – easy.

5. Make your contacts jealous and let them know where you’re on holidays – Libon will automatically tell them (even when you’re on the move): click on My place and then choose which location you want to share Full address, Address, Town or Country.

That’s it. When your contacts will call you they’ll get a personalized greeting with their name and your latest location.

Happy holiday!