TORONTO – Globalive’s Yak Communications has relaunched its mobile app known as YApp Mobile, allowing customers to make and receive free local calls from anywhere using a Wi-Fi or data connection.
YApp Mobile’s postpaid version extends home phone service to a customer’s mobile device, letting users take their home phone number, unlimited local minutes, hundreds of long distance minutes and 11 calling features with them wherever they go at no extra charge. Any long distance minutes which exceed the user's monthly allowance will appear on their regular invoice.
For users seeking a prepaid option, YApp Mobile provides a new phone number and free features like call waiting, voicemail, unlimited local calling and 100 North American long distance minutes every month for the first three months. Credits can be purchased through iTunes or Google Wallet and used to select long distance minute buckets or à la carte options.
Yak's Mobile App is available for free download on iTunes and Google Play for devices running Apple and Android operating software.
"Yak's Mobile App accommodates the communication needs of Canadians at home and on-the-go for less than they're used to paying", said Yak’s director of marketing Josh Bower, in Thursday’s news release. "Whether extending our $9.50 Basic Home Phone service to a mobile device, or using our prepaid app, users are encouraged to reduce the features and price of their monthly mobile plan, and instead use Yak for a larger portion of their communication needs. We are committed to keeping Canadians connected for less, and this app offers freedom from high-cost plans peddled by The Big 3."
Founded in 1999 and acquired by Globalive Communications in 2006, Yak offers Canadians Internet, home phone, mobile and landline long distance services.
