Ekiga which was formerly known as GnomeMeeting is an application to make calls from PC to PC and it is very similar to Skype. In addition to voice call and chatting (instant messenger), with Ekiga you can also do video conferencing, ip telephony. You can use it with hardware or software compatible with Sip and H.323. The software is also available to download for windows and Linux.

Ekiga was previously just designed for Linux platform but now available for windows too. The interface is quite good and easy. One can make audio and video calls free with it along with instant messaging. You just need to an free sip address to make free Voip calls with Ekiga. As Ekiga himslef is providing free free SIP-Addresses. You just need to go to Ekiga.net for this and get register yourself their. So now with Ekiga.org softphone and Ekiga.net free sip address make free voip calls.

Among the other features include with Ekiga are:

1) Send SMS if your service provider supports

2) Call Hold, Call Transfer, Call Forwarding, DTMF.

3) You can use multiple accounts

4) You can use SIP Proxy and H.323 Gateaway

5) Multi platform, Windows and Linux

Download Ekiga 3.2 For Windows XP

Download Ekiga For Linux Wiki Instruction.