Vodafone Portugal has launched ‘Vodafone web phone for Facebook’ service.

This service allows user to make and receive voice and video calls, as well as send and receive SMS and MMS with their Vodafone phone number, from the Facebook social network.

To use the service, customers need to access Vodafone Portugal’s Facebook page and select the Vodafone web phone tab. The application is available for use on PCs and Macs. The Vodafone web phone can also be installed from the operator’s website.

Voice calls, video calls and chats between Vodafone web phone users are free of charge. Voice calls, video calls, SMS and MMS to mobile and fixed networks are charged in accordance with the customer’s price plan. To mark the service launch, Vodafone has launched a ‘Happy Hours’ promotion, offering free calls to any Vodafone Portugal mobile phone from the Vodafone web phone. The Web Phone for Facebook service has been developed in partnership with Portuguese company WIT Software.