A new service from Lypp, a Vancouver-based company operated by Gaboogie Canada Inc., is enabling BlackBerry users to make long distance calls free of charge. The company, which touts itself as a "using the data connections and applications that already exist on cell phones and mobile devices to give users features and pricing that the wireless carriers don't, won't or can't offer" says it can end the high LD prices, as high $.30 per minute, currently being charged by Canada's carriers.

"We find this situation unacceptable and unfair, and our solution is a simple alternative that BlackBerry users can set up in seconds and use for calls to anywhere in North America with no long distance charges and the call quality and reliability of a regular phone call," CEO Erik Lagerway said in a statement.

BlackBerry users can sign up for the service at http://lypp.com/.