Mr Ogden’s company Voice Commerce Group has linked up with MyVillage.
om, which has established a national network of 97 London area websites and 24 websites serving major cities.
Voice Commerce has developed the technology, called Whitephone, to enable website subscribers to access internet communication services, including free telephone calls, and video messaging.
Mr Ogden said: ‘This is a major step in providing a real-life online experience to communities that can be either geographic or interest based.
‘Imagine being able to log on to your local community portal, view a restaurant that you’d like to go to, talk to a friend through your PC about their experiences of it and then call the establishment direct to book a table, the exact location of which you can see in front of you.
And you can do all this in a matter of minutes and completely free of charge.
