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Friday, July 06, 2007

BT Wi-Fi reaches 35,000 hotspots

With each of the BT Total Broadband services offering 250 inclusive monthly Wi-Fi minutes, it's significant for for those who require mobile broadband access that BT broadband customers can now access BT Wi-Fi via a staggering 35,000 global hotspots.

BT Openzone offers 2000 Wi-Fi hotspots in the UK and Ireland that are directly managed by BT, along with 13 Wireless Cities.

Chris Bruce, general manager of BT Openzone, comments: “Now in our fifth year, our customers have access to a quarter of the world’s total hotspots to work, talk and play wherever they are and our roaming usage figures demonstrate people are already taking advantage of this across the globe. A consistent user experience ensures it’s easy for anyone to experience the benefits of Wi-Fi, whether they’re in Cape Town airport or a Hilton hotel in Berlin - and our site partners are telling us that it really makes a difference."

BT Total Broadband

Labels: bt-broadband, voip, wifi-broadband, wimax-broadband

Saturday, January 13, 2007

BT reaches 1 million VoIP customers milestone

BT today announced it had gained more than one million registered consumer customers for its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, BT Broadband Talk and BT Softphone, representing more than a third of BT’s consumer broadband base.

BT has reached this key milestone more than six months earlier than projected, having set out in July 2006 a target of achieving a million VoIP customers within twelve months.

Gavin Patterson, managing director of consumer at BT Retail, welcomed the news: “We now have more than a million customer accounts for our VoIP services – and to achieve this in six months is nothing short of spectacular.

“UK consumers are clearly happy to embrace internet telephony when it is straightforward to use and offers great value, and through BT Total Broadband our customers are getting all the benefits that broadband has to offer.”

The June 2006 launch of BT Total Broadband placed internet telephony at the heart of the UK’s most comprehensive, value-packed broadband packages. Following a major revamp, BT unveiled three new VoIP services under the BT Broadband Talk banner, allowing customers to make calls through their PC, a videophone or a phone.

BT Broadband Talk enables customers to use their broadband connections as an extra line, getting inclusive evening and weekend calls to UK* landlines. Customers on BT Broadband Talk get a separate phone number and can choose a high value monthly calling plan alongside calling features such as 1471 and BT Answer. International calls cost from 1.25p per minute plus 3p set up fee and mobile calls from just 5p per minute.
BT Softphone is easy to download, and gives free global PC-to-PC chat at any time of day. It is compatible with BT Broadband Talk through one calling plan and one phone number. All customers of BT’s prior PC-based service, BT Communicator, can now make their calls with BT Softphone.

BT Total Broadband

Labels: bt-broadband, voip

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Tiscali launches VoIP Netphone

Tiscali, the internet and broadband company, today announces the launch of Tiscali Netphone, a free Voice over IP (VoIP) service. Developed by Tiscali Lab, Tiscali Netphone enables anyone who downloads the free program to use their PC to make free calls to other PCs, send and receive faxes, text messages and make low cost international and national calls to landlines. Users can also manage their inbound calls by using Tiscali Netphone as an answering service.

Tiscali Netphone is the latest project to emerge from Tiscali Lab, an international virtual technology research and development hub with a task force of 40 experts across Tiscali's five countries. The VoIP service is available to everyone, regardless of their internet provider, and can be downloaded from www.tiscali.co.uk/netphone. Users will benefit from considerably lower call charges than those levied by traditional phone companies and all PC-to-PC calls are free of charge. Calling another Netphone user is as easy as typing in their email address.

Steve Horley, Tiscali UK's managing director of consumer products and marketing, says: "Over nine million homes already have broadband services in the UK and combined with faster speeds, users have become more sophisticated in using their broadband as an integral part of their life. Tiscali's aim is to provide affordable and reliable broadband, and on top of that, value-added services to help you get the most out of your broadband."

Calls to UK landlines are charged at just 1p per minute and UK mobiles are as low as 12p per minute. International calls from 3p per minute including the most popular countries: USA, Australia, France, Germany and Spain.

Cheaper than many standard mobile phone tariffs, Netphone's text message service is quick and easy to use and costs 6p per message sent to any UK mobile phone. Netphone is also a personal fax machine which converts documents into a digital format to be sent to other PCs free or to a fax machine in the UK for 10p per page.

"The number of people looking to benefit from VoIP services is set to go through the roof in the next twelve months," continues Horley: "Netphone brings voice, fax, text messages and voicemail together in one easy to use service. It's never been easier for people to talk for free."

Further information: Tiscali broadband

Labels: tiscali-broadband, voip

Friday, May 05, 2006

THUS launches Demon Voice Over Broadband solution

THUS plc has added to its extensive portfolio of Demon solutions for SMEs with the launch of Demon Voice Over Broadband. The new product enables SMEs to take advantage of VoIP technology to reduce their call spend and exploit their broadband connection for more than just data traffic.

Demon Voice Over Broadband allows the customer to make multiple voice calls simultaneously* over their broadband connection removing the need to purchase a second phone line. Employees can be allocated their own portable 0845 number that they can use while in the office but also, from their laptop while at home, over a wireless hotspot or even a customer’s LAN (Local Area Network).

With a single portal log-in, Demon Voice Over Broadband provides customers with increased account visibility, enabling users access to live call statistics as well as the ability to monitor call spend through a dedicated online control panel. In addition, voicemail, fax to email and 1471 service come as standard features.

Nigel Stevens, product director at THUS, said: “Demon has a reputation for providing innovative solutions for the SME market. Today’s launch of Demon Voice Over Broadband further strengthens our position as a ‘one stop shop’ for SMEs, delivering the flexibility and benefits of VoIP solutions, currently enjoyed by THUS’ corporate customers, to the SME sector.”

Three price plans are on offer:

Demon Voice Over Broadband – UK£14.99 set up, £2.99 per month plus standard call charges**

Demon Voice over Broadband – UK Unlimited£14.99 set up, £9.99 per month plus call charges not included in the plan eg non-geographic numbers**

Demon Voice over Broadband – UK & Int Unlimited£14.99 set up, £16.99 per month including UK and key international destinations. Charges apply for calls not included in the plan**.

Calls made to other Demon Voice Over Broadband customers are free of charge.

Demon broadband

**Prices excluding VAT. Subject to terms and conditions*dependent on the bandwidth of the Internet connection

Labels: thus-broadband, voip

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Timico Launches VoIP For Business With Inclusive Broadband

Timico Ltd, an independent provider of converged communication services tailored specifically for small and medium sized businesses, today announced a new enhanced pricing structure for its VoIP For Business service that effectively makes its QoS enabled broadband free. This move makes Timico the first dedicated provider of business strength VoIP to deliver free broadband to its UK small and medium-sized business customers.

"UK SMEs know that VoIP is not just about low cost calls over the internet. A robust internet connection is just the starting point to accessing a whole world of communications functionality that used to be the preserve of big business. Our VoIP with inclusive free broadband will guarantee our customers receive a business quality service ensuring that voice will always be prioritised over data. Effectively this means that voice quality will not be affected when large amounts of data are received or transmitted during a voice call" says Matthew Gimlette, Commercial Director, Timico.

While other VoIP services are purely voice-play and focus on low cost calls, all users of the Timico VoIP For Business service are provided with impressive functionality such as voice and video conferencing together with Presence, Instant Messaging and a variety of collaboration and routing tools.

"We are the only commercially available UK provider of a managed VoIP service utilising the Nortel Multimedia Communications Server (MCS) 5200 platform. Our service functionality and quality is easily a cut above the rest due to the extremely feature-rich SIP-based multimedia communications service the platform provides, and the quality ensures that businesses will not experience poor quality voice calls associated with some other VoIP products" continues Gimlette.

Following its purchase in 2004 and ongoing investment in specialist b2b ISP, Atlas Internet, Timico boasts one of the most advanced core networks in the UK. Because it has control over the underlying infrastructure, Timico is able to offer reliable throughput for low bandwidth applications, giving services such as voice, video and collaboration sessions priority over its network. This level of quality is critical in collaborative business environments where a consistently high quality end user experience must be guaranteed.

"The Timico VoIP For Business USPs are its multimedia and PC client features, and our ability to guarantee quality of service. Our pricing structure offers excellent value for money with significant savings and increased functionality over traditional telecoms costs. By incorporating free broadband, customers are getting real value for money for a true business-strength VoIP service and they will benefit from having their converged communications services - mobile, fixed, internet and VoIP - on one, unified bill, enabling the easy capture and management of communication costs" concludes Matthew Gimlette.

About Timico

Timico is an independent provider of fixed, mobile, internet and converged communication services to the business market. Founded in 2004 by a highly experienced management team, Timico brings an unrivalled understanding of its customers' needs, delivered through its independence, its high levels of customer service and a desire to help its customers to operate more effectively. The company's portfolio of services includes fixed line, mobile and internet voice and data services.

www.timico.co.uk

Labels: voip

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Wanadoo is UK's No.1 Consumer VoIP Provider

Eric Abensur, Wanadoo UK CEO, said: “It’s clear that consumers love the simplicity of Wireless & Talk as there are currently around 5,000 Wanadoo customers registering every week. There is no software to download, no fiddly headphones and you’re not tied to your computer. Phone-to-phone is the way forward for VoIP services and Wanadoo is clearly leading the way.”

Unlike many other companies offering VoIP services, Wanadoo Wireless & Talk is high on customer convenience. It offers an integrated approach to communications providing the broadband connection, telephony service and Livebox in one package, meaning that customers always have a point of reference should a query arise. Customers are paying monthly for a service and so receive the benefits that go with this, such as high levels of dedicated customer support.

Customers receive a secondary phone line on a dedicated Wanadoo Broadband connection plus free evening and weekend calls to any UK landline and free calls at any time, day or night, to other Wanadoo Wireless & Talk users.

Just plug a normal (touch tone) phone into the Wanadoo Livebox - that comes free on loan with the service, and away you go. Perfect for families who find that their ordinary line is in use and may want to make or receive more than one call at once.

The family also get to experience the benefits of connecting to the Internet - wirelessly. Using the Wanadoo Livebox, customers can connect more than one PC to the Internet and surf from anywhere around the home. So now you can chat, surf, legally download and game - all simultaneously.

Wanadoo has also revealed that in its Local Loop Unbundled (LLU) areas, new customers will be able to receive an even faster broadband service with an up to 8 Meg wireless broadband connection, plus free off-peak VoIP calls - all for only £14.99 per month for the first six months*.

Wanadoo Broadband

Labels: voip, wanadoo-broadband

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