| 2006-10-26 | iotum™ Launches Relevance Enabled Channel Partner Program OTTAWA, Ontario & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At Astricon Dallas today, iotum announced the on-demand availability of its award-winning Web 2.0 Call Management Applications, including its flagship iotum™ Relevance Engine™, through a worldwide channel partner network of Service Providers, System Integrators, and telephony Value-Added Resellers. The iotum Relevance Engine is the industry's first call management platform to intelligently assess the relevance of any call, and to automatically route that call to the most appropriate destination. iotum's Relevance Enabled Channel Partner Program provides opportunities for partners to boost margins and increase revenues by deploying new, revenue-generating services to their customers based on the iotum Relevance Engine. The iotum Relevance Enabled Partner Program provides partners with recognition as an iotum certified partner, lead generation programs, joint marketing opportunities, development seats, and additional revenues and market development funds. "From the day iotum was founded, we have envisioned iotum being available to all users of cell phone, landline PBX, VoIP Phone, PDA, and web sites," said Alec Saunders, iotum CEO and co-founder. "Today we're thrilled to announce a great new group of partners who will bring iotum to more mobile professionals and small businesses worldwide." "Our customers demand a little magic in every phone call," said Sam Aparicio, Vice President of Products and Strategy at Angel.com. " Partnering with iotum helps us deliver just that. Iotum's unparalleled knowledge of relevance and understanding of caller psychology makes them a valuable partner for Angel.com." iotum's new channel partners include Angel.com, Core Telecom Innovations Inc., ESCAUX, The Flat Planet Phone Company, Integrics Limited, and NuFone Inc. More information on each of these partners can be found here. "iotum's Relevance Enabled Partnership with NuFone adds tremendous value to our customers' calling experience," said NuFone CEO Allan Noorda. "For our customers, it's all about being competitive within enterprise markets. With iotum, our small and medium business clients will never miss an important call, and never be interrupted again when it's inappropriate." Throughout iotum's product development process, the company has collaborated with independent software vendors and service providers. With the release of the iotum integration tools earlier this year, a growing community of third parties have been announcing relationships with iotum, including AOL's AIM Phoneline, Epygi Technologies Ltd., Televolution Inc., Unlimitel Inc., and Versature Corporation. Apply online today at iotum. About iotum Founded in 2003, privately held iotum is a Voice 2.0 company setting out to shape a world of relevant communications where devices and services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with who they want, when they want, and on the device they want. Most recently they were awarded the Prestigious CATA Alliance Innovation Award for Emerging Technology Achievement " as the best emerging technology of the year in Canada," named a DEMOgod at DEMO2006, and named to Business 2.0's Next Net 25. ### |
| 2006-10-26 | NuFone, Inc. Selects The VoIP Connection™ and GlobeTelX® to Provide Residential CPE Devices for its IAX-based VoIP service. Indian Harbour Beach, FL, (October 26, 2006) - The VoIP Connection™, an industry leading distributor of Voice Over IP equipment and technology, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to provide NuFone Inc. with IAX protocol VoIP CPE devices from GlobeTelX. The program includes device programming, shipping and complete lifecycle support of the CPE. IAX is the Inter-Asterisk eXchange protocol used by Asterisk®, the open source telephony platform from Digium®. It is used to enable VoIP traffic between Asterisk servers, and between servers and clients that also use the IAX protocol. Allan Noorda, President and CEO of Nufone Inc., said of the agreement, "We have one of the largest IAX networks in the world, but previously our market was restricted to customers using Asterisk servers. The new GlobeTelX® line of CPE allows us to offer the reliability and bandwidth savings of the IAX protocol to millions of residential and small business users around the world. We are also pleased to have The VoIP Connection andling the logistics of our CPE fulfillment process. This arrangement allows NuFone to focus our resources on providing world-class VoIP service without the distraction and overhead of maintaining our own warehousing and shipping operation." According to Michael Crown, Managing Partner at The VoIP Connection, "NuFone is a true pioneer and the industry leader in IAX-based VoIP service. The certification and selection of the new GlobeTelX line of IAX CPE represents a very exciting new business opportunity. These products are truly unique in the industry." About The VoIP Connection The VoIP Connection is a leading full service reseller and integrator of VoIP hardware and solutions with a comprehensive catalog of servers, telephony interface cards, IP phones, terminal adapters, gateways and more. Visit the on-line store at: http://www.thevoipconnection.com. About NuFone, Inc. NuFone was originally deployed by Jeremy McNamara in January 2002, as an IAX-based solution for Asterisk PBX based users. NuFone has since grown into a leading provider of SIP and IAX based VoIP solutions for thousands of customers in the United states and more than 60 countries world-wide. NuFone is a privately held corporation based in Eugene, OR. Find out more or sign up at: http://www.nufone.net For Information Contact: NuFone, Inc. Allan Noorda, 541-914-4259 anoorda@nufone.net The VoIP Connection Michael Crown, 321-989-6728 ext. 611 press@thevoipconnection.com ### |
| 2006-09-02 | NuFone Announces the Creation of a New Executive Management, Support Team NuFone Inc., a premium-service provider specializing in hosted SIP and IAX VoIP solutions, is proud to announce the creation of a new executive management and support team. Eugene, OR (PRWEB) September 2, 2006 -- NuFone, the world's first commercial provider of IAX-based VoIP services, announced today the creation of a new management and support team to further solidify its dedication to providing reliable VoIP solutions to carrier, enterprise and residential environments. Composed of 5 executive team members, who are highly experienced in the areas of business, sales and support, will provide the necessary leadership to properly manage NuFone. "In the past, NuFone always had trouble properly managing and supporting our customer's needs. It has always been my goal to form a proper team to deliver the support our customers demand," Jeremy McNamara, founder and CTO of NuFone, said. "By listening to our customers, we were able to determine our weaknesses and have formed a proper team to bring NuFone to the next level." The following are the executive members of the NuFone management and support team: Allan Noorda, President and CEO. Noorda has been engulfed in the advancement of the Telecommunications Industry for over the past 10 years. Noorda recently comes from Newman Telecom, where he was the VP of Sales and Marketing. He brings energy and an understanding of customer needs as well as technology to direct the daily operations of NuFone. Jeremy McNamara, Founder and CTO. Over the past 10 years, McNamara has assisted in the development and deployment of several ISPs, ITSPs and Application Service Providers around the United States. McNamara also has extensive development, testing and deployment expertise with Asterisk PBX-based solutions. Greg Merriweather, Support Specialist. Merriweather has been providing operating system, hardware and application support for the past 10 years including working as a support engineer for Ford and Global-Crossing before assisting in the operation of NuFone beginning in early 2003. Leon Salisbury, Senior Engineer. Salisbury has over 20 years of programming and engineering experience with a wide assortment of programming languages including Assembler, Perl, HTML, C and hardware including PICs, 68xx Series, various DSP and embedded x86 platforms. Krystina Patterson, Customer Relations. Patterson has been working with the public for the past 4 years in marketing and customer relations. Patterson is well versed in problem solving and determining customer needs. About NuFone NuFone was originally deployed by Jeremy McNamara in January 2002, as an IAX-based solution for Asterisk PBX based users. NuFone has since grown into a leading provider of SIP and IAX based VoIP solutions for thousands of customers in the United states and more than 60 countries world-wide. NuFone is a privately held corporation based in Eugene, OR. ### |