VOXBONE CHOSEN BY PINGER TO EXPAND MOBILE VOICE SERVICE INTERNATIONALLY

Pinger Provides New Voice Messaging Service to Mobile Phone Users in More than 20 Countries

BRUSSELS, Belgium–Aug. 19, 2008—Voxbone, a leading provider of local telephone numbers and VoIP transport, today announced a partnership agreement with Pinger, Inc., which offers instant voice messaging service for mobile phones. As Pinger’s VoIP partner, Voxbone is playing a key role in expanding the Pinger voice messaging service outside of the United States.

With the help of Voxbone, Pinger’s patent-pending service is now available in more than 20 countries. Pinger users send instant voice messages by dialing a local number, saying the name of the person they want to message and speaking their message. Recipients immediately get notified of the new message via text, prompting them to call a local number. They hear the voice message and can reply with just one button. The free service works on virtually any mobile phone.

“Voxbone was able to procure the international DID numbers we needed to expand our service globally,” said Pinger CTO and VP of Engineering Jocelyn Cloutier. “The company stood out not only because it supports numbers in a wide range of countries, but it was also flexible enough to customize its service to work with our IVR platform.” 

Voxbone leases international DID numbers and toll-free numbers via VoIP to organizations in North and South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific regions. It delivers high-quality call origination and provides the global infrastructure that enables its customers to expand to international markets quickly and efficiently. Using these numbers, Voxbone customers may receive inexpensive, locally dialed phone calls from 43 countries (Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States).

“We are in a unique position to help companies like Pinger achieve their expansion goals,” said Sebastien d’ Ursel, Voxbone sales and marketing director. “Through our on-demand DID number services and real-time platform, service providers can now offer a cost effective, seamless, reliable, ubiquitous and easy-to-use solution for their end users.”

Voxbone services, which include DID (direct inward dialing) and toll-free numbers, are deployed by mobile operators, PSTN carriers, VoIP providers, call center operators and NGN (Next Generation Network) service providers worldwide. Voxbone is a recognized member of the International Telecommunication Union and part of the study group that is responsible for numbering standardization around the world.

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About Voxbone

Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Voxbone provides worldwide DID numbers and toll-free phone numbers over its own private intercontinental VoIP network. The all-IP architecture of the Voxbone core network enables customers to rapidly deploy new communications services with local presence, while simultaneously reducing costs. It delivers high-quality call origination from 44 countries and 5,000 cities and provides the global infrastructure that enables its customers to expand to international markets quickly and efficiently. Founded in 2002, the company is privately held. For more information, visit www.voxbone.com.

About Pinger

Pinger was founded on the vision that using your voice to send mobile messages should be fun, fast and as easy as talking.  With the patent-pending Pinger service, users can send Pinger messages in over 20 countries—across time zones, phone types and carriers. Founded in late 2005 by former Palm executives Greg Woock and Joe Sipher, Pinger has a proven management team who believes deeply in building simple products and services that just work. Located in San Jose, California, Pinger is a privately held company. For more information, visit www.pinger.com.

Pinger is a registered service mark of Pinger, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:
Sue Huss, for Voxbone
sue.huss@comunicano.com
+1 619-379-4396