Access Power Adds New Quick Dialer to FreeWebCall.com; FreeWebCall.com Members Can Place PC-to-Phone Calls to Over 170 Countries.Business Editors/Technology Writers PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2002 Access Power Inc., (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ACCR ACCR Accrue ACCR Aluminum Conductor Composite-Reinforced (3M) ACCR Association des Centres Culturels de Rencontre ACCR Association Canadienne pour la Conservation et la Restauration (Ottawa, ON, Canada) ), today announced the availability of a quick PC-to-phone dialer feature for FreeWebcall.com(TM) members. The new application allows customers to place discounted PC-to-phone calls to over 170 countries. The dialer is accessed from the home page of the company's voice portal An interactive voice response (IVR) front end to a data retrieval system. This does not differ in core technology from traditional IVR; rather, the difference is in the application presented. Where old-style IVR was mostly a routing application (press 1 for sales, 2 for service, etc. , http://www.FreeWebCall.com (TM). The quick PC-to-phone dialer is based on Microsoft's prevalent NetMeeting software, so most members do not need to download and install additional programs to use the new feature. "The dialer is a fast-loading single-function program for members desiring simply to place PC-to-phone calls and take advantage of rates as low as 2.9 cents per minute," said Douglas Bottomley, Access Power's senior vice president of sales and marketing. The dialer complements FreeWebCall.com's full featured VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a service that includes free PC-to-PC calling, text chat, buddy list A list of colleagues, workgroup members, friends, etc., that you might wish to communicate with via instant messaging. See instant messaging. processing and online presence detection, address book, and online collaboration tools including video conferencing. About Access Power, Inc.: Formed in 1996, Access Power, Inc. (OTCBB:ACCR) is a pioneer provider of global Internet-based communications. The Company's consumer-oriented service, FreeWebCall.com(TM), offers a full suite of communications services including PC-to-PC, PC-to-phone, text chat, video conferencing and advanced collaboration functions. The Company's exclusive patent-pending Punctuate punc·tu·ate v. punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing, punc·tu·ates v.tr. 1. To provide (a text) with punctuation marks. 2. Your Point(R) allows members to insert sound effects into their voice, text or video conversations. Access Power provides its best of breed services in conjunction with Cisco Systems and the Microsoft Corporation. Note: Statements in this press release, which are not historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning given to that term in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. |
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