Actiontec Signs 1st 20 Resellers for VoSKY VoIP Products.Includes PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). Gateway Enabling Businesses to Access World's Largest VoIP Network SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Actiontec Electronics Actiontec Electronics, Inc. is a company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, that designs and sells networking and broadband equipment. They are best known for the Actiontec MI424WR router that is given to Verizon customers. announced today that it has signed 20 resellers for its VoSKY line of Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (VoIP) products, notably including a suite of VoIP-to-PBX gateways that enable businesses to slash phone expenses by adding multiple outgoing VoIP lines to the office PBX at very low cost. The announcement comes just a month after Actiontec launched its VoSKY reseller program for VARs that offer telecom and networking services. All VoSKY products enable users to access Skype, the world's largest VoIP network with 113 million registered users. Skype is owned by eBay and has no signup or monthly access fees. Calls are free between Skype users and cost as little as 2 cents per minute to non-Skype users, even for overseas calls. VoSKY Exchange, the PBX gateway, is the first Skype-certified solution enabling businesses of 10 to 300 employees to take full advantage of Skype. It requires no changes to existing PBX equipment, phones or user PCs; can be installed in two hours; allows every phone extension in the office to make and receive Skype calls; and can yield major savings for businesses with multiple locations, remote workers, and/or customers, partners and suppliers in other cities. Other VoSKY products include VoSKY Chatterbox, a plug-and-play USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. speakerphone enabling users to make headset-free Skype calls through their PCs; VoSKY Internet Phone (1) See IP phone and softphone. (2) (Internet Phone) The first VoIP telephone service in the U.S., introduced in early 1995 by VocalTec Communications Ltd., Fort Lee, NJ (www.vocaltec.com). Using a Windows softphone, calls could also be made to a regular phone. Wizard, a small hardware accessory that allows users to make and receive Skype calls on any traditional handset; and VoSKY Call Center, a peripheral that extends Skype calls to any mobile phone. VoSKY resellers receive on-site and online sales and technical training sessions, sales and marketing tools, technical support, special certified reseller pricing, media campaigns, lead generation, and other services to support resellers' efforts. They are also eligible to participate in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the of new VoSKY products. For more information, visit www.voskyseminars.com. About Actiontec Electronics, Inc. Actiontec Electronics develops products and services enabling consumers to leverage broadband Internet See broadband. connectivity to simplify and enrich their lives. Covering the full spectrum of solutions for the digital life, Actiontec's products include broadband modems, home gateways, wireless networking See wireless network. devices, routers, VoIP adapters, and digital entertainment devices, sold through retail channels and broadband service providers; and the VoSKY family of Skype-certified products that allow consumers to make Internet calls anywhere and anytime, sold through online and retail channels. Founded in 1993, Actiontec is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, and maintains branch offices in Austin, TX; Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , CO; Basingstoke, United Kingdom; Shanghai, China; and Taipei, Taiwan. For more information, call 408-752-7700 or visit http://www.actiontec.com. |
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