Affinity Internet Holdings and visitalk.com to Bring Free Worldwide Internet Calling to Millions of Users.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2000 Internet Users Can Make Free Long Distance Voice and Video Calls Through Their Favorite Web Sites Affinity Internet Holdings plc and U.S.-based visitalk.com(TM) Thursday announced they will work together to bring free voice and video calling to millions of Internet users in the UK, Europe and Australasia. Under the agreement, Affinity will offer visitalk.com Internet calling See Internet telephony. services to its existing and future clients, including Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba , Breathe.com, Toys R Us, Tiny Computers, Arsenal FC, PowerGen and The Open University, as part of a package of Internet content and services. The agreement with visitalk.com will be unique in that it provides point-to-point voice and video communications services delivered over the Internet. To access the service, Internet users will go to the web sites of Affinity's clients. They then click an icon that lets them register for visitalk.com's free services (O.Eng. Law) such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. See also: Free , including free PC-to-PC local and long-distance voice and video calling, voice messaging Using voice mail as an alternative to electronic mail, in which voice messages are intentionally recorded, not because the recipient was not available. , instant voice messaging and data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. . Registered users also can call fixed line telephones in parts of the world from their PCs for free or at sharply reduced rates. "We have experienced a strong demand for our voice and video calling service from Internet users," said Michael O'Donnell Michael O'Donnell (born c 1928), is a British physician, journalist and broadcaster. He was born in Yorkshire, the son of a rural General Practitioner, and educated at Stonyhurst College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he studied medicine. , president, visitalk.com. "Our agreement with Affinity Internet Holdings will help us reach a significant number of additional international users and will help Affinity add value to the services its clients provide. In turn, end users will save money by using visitalk.com." Wayne Lochner, chief executive officer of Affinity, commented, "visitalk.com is one of the world's leading services to allow you to make voice and video calls from one PC to another. The products are a fun and exciting new addition to our B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business and consumer portfolios and will appeal to our clients' end-users both in the UK and overseas. We hope to mirror the success visitalk.com has experienced in the US." The companies will work together on a variety of marketing and promotional programs. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IDC, a market research firm, more than 25 percent of European users surveyed indicated they would be interested in using voice over the Internet services this year. More than 25 percent of European users access the Internet and about 64 percent of the population use PCs. About visitalk.com visitalk.com allows users to communicate and collaborate online using real-time voice and video and currently serves more than 1.2 million users in 240 countries and territories. Free services include point-to-point local and long-distance calling and a Permanent Communications Number(SM) (PCN 1. PCN - Program Composition Notation. 2. (communications) PCN - Personal Communication Network. (SM)), or 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. number. Other free services include voice messaging, instant voice messaging, video conferencing, data collaboration that allows two people to work on a document at one time online and directory services similar to the white pages of a phone book - allowing users to easily locate other visitalk.com members. visitalk.com also offers service to let users call from their PCs to a telephone. visitalk.com is a privately funded company based in Phoenix. For additional information about visitalk.com's services, visit http://www.visitalk.com. About Affinity Internet Holdings plc Affinity floated on the AIM stock market in April 1999 and is capitalized at circa 400 million British pounds. Affinity is an e-business solutions innovator providing an increasingly integrated offering to corporates, consumer brands and special interest groups. It has three wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. and one jointly owned subsidiary: -- Virtual Internet Provider Ltd, the branded Internet access provider -- TeleCentric Solutions Ltd, the branded telephony services company (co-owned with PowerGen) -- EGO Maniacs.net Ltd, the online games company -- Taxi Interactive Ltd, the innovative e-commerce company Clients include Breathe.com, Tiny Computers, SegaSoft Inc., PowerGen, the MG Owners Club, Classic FM, Royal Bank of Scotland and Leeds University. Affinity is providing a best of breed solution by utilising the services of their strategic partners: ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. -- the e-Business services company, Cisco Systems, and ClientLogic. Other key relationships include Vodafone, Cable & Wireless, COLT Telecommunications, Trans National, Healix, Oneview and erecruitments.com. visitalk.com is a trademark of visitalk.com. Permanent Communications Number, PCN and Permanent Global Directory are service marks of visitalk.com. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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