AllAdvantage.com and Net2Phone Sign Agreement to Deliver Telephony Service to Global Infomediary's Millions of Users.Business/High-Tech Editors HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2000 1st Phase of Internet Phone Service See VoIP. Launched; 2nd Phase Will Offer Rebate rebate, partial refund of the total price paid for goods or services. In the United States, rebates were historically given by railroads to favored shippers as a return on transportation charges. & Debit Payment Net2Phone Inc.(Nasdaq:NTOP NTOP Nt Option Pack ) and infomediary (INFOrmation interMEDIARY) An information provider that gathers content from several sources and functions as a data aggregator for a target audience. AllAdvantage.com today announced the first step in a program to provide free PC-to-PC and discounted PC-to-phone and phone-to-phone telephone services to AllAdvantage.com members. These functions are being introduced as the result of a poll of AllAdvantage.com members, who requested telephony service. This agreement represents another initiative by AllAdvantage.com to deliver increased product offerings benefiting its millions of members. AllAdvantage.com members will have easy access to the free downloadable software via the Net2Phone's site. Rates will be as low as 1 cent a minute for calls within the U.S. and 3.9 cents a minute for calls overseas. There are no activation or connection fees to open an account with Net2Phone, and new accounts receive a hands-free headset Headphones combined with a microphone. Used in call centers and by people in telephone-intensive jobs, headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Many people use headsets at the computer so they can converse and type comfortably. . Later this year members will receive a rebate on every dollar they spend with Net2Phone. This rebate will be available exclusively to AllAdvantage.com members. In addition, AllAdvantage.com is building an infrastructure so that members will be able to pay for this service from their AllAdvantage.com accounts. "This relationship with Net2Phone illustrates how we are transcending our initial business proposition of paying people to explore the Web," said AllAdvantage.com Spokesperson Gregg Stebben. "Increasingly, we are offering members special deals which are payable through their affiliation with AllAdvantage.com." Michael Pastor, Director of Business Development at Net2Phone commented, "AllAdvantage.com, with its presence on millions of computers worldwide, gives us a great deal of exposure. And it gives users easy, low-cost telephony directly from their desktops." Mr. Stebben also remarked that this deal reflects the member-driven character of AllAdvantage.com offerings. A recent poll of members on their interest in Internet phone service revealed 72% eager to access Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. , with 59% interested in paying for the service via their AllAdvantage.com accounts. The Net2Phone deal complements other recent exclusive AllAdvantage.com member offerings including VirusScan(TM) anti-virus software anti-virus software n → Antivirensoftware f and RioPort Audio Manager jukebox A storage device for multiple sets of CD-ROMs, DVDs, tape cartridges or disk modules. Using carousels, robot arms and other methods, a jukebox physically moves the storage medium from its assigned location to an optical or magnetic station for reading and writing. software. About AllAdvantage.com As an infomediary, AllAdvantage.com gathers information from its members and manages this data to reward them with cash as well as discounts on sponsored products and services -- while protecting their privacy. This relationship with members also allows AllAdvantage.com to offer businesses a direct channel for delivering direct marketing, communications, electronic commerce, and digital products. This exchange of value and information between consumers and businesses takes place through the Viewbar, a two-way communications Two-way communication is a form of transmission in which both parties involved transmit information. Common forms of two-way communication are:
About Net2Phone Net2Phone,Inc. is a leading provider of voice-enhanced Internet communications services to individuals and businesses worldwide. Net2Phone enables people to place low-cost high quality calls from their computer, telephone or fax machine to any telephone or fax machine in the world. Net2Phone develops and markets technology and services for IP voice and e-commerce solutions for the web and other IP networks. Net2Phone's strategic investors include Softbank, America Online See AOL. , GE/NBC, and Yahoo!. Additionally an AT&T-led consortium announced planes to acquire a 39 percent voting stake in Net2Phone. For more information about Net2Phoneproducts and services, please visit www.Net2phone.com. |
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