Aplio Reaches 5 Million Minutes in VoIP Calls; Use Of The Award-Winning Aplio/Phone Registers 20% Monthly Growth Rate Since 1998 Launch.SAN BRUNO San Bruno (săn br  `nō), city (1990 pop. 38,961), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1914. There is light manufacturing and petroleum refining. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999-- Aplio, Inc., worldwide leader in 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. appliance technology, today reported that the monthly average 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) communications via its award-winning Aplio/Phone has reached 5 million minutes in May of 1999. This represents a total growth rate of 1900%, and an average monthly growth rate of 20% since the company launched its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. in March 1998. 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. Jeff Pulver Jeff Pulver is the Chairman and founder of pulver.com, and a founder of the VoIP industry. Pulver is the chief writer of what's referred to as "the Pulver Order", which was adopted in 2004 by the Federal Communications Commission as the first FCC ruling regarding internet of Pulver.com, the industry average for Voice over IP minutes is 50 million minutes per month(a). "It is exciting to see that as a new technology, the Aplio/Phone - after only one year - is able to generate volumes of VoIP minutes rivaling the top tier Internet Telephony players," commented Olivier Zitoun, Aplio's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Through the success of the Aplio/Phone device, we have proven that there is a viable alternative to large gateway services for reaping the benefits of Internet Telephony. The 5 million-minute mark is a milestone for us as we look back on our first year's success, and gear up for the tremendous growth that lies ahead of us." From results of several studies of its U.S. user base completed over the past year, Aplio reports that more than half of the users surveyed spend at least 30 minutes on average per call, and 57% talk either once per week or several times per week on average. An overwhelming 68% user the Aplio/Phone primarily for personal or home use, mostly to call family members. Approximately 85% of users make international calls using the Aplio/Phone, the most frequently called region being Asia/Pacific. In addition to the Aplio's growth within the U.S., where the Aplio/Phone is available in over 100 major retail stores nationwide, the company has also established worldwide market presence by forging sales distribution agreements with key partners in Latin America, Asia and Europe, as well as the United States. To date, Aplio has concluded distribution agreements in Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Japan, Korea, Germany, Israel, and France, and plans to continue its global expansion. About Aplio, Inc. Aplio is a leading provider of embedded communications technologies for the Internet appliance market. Aplio's patented technologies enable manufacturers of Internet appliances (such as Internet phones, set-top boxes, web phones, web pads...) to easily and at minimal cost, integrate Voice over IP (VoIP) and other communication capabilities into their devices. As an initial implementation, the Aplio/Phone device was introduced in March 1998. With the press of a button, the Aplio/Phone reroutes calls from traditional carriers to the Internet, enabling users to make free long distance calls. Since its launch the Aplio/Phone has won numerous industry awards and is now distributed in over 50 countries via over one thousand resellers, distributors and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners. Building upon its initial success, the company has recently announced plans to expand its technology portfolio to support the fast-growing broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a and small business markets. Located in San Bruno, Calif., Aplio, Inc. has a worldwide presence with offices in the United States, Europe and Israel. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is backed by major venture capitalists. For more information about Aplio please visit our web site at http://www.aplio.com. (a) Jeff Pulver's 1998 Year End Message - 12/24/98 |
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