BuzMe Announces Strategic Distribution Agreement With U.S. Robotics to Provide Web-Based Communications Technologies to Customers.Business Editors and High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2000 Software Enabling (programming) software enabling - (Or "enabling") Modification of the design or implementation of software to allow internationalisation to take place. In particular, enabling may refer to the modification of software to support double-byte character sets, hence "Unicode Online Call Notification and Internet Call Waiting Internet Call Waiting is a technology that allows you to accept incoming calls while connected to a 56k Internet dialup connection. While online, a software application displays users the Caller ID of the incoming call, and gives users the opportunity to screen the incoming Provides U.S. Robotics' Customers With Less Intrusive Internet Experience BuzMe announced today a strategic distribution agreement with U.S. Robotics (U.S. Robotics, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, www.usr.com) A modem manufacturer highly regarded for its quality products. The company manufactures its own chipsets (data pumps) and often leads with innovations. Its HST protocol was a high-speed, reliable protocol before V. . Under the terms of the agreement, BuzMe communications technologies will be included with all U.S. Robotics modems shipped in North America starting in Q4 2000. The software will ship with V.90 modems as an icon on the bundled Connections CD, giving users BuzMe's Internet call waiting, call management and voicemail services. The collaboration of BuzMe and U.S. Robotics gives millions of users access to new classes of web-based telephony services. IDC predicts that by year-end 2000, 26.4 percent of US online households will have adopted Internet call waiting services and that this penetration rate will increase to 43.1 percent by 2003. According to the same study, the number of households in the US accessing the Internet using dial-up modems will grow to 40.6 million by 2003. "We have created a customized screen interface for U.S. Robotics and will host the service for the company," said Dave Parker, 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. of BuzMe. "This partnership epitomizes BuzMe's core competency, which is allowing our partners to deploy Internet call waiting and voicemail for their customers that is quickly, reliably and seamlessly integrated into their existing technologies and generate additional revenue while doing so." "U.S. Robotics constantly seeks ways to enhance its customers Internet experience," said Christine Pomeroy, Vice President of Marketing for U.S. Robotics. "By bundling BuzMe's software with our industry leading modems, our customers will be able to enjoy their time online without worrying about missing important phone calls." About BuzMe BuzMe.com, Inc. is a leading communications application service provider (ASP) powering communications and messaging on web sites across the Internet. BuzMe enables Internet content providers, telecom carriers, mobile and landline service providers, PC OEMs and consumers with powerful communications control tools including Internet call waiting and voicemail. These real time communications Instantaneous transmission. There is little or no network latency when transmitting in real time. See real time. services are made possible by a scalable and reliable telephony and IP infrastructure and are available in North America with international expansion throughout 2000. Partners include Toshiba America, Sonicport.com (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : SONI), NEXTLINK (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NXLK) and Internap (NASDAQ: INAP (Intelligent Network Application Part) An IN (Intelligent Network) protocol used in a European SS7 network to query databases for a variety of functions not related to call setup and tear down. INAP uses the ASN.1 standard for defining message content. See SS7 and ASN.1. ). Founded in February 1999, BuzMe is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . About U.S. Robotics U.S. Robotics is the world's leading modem provider, bringing the Internet into millions of homes and businesses around the world. For three decades, U.S. Robotics has been at the forefront of modem technology, and in the 1990's was the first to boost analog modem speeds to the V.90 56K standard. This year, U.S. Robotics has reemerged as an independent company and will continue its tradition of making the most reliable, simple and innovative Internet access solutions available. All U.S. Robotics resources - from engineering to customer support - are dedicated to fulfilling that commitment. U.S. Robotics is a privately held company headquartered in the Chicago area. For further information regarding our company and products, please visit our website at www.usr.com. |
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