Riparius Ventures and Delta Three Announce Alliance and Milestone in Use of PC-to-Phone Telephony.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1998--Making 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. calls from a PC just got easier. Up until now, users could only make such calls through their PC by speaking into a microphone and listening through speakers attached to their computer. However, through an agreement announced today between Delta Three, Inc., a subsidiary of RSL RSL - RAISE Specification Language Communications, Ltd. (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 : RSLCF) and Riparius Ventures, Inc., users can now make the same call through their PC by using a traditional telephone handset The part of the telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone. On a desktop phone, the part you hold in your hand is the handset. On a cellphone, the entire phone is the handset. See multihandset cordless and headset. . The innovative Riparius INT100CS Internet telephone handset allows this to happen. As shown in the accompanying photograph, by attaching the Riparius handset to a PC and using Delta Three's PC-to-Phone software (available for free download at www.deltathree.com), users now have the ability to call anyone, anywhere in the world at rates significantly less than traditional phone calls. The INT100CS handset substantially improves the sound quality and privacy of 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. communication by making it as simple as using a standard telephone handset. Beginning this month, Delta Three and Riparius Ventures will co-market Delta Three's PC-to-Phone software and Riparius' INT100CS handsets to Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → , on-line communities and college bookstores. David McElvaney, President of Riparius Ventures, and Elie Wurtman, Chief Executive Officer of Delta Three, in a joint statement, said, "The utilization of the Riparius handset together with the international Internet telephony network of Delta Three is a milestone in the development of PC-to-Phone telephony. Rather than speaking aloud into a microphone, users of PC-to-Phone telephony now can have the comfort and quality of a traditional telephone call. However, by using Delta Three's global network, they can reduce their phone bills by as much as 80 percent." Delta Three generates millions of minutes of voice traffic each month by providing Phone-to-Phone offerings such as calling cards, PC-to-Phone software and other enhanced services Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; to a growing number of customers around the world. With 22 points of presence, Delta Three manages the world's largest Internet Telephony network dedicated to voice and fax traffic. Parent company RSL Communications fills the gaps where the Delta Three Global network does not yet reach, with its traditional current switched telephone network and termination services to over 250 countries. Riparius Ventures, Inc. has sold over 40,000 handsets since January through a distribution agreement with Conair Electronics and is manufacturing a custom version of the INT100CS for inclusion in WebSurfer's Intel based See Intel-based system. set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. . The handset is currently available from Riparius Ventures at 800-394-8812 or www2.riparius.com. -0- This release is available on the Delta Three website at www.deltathree.com and the RSL Communications website at www.rslcom.com.
CONTACT: Delta Three
Fara Hain, 212/588-3670
212/588-3674 (fax)
farah@deltathree.com
www.deltathree.com
or
Riparius Ventures
Chris Hopkinson, 410/561-8811
410/560-2049 (fax)
chrish@riparius.com
www2.riparius.com
or
KCSA
Jeff Corbin/Stephanie Battles
212/896-1214 / 212/896-1228
212/697-0910 (fax)
jcorbin@kcsa.com / sbattles@kcsa.com
www.kcsa.com
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