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1ST FILIPINO VOIP SOLUTION RELEASED: Libreng Tawag Gamit Ang Internet
Union City, California (BUZZFON) July 8, 2004 - A small but emerging Filipino VoIP company, Bonusfon, answers to the clamor of the market today by launching, BuzzfonP2P , a free, compact and convenient soft phone that allow users makes clear pc to pc calls possible without the choppiness, echoes or the static noises; just crystal-clear voice even in low bandwidth environments.
VoIP?
VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol. It may sound alien to you now, but this is tomorrow's technology here today, VoIP is the hottest growth area and one of the most debated topic on the world wide web today!
It's major advantage is to be able to make free or low cost digital calls using the internet thereby lowering communications costs and improving relations whether for personal, business or network use.
At one time or another, you may have already tried it using free popular chat clients like Yahoo or MSN, though free, these applications does have it's disadvantages, like crackling sounds, choppiness, echoes and etc... This is whereVoIP softclients or webphones comes in.
VoIP Softclients or VoIP softphones are software that runs on your computer, it converts your voice into digital formats, converts it to IP and uses the internet as medium to transfer data calls from one PC to another, worldwide. Using the latest communication protocols for transmission, Session Initiated Protocols (SIP) secure voice communications are possible and call set-up is much more precise. Using the latest in compression and decompression technologies (codec) calls are much clearer, no breaking up of voices and sometimes the quality is better than traditional telephones.
Buzzfonp2p, a beta voip solution developed by US Based Filipino company, Buzzfon will enable you to make free and crystal clear calls from your pc to another pc. Buzzfon will be releasing their pc to phone version shortly providing the best quality international voice calls at the lowest cost. The VoIP market is presently dominated by US based broadband communications services such as net2phone, Vonage, and Yahoo.
BUZZFONP2P
You can download it for free at http://www.buzzfon.com. It's so easy to use, no configuration necessary, Buzzfon p2p will traverse NATs and firewalls. All you need is a headset with a microphone. Moreover, it promises to uphold the "no spyware installed" regulation. Bonusfon, a broadband VoIP service provider just launched "BuzzfonP2P " through Buzzfon.com, along side with Skype who has listed 11 million downloads and 170,000 concurrent users, Tamerlane Sanchez says "Our products and services are better than any VoIP product and service provider in the market today. " Tough words for the competition. Buzzfon says that the market is clamoring for a better VoIP softphone able to make high quality calls even in low bandwidth environments, thus the emergence of Buzzfon.com
FROM PINOYS TO THE WORLD
Buzzfon is set to release a next generation voip solution by October 2004.
The new release will have premium features enabling users to make crystal-clear pc to pc, pc to phone, phone to pc, and phone to phone calls worldwide on the lowest rates. Rumors have been going around that users from anywhere in the world will be able to call the US for only 1 cent per minute, just hold on till you see the rest of their international calling rates.
Buzzfon is poised to redefine telephony as we know of it today, from 24x7 Customer Service, crystal-clear voice calls, premium services like Addressbook, Call Redial, Do not disturb, Speed Dial, Call Waiting, Call Mute, Call Hold, Music on Hold, Call Hunting, NAT Traversal, Stun Firewall implementation, Silence Suppression, Comfort Noise; IPBX services and probably the most exciting of all is its most aggressive pricing for international voice calls. They made it clear that one of it's biggest markets will be the Philippines, with special focus on the millions of overseas Filipino workers and their relatives.
This is indeed another mark made by Filipinos globally making the world a smaller place to live in through advanced technology.
Kaya tawag na!
Buzzfon is copyrighted and distributed by Bonusfon.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Maida M. Barrientos Buzzfon.com 1 866 263 0710 Toll Free (63) 920-2570992 Philippines Direct Buzz# : 818801062 http://www.buzzfon.com
About the Author Maida Martillano is an ezine publisher, of TalkingProfits under the name of The Guidant, a web designer, an Emarketing Director for Bictel, a songwriter and artist, but first and foremost, a mom. To find out more about her and about her consultancy service, please go to http://www.maidamb.com
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