Pacific Internet launches PacNet Vocal in India
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PacNet Vocal
brings unprecedented level of value to Indian businesses with feature-rich,
quality voice IP telephony services
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Pacific Internet is the leading
multi-national IP services and IP telephony provider in Asia-Pacific,
headquartered in Singapore and serving eight countries by creating new voice
and data communications paths between businesses.
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With PacNet’s new Vocal World
Number functionality, Indian businesses can now establish a local presence in
over 400 destinations with virtual
phone number.
Bangalore, India, 30 January 2007 – Pacific Internet Limited
(NASDAQ:PCNTF), Asia Pacific’s largest telco-independent Internet
Communications Service Provider by geographic reach, today announced its entry
into the voice carrier market with the launch of PacNet Vocal, a new IP
telephony solution targeted at India’s growing businesses. PacNet Vocal is a
quality voice, enterprise-grade IP-based telephone service that offers a suite
of value-added services tailored for a broad range of business and residential
customers.
Mr Raj Metrani, Managing
Director, Pacific Internet India, welcomed the launch of the service. “PacNet
Vocal comes with a wide range of value-added services as standard, including a
number of firsts, based on our extensive analysis of how small and medium
businesses today operate, and what they need to remain efficient and
competitive,” he said. “Pacific Internet is certainly the first regional
provider to bring such a broad, business-grade service package to the market,
and we expect this service to bring significant benefits to Indian businesses.”
PacNet Vocal is a critical element
of Pacific Internet’s strategy to be the leading provider of converged internet
communication services to Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) throughout Asia
Pacific, adding voice capabilities to its range of connectivity, mobility and
security solutions already in the market. The new solution allows companies to
deploy reliable voice services in a cost-effective and rapidly scalable manner,
which helps address some of the challenges that SMBs face.
Mr. Phey Teck-Moh, President and CEO
of Pacific Internet Limited said, “Our customers have
told us the importance they place on extending their operations through IP
technologies. India is the first of our many markets to launch Vocal
services, and we are getting ready to roll out the service through other
operations over the next few weeks. When complete, Pacific Internet will have a
highly competitive IP voice network spanning Asia Pacific, bringing new levels
of functionality and reliability to Asian SMBs. We
are all excited about the launch of Vocal, as it marks a milestone in our
business strategy – a serious and competitive drive towards being the region’s
premier converged Internet communications partner.”
Going beyond basic VoIP, PacNet
Vocal offers voice services with a difference, including;
Vocal World number – Vocal World Nummber allows businesses to maintain fewer lines
than extensions. Using IP telephony networks, unique telephone numbers can be
assigned for each extension as required, without having to subscribe to a
dedicated line for each. In this way, Vocal World Number helps to reduce cost
overheads as businesses scale upwards.
PacNet World Number and
International Call Forwarding – PacNet Vocal is the only IP telephony solution in the
region that allows businesses to purchase and maintain virtual telephone
numbers from over 400 different destination cities through its Vocal World Number
feature. Calls made to these virtual numbers are forwarded over the IP network
to a designated Session-Initiated Protocol (SIP) number, incurring only local
call charges. Businesses can now maintain a presence in many countries without
expensive physical infrastructure costs.
Free International Calls - International calls made within
the Vocal SIP Network (on-net calls) incur no International Direct Dialing
(IDD) or local call charges. As the only truly multi-national provider in Asia
Pacific, Pacific Internet’s network delivers the greatest savings for business
and residential customers in the region.
Pacific Internet has been serving
customers in India since 2000, and services a growing customer base of national
and international businesses.
For more information on PacNet
Vocal, please visit http://www.pacific.net.in/VOIP.html.
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About PacNet Vocal
PacNet
Vocal is the latest addition to Pacific Internet’s range of next-generation IP
communication products and services. PacNet Vocal comprises a range of IP
telephony solutions, designed to provide both business and residential users
with quality Voice services that is cost-efficient, easy-to-use and highly
mobile. For more information about PacNet Vocal, please visit http://www.pacific.net.in/VOIP.html.
About Pacific Internet Limited
Pacific
Internet Limited or PacNet (NASDAQ: PCNTF) is the largest telco-independent
Internet Communications Service Provider by geographic reach in the Asia
Pacific region. The Company has direct presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, the
Philippines, Australia, India, Thailand and Malaysia. PacNet delivers a
comprehensive suite of data, voice and video services to both corporate
business and consumer customers. For more information, visit www.pacnet.com.
Media
Contact
Abbas
Manager,
Marketing & Corporate Communications
Pacific Internet India Pvt Limited
Tel: +91 80
6616 6406; Mobile:
+91 94480 46540
Email: abbas@pacific.net.in
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