Super
Technologies today announced that SIPphone, the VoIP platform and directory behind
the popular Gizmo Project Internet calling software, is using its DIDx service
to provide local phone numbers for several countries in the European Union. Through
Super Technologies' DIDxchange global DID ("direct inward dialing")
marketplace, Gizmo Project now offers "Virtual Numbers" for customers
in France, UK and Spain. These numbers enable users to have their own traditional,
local phone number for VoIP-enabled devices and "softphones" like Gizmo
Project. Using an easily recognizable local phone number, friends and business
contacts can reach Gizmo users no matter where they happen to be physically located.
Additional "Virtual Numbers" for international customers will be rolled
out in the future. "The
Internet opens geographic boundaries so that the idea of doing business inside
just one country is being superseded by a focus on competing in the global marketplace,"
said Super Technologies, Inc. DIDx VP Suzanne Bowen. "DIDx assists the best
Internet Telephony Service Providers such as Gizmo Project to do exactly that.
Gizmo will now be able to automatically sell the DID's from DIDxchange under the
average consumer target price. Global carriers can now make cutting edge companies
such as SIPphone their customer simply by joining the DIDxchange." The
Gizmo Project uses an Internet connection to allow users to make free phone calls
using a Windows, Macintosh or Linux personal computer. Gizmo also sports features
like conference calling, voice-mail and instant messaging (IM) that is completely
inter-operable with Google Talk and hundreds of other IM networks. Inexpensive
add-ons like Call In and Call Out allows Gizmo callers to connect to others who
may be using landlines and cell phones. "The
number one feature request for Gizmo we're hearing from International users is
to have a familiar, local number that their friends, family and work associates
can dial," said Jason Droege, President of SIPphone. "Tapping into the
DIDx service for these and future `virtual' numbers will fuel growth of the Gizmo
Project worldwide." The
Gizmo Project is freely available from http://www.gizmoproject.com.
About
Super Technologies DIDxchange. Super
Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1999 with the objective to give leverage to
its global customer base of the most practical and innovative voice technology,
including white label VoIP software and DIDx. Today, the company connects over
2000 ITSP's, CLEC's and ILEC's to buy, sell and trade DID's (Direct Inward Dialing)
with DIDxchange and others. For further information, visit http://www.didx.net.
About
SIPphone. SIPphone
is a San Diego, CA-based Voice over IP (VoIP) company founded in 2003 that provides
a VoIP platform and directory ("dialtone") on which any SIP-based hardware
or software developer can offer free VoIP service. SIPphone is also a founding
member of IM Federation ( IMfederation.com), which promotes interconnects between
all networks. SIPphone currently connects with Google's Google Talk and more than
a hundred other networks. The
free Gizmo Project software for Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows and Linux computers
is developed by SIPphone. This VoIP "softphone" enables high-quality
free calling worldwide using any Internet-connected computer. Gizmo includes free
conference calling, customizable voice-mail, Instant Messaging (IM) and a host
of other convenient features. Download the Gizmo Project at http://gizmoproject.com. SOURCE:
Super Technologies, Inc.
Super
Technologies, Inc. Pensacola.
Suzanne Bowen
212-736-3719
care@didx.net
or
SIPphone, Inc.
Kevin La Rue, 858-356-5451
Gizmo: KLR
kevin.larue@sipphone.com
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