According to this story, X-Stream is now the 2nd largest ISP in the UK. Jeff
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VIRTUALPLUS: VirtualPlus reaches 500,000 mark in unified messaging mailboxes
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Story Filed: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 2:03 PM EST
NOV 10, 1999, M2 Communications - London -- Today Virtualplus, the leading supplier of outsourced telecom services, announced that it had reached over 500,000 unified messaging mailboxes under management; the largest known implementation in the world.
Virtualplus provides outsourced, branded enhanced telecom services such as Unified messaging, Internet Voicemail, Internet Fax and E-mail. The 500,000 UM boxes includes their own brand Messagepoint, as well as allocations amongst some of its outsourced clients such as X-Stream (the 2nd largest ISP in the UK). Vice President of Operations and Founder of Virtualplus, Joanne Pitcher, comments "Virtualplus has been very much pioneering the field of unified messaging up till now, but recently we are migrating to a period of 'settlement' as UM becomes more well known. We will of course be actively maintaining our lead here, as well as looking to broaden our range of telecoms solutions provided."
Virtualplus is operating in a market which the International Data Corporation recently reported "will explode from a mere 35,000 Unified Messaging mailboxes in 1998 to 25.4 million by 2003". During that same time frame, end-user revenues earned from these services will increase fast and furiously - from $7.6 million to $1.9 billion". In addition to the IDC projections, Mary-Ann O'Loughlin, from Ovum research, estimates the market for unified messaging services will exceed to $31 billion by 2006. Virtualplus' technology is ready to thrive and maintain its leadership position, as unified messaging explodes in the market place.
About Virtualplus
Virtualplus is a leading supplier of outsourced, value-added, enhanced telecommunications service to the Internet and Telecommunications industries. Their services help companies lower their costs, improve scalability, improve functionality and provide an immediate feature set boost. The company dates back to 1995 when a group of individuals got together and designed a voicemail and fax distribution system. This system was later migrated onto the Internet and within this process the Internet's first Unified Messaging system was created.
Virtualplus currently has over 500,000 Unified Messaging account inboxes under management, making this the largest known implementation in the world. The Virtualplus services Messagepoint, Messagejet and JustPhone are available worldwide in over 100 area codes. Virtualplus is a privately held company and has head-quarter offices in New York and London, with an area office in Tokyo, Japan. |
