"I-Link Expands Enhanced Services to Wireless Devices"
Enhanced Services Provider Announces Immediate Availability of V-Link Through Personal Digital Assistants and Web-enabled Phones
Wednesday April 26, 9:51 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
DRAPER, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2000--I-Link, Inc. (Nasdaq:ILNK - news) an enhanced voice/data service provider, today announced that business users can now access and manage their voicemail, e-mail, faxes and personal integrated communications options through personal digital assistants (PDAs) and Web-enabled phones. V-Link, the company's sophisticated suite of enhanced communications services now supports Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), an open, global specification that allows mobile users with wireless devices to access and interact with the Internet instantly. By supporting WAP, I-Link has made it possible for users to access their V-Link account and exercise options currently available through the web-enabled version of the enhanced communication tool.
WAP-enabled V-Link allows users to centralize all of their voice/data communications from home, the office and the road through one telephone number which provides access to a myriad of features, including accessing messages, viewing and printing faxes, forwarding messages to e-mail addresses or V-Link numbers, checking and changing personal settings and creating and maintaining group lists. By incorporating WAP into I-Link's network and services, the company continues its commitment to providing users worldwide with technologies that assist them in keeping in touch from wherever they choose to be, whether on the road, in the office or at home.
The messages collected and stored in V-Link will be delivered to users in a WAP appropriate format, moving the full V-Link experience to WAP devices. Users can try the initial service by accessing wap.i-link.net with their WAP-enabled device.
``The Internet is moving onto different devices every day,'' said John Edwards, CEO of I-Link. ``By making V-Link accessible to wireless users, we are ensuring that I-Link's services are able to expand at the same rate as the Internet. No matter where or in what form a person needs to access the Internet, he or she will be able to utilize I-Link enhanced telecommunications services.''
About I-Link
Headquartered in Draper, Utah, I-Link (Nasdaq:ILNK - news) is an enhanced voice/data service provider. With its software defined network architecture, I-Link simplifies the delivery of unified communications today. I-Link offers a full range of enhanced services such as one-number call routing, caller screening, unified voice, fax, pager and e-mail messaging, voice-and fax-on-demand, conference calling and seamless call transfer from cell phone to land-line and vice-versa via a direct connection to its nationally deployed Internet Protocol telephony network. For further information visit I-Link's Web site at i-link.net. |
