QUALCOMM and HearMe Make VoIP Technology Available Immediately to Users of Eudora
Email in Sponsored Mode; Eudora 4.3 and 5.0 Email Users Can Now Communicate in Realtime
via Voice
Story Filed: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:30 AM EST
SAN DIEGO, Nov 14, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leader in digital
wireless communications and advanced electronic messaging solutions for the Internet, and HearMe, a proven leader in
providing advanced, realtime voice communications technologies, today announced that HearMe's(TM) voice-over Internet
protocol (VoIP) communications technology is now available free to Sponsored mode users of Eudora(R) 4.3 and 5.0 email
software. QUALCOMM will serve a link into the Eudora toolbar for Sponsored mode users that will enable them to access
VoIP with a single click in the Eudora software interface. Eudora 5.0 email management software is available as a free
download at www.eudora.com.
"Through the integration of HearMe's VoIP application technology, QUALCOMM is able to rapidly deploy a voice-enabled
communications environment for Eudora users," said David Ross, director of product management for QUALCOMM
Eudora Products. "Adding VoIP technology to our Eudora email program enhances the way people communicate by bringing
together the benefits of realtime voice conversations and the functionality of email."
Adding Next-Generation Communications to Email
For the first time, users of full-featured Eudora email in Sponsored mode have direct and free access to PC-to-PC live voice
conversations through the use of a Eudora-branded version of HearMe's VoiceCONTACT(TM) eCalling application.
VoiceCONTACT offers Eudora email users the ability to invite other people to an instant live voice conversation simply by
sending an email. By clicking a VoiceCONTACT button located directly on the Eudora toolbar, users will be immediately
connected to a co-branded Eudora VoiceCONTACT Web page, which provides users the ability to instantly contact family,
friends and business associates for a realtime voice conversation.
VoiceCONTACT is enabled with HearMe's firewall-friendly eCalling technology, including One-Click Conferencing and
presence-detecting "intelligent availability":
-- One-Click Conferencing enables Eudora email users to initiate
live voice and text communications sessions simply by clicking
on a contact's name or by clicking the Reply button embedded
in a sender's email message. Users of VoiceCONTACT need only
speakers and a microphone to participate in a live voice
conversation. If a user is not equipped with speakers or a
microphone, he or she can still participate via realtime text
communication.
-- Intelligent availability gives Eudora email users the ability
to know in advance if the party they wish to contact is
available for a conversation. Before placing a call,
VoiceCONTACT users can simply glance at an email to see
whether the sender is available for a conversation. A click on
the user's name, whether in a contact list or in an email
signature, transforms a standard email into a realtime voice
conversation. With intelligent availability, problem-solving
that is better handled through synchronous voice conversation
than through asynchronous email exchanges occur more easily,
hard-to-reach people become more accessible and "drop-by"
conversations are virtually effortless.
"In just over two months, we've completed deployment of VoiceCONTACT for QUALCOMM's Eudora email users," said
Rob Csongor, CEO of HearMe. "The integration of HearMe's technology shows the speed at which highly scalable VoIP
technology can transform an existing ubiquitous application -- email -- into an interactive voice-enabled application with the
ability to fundamentally change personal communications at work and at home."
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