idt signs up resellers to handle net2phone internationally
October 21, 1998 HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.,
Newsbytes via NewsEdge Corporation : After
several months of seeing its Net2Phone
Internettelephony software sell itself over
the Web, IDT [NASDAQ:IDTC] has started
signing up resellers to push the application
worldwide.
The move marks a change of pace for IDT,
Newsbytes notes, and signals the start of
what the company calls its new worldwide
reseller program, aimed at medium-to-
large-sized companies.
Central to this push is a new version of
Net2Phone called Net2Phone Pro, which is
billed as a hardware and software system
that allows users to make high quality phone
calls through their phones and/or PBX
(private branch exchange) at much lower
calling rates.
Net2Phone is actually a single port Internet
phone system, Newsbytes notes, that routes
voice calls across the Internet to IDT's
gateways around the world. Calls are then
dropped on to the local country PSTN (public
switched telephone network) for routing to a
standard phone line.
According to IDT officials, Net2Phone Pro
incorporates a specially developed version of
Quicknet Technology's Internet PhoneJack to
provide the plug-in for any regular phone
system.
Under the firm's new program, Net2Phone Pro
will be sold wholesale to resellers and
distributors worldwide. The firm says that it
believes that a technically oriented reseller is
the ideal channel to bring Net2Phone Pro to
corporate customers.
According to IDT, it has already
test-marketed the Net2Phone Pro system in
three major international metropolitan areas
with great response, and expects its
worldwide reseller program to be a success
as well.
Jonathan Rand, the firm's vice president of
international sales, said that the Net2Phone
Pro system is ideal for resellers who already
understand the Internet and/or the
telecommunications industry.
"The installation of Net2Phone Pro is simple
but best provided by a local support team.
The calling service is designed to create a
significant long-term revenue stream based
on repeated international long distance
calling," he explained.
Further details of the Net2Phone Pro system
can be found on the unit's new Web site at
net2phonepro.com .
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