IDTC,great news for those who do a lot of traveling,from IDTC thread.
To: Peter Yang (12568 )
From: Hawaii60 Monday, Aug 2 1999 8:59AM ET
Reply # of 12570
(BSNS WIRE) IDT Teams Up with iPass to Offer Global Internet Roaming; In
IDT Teams Up with iPass to Offer Global Internet Roaming; Internet Access Now
Available to IDT's Nationwide Internet Customers in Over 150 Countries
Business & Hi Tech Editors
HACKENSACK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 1999--IDT Corporation
(NASDAQ: IDTC) today announced that it has teamed up with iPass to
offer Internet access in over 150 countries through the world's
largest network of access points.
With the iPass "Access Anywhere" service, IDT's retail and
business customers will gain cost-effective, secure, reliable, and
easy-to-use worldwide connectivity to the Internet. Internet roaming
is available immediately to IDT customers, who can download the iPass
connection software at www.idt.net/roaming Instead of having to pay
for long-distance calls to connect back to IDT's service while outside
the U.S., customers can now access the Internet locally in virtually
every major city throughout the world in over 150 countries. The
roaming service also significantly improves the connection quality for
users who often experience noisy or dropped connections with Internet
connections via international calls. IDT customers will now always
have high-quality, low-cost, convenient access to their personal or
business e-mail account(s) and the Internet.
"We are happy to be working with iPass to give our business
customers exactly what they want - global access. Although our
nationwide network is extremely robust with access to hundreds of
points of presence, we are happy to be joining iPass' vast network of
4,000 POPs worldwide," said Michael Fischberger, Senior Vice President
of Domestic Telecom and Internet services. "We look forward to
servicing both our business and residential customers with additional
value-added services in the future."
"We are very pleased the iPass service has been selected by IDT
to expand access globally," said Bob Schoettle, Vice President of
Marketing for iPass. "iPass is happy to complement IDT's robust
nationwide network with thousands of international access points, and
enhance IDT's business and residential customers' experience online."
As the premier provider of global Internet access solutions,
iPass partners with leading telecom operators and ISPs around the
globe to provide multiple, reliable access points to travelers
worldwide. There are now more than 500 ISPs and resellers around the
globe offering iPass services.
IDT Internet Services has established itself as a leader in the
ISP business since 1994. The Internet Division has access to hundreds
of points of presence across the country and Puerto Rico with a
nationwide customer base. The Company was the first ISP to introduce a
flat-fee rate for customers. IDT provides a full suite of corporate
solutions, including Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), 56K-T3 access,
colocation, virtual private networks, corporate dedicated voice
services, e-commerce applications, web hosting and web design. In
addition, Nuestra Voz(TM), launched earlier this year, is a pre-paid,
bilingual ISP serving the Hispanic community throughout the United
States and Puerto Rico. For more information about IDT Internet
Services, please visit www.idt.net For more information about Nuestra
Voz(TM), please visit www.nuestravoz.com
About iPass Inc.
iPass Inc., the "Access Anywhere" company, is the premier
settlement and clearinghouse service that unlocks the power of the
Internet backbone for low-cost global communications. Through an
alliance with the leading network providers around the world, iPass
enables ISPs to provide easy and secure Internet access with a local
call through more than 4,000 access points in 150 countries. iPass is
the proven standard for global Internet roaming and corporate remote
access/VPN solutions, and the company's clearinghouse platform is used
to enable IP telephony, IP fax and other emerging Internet-based
services. iPass is headquartered in Mountain View, CA and additional
information can be found at ipass.com
About the Company
IDT is a leading emerging multinational carrier that combines its
position as an international telecommunications operator, its
experience as an Internet service provider and its leading position in
Internet telephony to provide a broad range of telecommunications
services to its wholesale and retail customers worldwide. The Company
provides its customers with integrated and competitively priced
international and domestic long distance, prepaid calling cards, and
Internet access. For more information about IDT's services, please
visit www.idt.net
Except for historical information, all of the expectations and
assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements
involving risks and uncertainties. These statements refer to our plans
to implement our growth strategy, improve our financial performance,
expand our infrastructure, develop new products and services, expand
our customer base and enter international markets. The forward looking
statements also include our expectations concerning factors affecting
the markets for our products, including the demand for long distance
telecommunications, and Internet access services. These forward
looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from the results that we
anticipate. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited
to, those risks discussed in this release. In addition to the factors
specifically noted in the forward looking statements, other important
factors that could result in those differences include (a) general
economic conditions in the telecommunications and Internet markets,
including inflation, recession, interest rates, and other economic
factors; (b) casualty to or other disruption of our facilities and
operations; and (c) other factors that generally affect the business
of telecommunications, Internet and other communications companies. We
assume no obligation to update these forward looking statements or to
update the reasons actual results could differ materially from the
results anticipated in the forward looking statements.
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CONTACT: IDT Finance
David Brainson, 201/928-4363
E-mail: davidb@corp.idt.net
KEYWORD: NEW JERSEY CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET
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