To: RocketMan who wrote (15855 ) 6/25/1998 7:33:00 AM From: Arnoldo Respond to of 50264
An interesting contest: pulver.com and ITXC Corp Sponsor Contest For IP Telephony Application Developers Prizes Include Opportunity to Showcase Products To Industry MELVILLE, N.Y., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- pulver.com, Inc. and ITXC Corp. announced today a contest designed to encourage the development of new applications based on IP Telephony. Prizes will be awarded to innovators in two categories: voice-enhanced computer applications and no-computer-required ''black phone'' applications. The contest is sponsored and prizes are donated by pulver.com , producer of the Fall '98 Voice on the Net and other Voice on the Net conferences around the world and ITXC Corp, the leading provider of wholesale IP telephony services. The winners in each category will be invited to demo their applications to the industry in a special session at Fall '98 Voice On The Net pulver.com in Washington, DC. They will also receive free transportation to and free booth space at Spring '99 Voice on The Net in order to give them a good chance to commercialize their inventions or grow their businesses. ''During the past three years the Internet Telephony Industry has grown at breakneck speed. The winners of this contest will have an opportunity to help drive the industry in 1999.'' Said Jeff Pulver, president and CEO of pulver.com.'' Although inexpensive phone calls are very important to many people, they are only the first public benefit of IP telephony,'' said Tom Evslin, Chairman of ITXC Corp. ''Putting voice in digital form on the Internet is enabling innovation in voice services that is simply not possible on the proprietary, closed circuit switched network. We expect a flood of new applications for those accessing the Internet with just an ordinary telephone.'' Evslin also promised to introduce winners to venture capitalists who may help them launch their innovations. He said that ITXC is looking for new applications to offer at wholesale to its service provider customers who will then offer them at retail to the public. Entries must include a working prototype of the new service. Applications will be available shortly on pulver.com and itxc.com . Entries are due by August 30, 1998 and the winners will be announced at Fall '98 Voice on the Net in Washington, DC September 14-17, 1998. About ITXC Corp ITXC Corp was started in 1997 by Tom Evslin, founder and former VP in charge of AT&T WorldNet(sm) Service. The privately held, venture funded company, whose name stands for Internet Telephony eXchange Carrier, provides wholesale services to the new Internet telephony industry. Its first service, WWeXchange(sm) began operation in April of 1998 and provides network monitoring, routing, authorization, and settlement for IP phone calls. By connecting the networks of Internet telephony service providers worldwide, ITXC provides IP connectivity to all of the United States and many major cities overseas as well as combined IP-PSTN service to every phone in the world. itxc.com . About pulver.com Founded in 1994 by Jeff Pulver, pulver.com, Inc. (http://www.pulver.com) is an Internet based consulting firm. Pulver.com publishes Internet technology related research such as The Pulver Report. The Company also produces trades shows and conferences including Voice on the Net (VON). Pulver.com also provides consulting services to the telecommunications, financial services and Radio/TV industry. Pulver.com is based in Melville, NY USA. SOURCE: pulver.com