To: Darryl McSherry who wrote (13769 ) 1/30/1999 10:46:00 PM From: charles catlett Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 19331
Interesting. Maybe we can get a buyer. Posted by Alexander Danner on January 28, 1999 at 18:44:10: January 26, 1999 GTE Corp. has announced the immediate availability of IP Fax and Internet Call Waiting services. The IP Fax service, based on Netcentric's FaxStorm, is currently available for all corporate customers, ISPs, carriers and other resellers. The service will offer desktop, broadcast, redialer and in-box fax functions and allows PC-to-fax, fax-to-fax, fax-to-e-mail, and remote access and delivery. Internet Call Waiting (ICW) is being offered on a limited basis, with full market availability in March. ICW allows Internet users to monitor and manage incoming voice calls while they are online. Users will be notified of the incoming call on their screen and can then send a pre-programmed message to the caller, receive a voice message as an e-mail attachment, or take the call. GTE Internetworking is also developing other IP services, including Unified Messaging IP Voice Mail, Voice-Over-IP services and Web Call Center. These services will be released throughout 1999. "Corporations around the world understand the strategic importance of IP Telephony, and corporations are moving traditional PSTN services like fax to the more flexible and efficient and global IP network," added Jeff Pulver, an industry analyst and publisher of "The Pulver Report." "This move allows a consolidation of communication services, improved business productivity and a reduction in transmission costs. Fax services continue to be integral to conducting business around the world and given the efficiencies associated with IP Fax, there is a strong opportunity for GTE in this market."