Daily News 2005/07/06

iResarch's anticipation: Sales value of VOIP will reach 4.42 billion USD this year

According to market research company iResearch, with the development of VoIP market, there will be more and more enterprise users using this service. In 2004 the sales value of VoIP-related products reached 3.07 billion USD. It is anticipated that the sales will reach 4.42 billion USD in 2005 and exceed 11 billion USD in 2009.

NMS providing brand new ATCA board card

Recently, NMS Communications marketed MG7000A ACTA board card, a new product on the NMS Open Access production line. It can effectively reduce the cost for media server and VoIP gateway equipment and shorten the marketing cycle. Besides, it can help telecom applications developer and equipment provider transplant new techniques and bring them more sales income in the coming years. Meanwhile, the companies using MG7000A will further reduce the development cost and shorten the production cycle, and provide a high-quality telecom system which can be deployed on any network and at any place.

China Merchants Bank providing "travel-care" service

Upon the 10th anniversary of the issuance of "Smart Card", China Merchants Bank provided "95555" Chuxingyi service on July 1 this year. By dialing the hotline number "95555", the customers can enjoy worldwide hotel and air ticket booking service. This means service scope of the bank has been expanded greatly. It is known that "95555－Chuxingyi" will provide hotel booking service (over 2600 star hotels in China and over 4000 star hotels abroad) with a discount from 30% to 80%. Air ticket booking service covers over 50 tourism cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with a discount of 60%. Besides, it also provides customized travel-care service.