Daily News 2005/09/15

The largest VoIP provider in America planning to collect 600 million USD

Vonage, the largest VoIP provider in America, says recently that it plans to collect a capital of 600 million USD through IPO.

As the analysts in Wallstreet says, Vonage has collected 400 million USD from the investors, including Bain, 3i and IVP.

Vonage was put into operation in 2002. The users can enjoy low-cost VoIP service provided by it by inserting the Internet-access line into the telephone set. According to the statistics, Vonage has over 800,000 users in total.

Vonage's IPO is quite important to the whole telecom industry. It reflects the confidence of the investors, who have been hesitating ever since the collapse of the telecom stocks in 2000.

T3Com using SIP to provide VoIP equipment

3Com announced recently that it would expand the function of Voice-over-IP(VoIP) products with the SIP technique (Session Initiation ProtocoI) of Ingate Systems. It is specially designed for home office or branch office that use virtual dedicated network.

Pacific Epro providing CRM consulting service and call center training service to Hainan Branch of China Telecom

September 7 of 2005－PacificNet, a leading provider of CRM, call center, IVR and VAS in China, announced today that PacificNet Epro was chosen by Hainan branch of China Telecom to provide CRM consulting service and call center training service. Epro has provided such service to major customer service centers of China Telecom in Jiangsu, Hubei and Guangdong province.