TalkPlus has unveiled its "multiple number, one device" service for Spint, Cingular, T-Mobile and Verizon mobile handsets. The company says mobile-centric professinals and "socially active" users are the early lead adopter targets. The service probably will appeal to people who really live by their mobiles and want to clearly separate their work and private lives, while gaining additional privacy by using virtual public numbers.
Some 15 to 17 percent of mobile phone users in North America usemore than one mobile phone, typically one phone for personal use and one for work. But some use a standard cell phone for most voice calls and have a second device, usually a BlackBerry, as their second phone.
A TalkPlus Number can be quickly created, used for temporary situations and then discarded. If a TalkPlus subscriber is selling a car online, they can get a disposable number just for the sales process, the company suggests. Using Mirror Numbers, mobile subscribers can instantly alter their caller ID to any approved phone number. TalkPlus can be activated on any of today's mobile phones in seconds and adding a new TalkPlus Number doesn't require any new hardware or changes to a subscriber's existing carrier plan, even for prepaid customers, the company says. TalkPlus doesn't require access to a computer to make calls, asking others to download software, or conducting complicated call set-up processes.
The TalkPlus Basic Plan includes:
* TalkPlus Number
* Call Screening
* Voicemail
* Web-based control center
Basic plans start at less than $9 per month. TalkPlus Pro adds:
* Multiple TalkPlus Numbers (up to 10) All numbers will have their own voicemail and call history.
* Mirror Numbers -Subscribers can clone a home or office number onto their mobile phone. This feature allows users to present an alternative caller ID when making calls. Up to 10 Mirror Numbers can be added to one mobile phone.
* Conference Calling - Subscribers can make up to 10-way conference calls.
Pro plans start at less than $17 per month.
Monday, January 8, 2007
TalkPlus Goes Mass Market
Labels:
consumer VoIP
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
How Big is "GPU as a Service" Market?
It’s almost impossible to precisely quantify the addressable market for specialized “graphics processor unit as a service” providers such as...
-
We have all repeatedly seen comparisons of equity value of hyperscale app providers compared to the value of connectivity providers, which s...
-
It really is surprising how often a Pareto distribution--the “80/20 rule--appears in business life, or in life, generally. Basically, the...
-
One recurring issue with forecasts of multi-access edge computing is that it is easier to make predictions about cost than revenue and infra...
No comments:
Post a Comment