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Mobile VoIP Receives Major
Boost Across Europe With Access To 10 000 Hotspots
Other topics: Mobile VoIP
Hotspots, VoIP SMS,
Hosted VoIP
Vyke
June 29, 2007
Vyke is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Vyke AS,
has entered into an agreement that will give Vyke users access to VoIP
calling services from any hotspot operated by The Cloud Networks
Limited ("The Cloud").
Beginning this summer, all Vyke Mobile IP users will be able enjoy
seamless mobile VoIP service from The Cloud hotspots in the United
Kingdom and abroad. The Cloud's 9,000 WiFi enabled wireless internet
hotspots provide comprehensive coverage in a variety of public venues
and 16 high density metropolitan areas such as the City of London,
Canary Wharf, Amsterdam and Manchester. |
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Vyke views The Cloud,
with its operator independent business model, dominant position in
Europe and its aggressive continuing build out plan, as a key partner
for executing upon its stated mobile IP telephony strategy.
Jan Christian Berger, Executive Vice President of Sales for Vyke
Communications plc, said "Combined with Vyke's mobile VoIP service,
The Cloud's wireless network represents a shift in the mobile telecoms
paradigm. Access to city wide WiFi zones means that Vyke users living
or working in these areas will be able to access low cost mobile VoIP
communication services at virtually any point during their day-to-day
lives. The power behind our relationship with The Cloud will be
evident as users in these areas realize that they always have a low
cost alternative available."
Roald Sandén, Managing Director for The Cloud Nordics commented,
"Mobile VoIP is driving development within the telecoms industry to
the next level. We are pleased that The Cloud's network provides a key
part of the mobile VoIP value chain and that we are in a position to
provide support for the continued expansion of Vyke's mobile VoIP
service offering."
For more information or to try Vyke Mobile IP, please visit:
www.vyke.com
About VYKE
Vyke Communications plc is headquartered in the UK with subsidiaries
and offices in Norway, USA, Iceland and Malaysia. The strategic goal
of Vyke is to combine its expertise in VoIP-based communication
systems, mobile data service creation/handset technology and wholesale
carrier network management to provide a converged communication
solution.
About VYKE MOBILE IP
Vyke Mobile IP is a mobile Voice over IP (VoIP) service offering users
free calling from their mobile phone to fixed lines in Western Europe
and North America and, compared to typical mobile operator pricing
structures, up to a 95% discount for other calling destinations. One
of the first mass market mobile VoIP services, Vyke Mobile IP features
easy-to-use mobile handset based VoIP software.
About The Cloud:
The cloud offers sophisticated national wireless LAN coverage across
more than 9,000 hotspots and city networks throughout the UK, Nordics,
Germany and The Netherlands. The Cloud's infrastructure is a
multi-service provider platform, which allows providers such as ISPs,
mobile operators, gaming, VOIP and broadband companies to offer a
fully branded wireless LAN experience to their customers. With The
Cloud, site owners maximise their revenue potential by supporting all
major service providers at their location and customers enjoy choice
of provider and the best possible user experience. Launched in mid
2003, The Cloud actively partners with Vonage, O2, BT, Vodafone, Skype,
iPass, Telenor, Nintendo and Intel, among others, to facilitate the
growth of open platform wireless broadband services across Europe. The
Cloud's investors, include 3i, Accel and the Scandinavian VC, Provider
Venture Partners. The Cloud was recently nominated as a Technology
Pioneer at The World Economic Forum and as a Red Herring Top 100
Company. www.thecloud.net |
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