December 3, 2010 ippi offering iNums
This week ippi, a leading VoIP provider based in France, and Voxbone announced that ippi will be offering iNum numbers to its over 150,000 clients. This is great news for the iNum community, which we hope will be enjoyed by the many ippi subscribers around the world.
A special aspect of their approach is that they are proactively assigning the iNum numbers to all existing and new customers. So all you have to do is register and your account is set to go.
Note to new ippi subscribers, after you register – look under “my numbers” and you’ll see your iNum there.
Here is the full text of the release:
ippi to Give All Customers iNum® Numbers From Voxbone
French VoIP Provider With 150,000 Users Offers Free Phone Numbers in the Global Area Code for IP Communications
BRUSSELS – Dec. 1, 2010 – Voxbone today announced that ippi, a global VoIP provider headquartered in France, with 150,000 customers, will be giving all its subscribers free iNum® numbers from Voxbone. With customers in 100 countries, ippi has a leading spot among SIP providers in the French-speaking world and has been experiencing 100 percent annual growth since 2007.
iNums are phone numbers with the global area code for IP communications (+883). By providing every customer an iNum in addition to the customer’s regular phone number, ippi will extend the subscriber’s range of free calling to include communication with all other iNum users, anywhere in the world. iNum numbers are distributed and routed by a growing list of carriers, service providers and enterprises. Where not routed by a local carrier, iNums also can be reached by the iNum initiative’s network of local access numbers in 45 countries.
“We love the innovative concept of iNum and are excited to provide our customers with numbers in the global area code for IP communications,” said ippi CEO Stephane Haddad. “With iNum numbers, our customers will be able to receive voice and SMS from their ippi accounts, ippi Softphones, and ippi mobile apps for Android and iPhone, as well as support new IP communications services in the future.”
“We expect that ippi’s proactive assignment of iNums to each of its customers will encourage broader adoption of these global numbers, as well as help ippi attract more customers and offer new innovative services,” said Hugh Goldstein, Voxbone Director of iNum Business Development. “Consumers and business owners appreciate that iNums are numbers designed to support the full range of IP communication capabilities.”
Voxbone offers iNum numbers and iNum peering to qualifying service providers, and invites IP communications providers to request ranges for their customers via the iNum Web site: www.inum.net.
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