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Internet Phone Revolutionizes Real-Time Voice Communication Over the Internet

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Boca Research Inc. has partnered with VocalTec Inc. to provide Internet users with a breakthrough technology enabling real-time conversations over the Internet. The collaboration is expected to revolutionize the way people communicate globally using voice over the internet. According to Steve Mills, vice president of business development at Boca Research, "The potential that this technology offers is incredible. The software enables Internet users to communicate in a whole new way by enabling real-time conversations over the Internet simply by dialing into the network and taking advantage of the multimedia capabilities of today's PCs."

Key Takeaways:

  • Boca Research and VocalTec are providing users with feature-rich products and revolutionary software that enables real-time voice communication over the Internet.
  • The software, VocalTec's Internet Phone, allows Internet users to communicate in a whole new way by enabling real-time conversations over the Internet.
  • The technology enables Internet users to talk to other Internet Phone users as though making a standard phone call, anywhere in the world.
  • Boca Research is offering its customers Internet Phone in two convenient packages: free access and unlimited use with the purchase of two new SoundExpression products, and a special offer coupon with other 14.4Kbps and 28.8Kbps modem products.
  • The registration code coupon will ship with the new SoundExpression products, and the special offer coupon will give consumers instructions to download a free time-limited trial of Internet Phone.
  • Vocalt Tec is an international developer and marketer of voice communications and messaging solutions for multimedia and workgroup computing, founded in 1991.

Statistics:

  • 14.4Kbps and 28.8Kbps modem products will include a special offer coupon entitling the customer to buy Internet Phone at a special promotional price.
  • 2 convenient packages will be offered for Internet Phone: free access and unlimited use with the purchase of both new SoundExpression products and a special offer coupon for other modem products.

Sources:

  • "Boca Research Inc. and VocalTec Inc. Announce Agreement" (Business Wire, Sept. 5, 1995)
  • Boca Research Inc., http://www.boca.org
  • VocalTec Inc., http://www.vocaltec.com

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