| TerraSip S.A., a pioneering VoIP telephone company, | | | | conventional freecall or shared cost numbers. |
| has developed a standard which provides VoIP users | | | | Especially small and medium sized businesses which |
| with a simple way of making CRM systems, address | | | | have so far not been able to afford to maintain close |
| books and other applications CTI compliant. "At last, | | | | customer contacts in this way can benefit a great |
| with the development of the function 'URL-Dialing' we | | | | deal. Tailor made solutions can also easily be created |
| have managed to put the real advantages of VoIP | | | | for inbound and outbound Call Center calls. Expensive |
| into the hands of ordinary users.", as Daniel David, | | | | special numbers can be dispensed with completely or |
| product manager at TerraSip, puts it. | | | | at least in part. Sip Free is ideal for internationally |
| Sip Telephony using links with URL-Dialing: | | | | active companies because it easily crosses national |
| The new function allows the user to initiate a | | | | boundaries. It can be used wherever internet access |
| telephone call simply by following a link to an internet | | | | is available and at the same cost as normal VoIP |
| address. This address can be configured as a link | | | | usage. |
| from other applications or internet pages or even | | | | The Sip free Button: Added value in Yellow Pages: |
| registered as a 'favorite' in a web browser. | | | | A 'Sip Free' Button can also be added e.g. to |
| As Mr David points out, this leads to practically | | | | electronic Yellow Pages entries, in banner |
| unlimited ways of implementing the new function, | | | | advertisements or in any other text advertising.. |
| ranging from integrating it into the address book of | | | | Interested users can find the details describing the |
| an email program, linking it with a CRM system to | | | | 'URL-Dialing' interface on the TerraSip website. |
| implementing a telephone link on one's own website | | | | TerraSip is developing further applications using the |
| ('Sip-Free'). | | | | relevant standard such as an interface for Microsoft |
| The Sip-Free Button - the first toll free VoIP number: | | | | Outlook or VolP communication simply using a |
| TerraSip's 'Sip-Free' Button represents a very | | | | browser without a VoIP compliant end device. |
| effective implementation of this new technology. The | | | | Information about TerraSip: |
| button provides a way of accessing a VoIP account | | | | TerraSip is a young, internationally oriented company |
| at no cost to the caller. The customer enters his | | | | operating throughout the globe. It offers free |
| telephone number in a field on a web page and then | | | | internet telephony for TerraSip community members |
| clicks the button. This triggers a return call from the | | | | using international SIP standards. Calls into other |
| provider to the customer. As with a normal freecall | | | | networks are charged at especially reasonable rates, |
| number there is no charge to the customer and the | | | | whereby users can take advantage of 56 |
| provider only has to pay the usual cheap VoIP rate | | | | country-specific special prices, so that the majority |
| charged by TerraSip - e.g. 1 cent per minute for | | | | can further optimise their telephone costs. |
| Germany or 1.4 cents for the whole of the rest of | | | | Membership of the TerraSip community is free. |
| Europe. That represents a significant difference | | | | TerraSip's main orientation at present is in the |
| compared to conventional freecall numbers. | | | | direction of mobile internet telephony: Voice over |
| Now Freecall is affordable for small businesses as well: | | | | WLAN or VoWLAN for short. TerraSip recently |
| The provider can keep full control of his costs | | | | launched a pilot project in Germany and Austria |
| through his prepaid account. It is up to him to decide | | | | together with two WiFi network providers with the |
| whether to invest e.g. 10 € or 500 € | | | | aim of testing mobile internet telephony in the |
| monthly for this marketing instrument. The costs | | | | German speaking region. |
| which accrue are on average 90% less than those of | | | | TerraSip S.A. |