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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
VoIP provider eyes OFW dependents in new service
A voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider is eyeing overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) dependents as a market for its new service.
Simeon Edward Lim, chief executive officer and managing director of DB Edwards (DBE), told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday that they had launched the InTouch Calling Club Service to offer Filipinos, especially OFWs’ dependents, a cheaper and more convenient way of calling overseas.
Cheaper
The country’s over eight million OFWs with over 24 million dependents have no cheaper means of telecommunications other than those currently offered by telephone companies, he said.
With InTouch Calling Club Service, a one-minute call to the US will only cost P1.80, he added.
DBE, provider of InTouch VoIP phone solutions, gives free personal computer (PC) to another PC calls and low-cost phone to phone, PC to phone, phone to PC, voice calls and video conferencing to individuals, companies and Internet cafes.
He said OFW dependents do not have access to a computer and are mostly not “Internet savvy” and do not find it comfortable to use VoIP.
“With InTouch Calling Club Service, OFW dependents will now have a more convenient and affordable way of getting in touch with their loved ones,” he said.
He explained that In-Touch Calling Club Service will allow its member-users to use an ordinary telephone to make a call.
Accessible
“There’s no more need for computers and costly Internet access for you to be able to benefit from low cost VoIP-based calls.
We made it easier and more accessible for our consumers,” he said.
Earn
He said the service will also be an avenue for its members to earn through their “networking efforts” of promoting the service.
The service was laun-ched last week and now has an initial number of 60 Cebu-based members, he said. (ALC)
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