SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 8x8, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EGHT), provider of Packet8 (http://www.packet8.net) broadband Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP), videophone and mobile VoIP communication
services, today announced it has reduced Packet8 international calling rates
to select countries and added Mexico to the list of overseas locations where
subscribers may obtain a virtual phone number.
Packet8 subscribers can now save even more on calls to popular countries
with the following new rates: $.01 per minute to China, $.059 per minute to
India, $.10 per minute to Vietnam and $.13 per minute to the Philippines.
These rates are available to all Packet8 business and residential customers,
including MobileTalk subscribers who not only realize significant cost savings
over cellular international calling rates, but also enjoy the convenience and
flexibility of using their mobile phone when calling overseas. Complete
details regarding international calling rates for all available locations can
be found here: http://www.packet8.net/international_services/. For frequent
international callers, Packet8 offers unlimited global calling plans starting
at $29.99 per month.
8x8 also announced the availability of International Virtual Numbers in
Mexico. Packet8 subscribers who would like to establish a "virtual" presence
in Mexico for business or personal reasons may secure a local phone number
from one of 16 cities in that country for just $9.99 per month. International
Virtual Numbers are often used by business subscribers to create the
appearance of a local office in another country and by residential subscribers
who wish to save family members and friends living outside the U.S. money on
international calling. Packet8 currently offers International Virtual Numbers
in 19 different countries which are listed here:
http://sims.packet8.net/Documents/710076_13_International_Rate_Centers_For_Vir
tual_Numbers.pdf.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc., the second largest standalone digital phone service provider in
the U.S., offers internet-based telephony solutions (http://www.packet8.net)
for individual residential and business users as well as small to medium sized
business organizations. In addition to residential Packet8 service plans
priced as low as $24.99 per month for unlimited anytime calling to the U.S.,
Canada and eight additional countries, 8x8 offers the Packet8 Tango Video
Terminal Adapter along with accompanying monthly service plans also priced at
$24.99 per month. Packet8 Virtual Office, 8x8's business phone system for
small to medium sized companies, is a hosted PBX solution comprised of
powerful business class features. Companies subscribing to Virtual Office pay
just $49.99 per month per extension for enterprise class PBX functionality
along with unlimited local and long distance calling in the U.S. and Canada.
The Packet8 Complete Contact Center™ is a hosted multimedia call center
distribution and management platform that works with any broadband Internet
service and provides enterprise class contact center functionality combined
with Virtual Office hosted iPBX calling features and business calling plans.
Packet8 Softalk Office™, 8x8's PC-based soft phone client, offers high
quality voice and video in-network calling as well as outbound calling to the
PSTN. Packet8 MobileTalk™ is a breakthrough mobile service that
dramatically improves the overall mobile international calling experience by
routing overseas mobile phone calls over the award-winning, patent-protected
Packet8 digital VoIP network. For additional company information, visit 8x8's
web site at http://www.8x8.com.
SOURCE 8x8, Inc.
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/CONTACT: Joan Citelli of 8x8, Inc., +1-408-687-4320, jcitelli@8x8.com/
/Web site: http://www.8x8.com
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