SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 25 /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 the availability of the Packet8 Virtual Office
business phone system at OfficeMax
® (NYSE: OMX) retail outlets nationwide.
OfficeMax's more than 900 U.S. retail stores are now stocking and
merchandising Packet8's Virtual Office hosted VoIP small business phone system
with point-of-purchase materials consisting of retail brochures and in-line
shelf displays which showcase the Packet8 Virtual Office business-class
telephone. OfficeMax customers can purchase the Packet8 Virtual Office
business phone package for just $129.99 and begin using the Virtual Office
service within minutes after a simple installation and activation procedure.
Subscribers who purchase Virtual Office at OfficeMax receive one free month of
service followed by a discounted monthly service price of $39.99 for an
Unlimited Extension.
"We are pleased to offer OfficeMax small business customers a reliable,
enterprise-class and, most important, affordable alternative to traditional
high-priced business phone systems," said 8x8 Vice President of Sales and
Marketing Huw Rees. "In today's economically challenging environment,
businesses are faced with even greater pressure to limit capital expenditures
and conserve cash. With the Packet8 Virtual Office solution, the upfront
investment and monthly service fees are minimal and there are no unexpected
maintenance charges since Packet8 hosts and manages every aspect of the
service at no additional cost to subscribers."
The Packet8 Virtual Office service is an affordable, easy-to-use
replacement for traditional PBX phone systems, allowing users anywhere in the
world to be part of a hosted VoIP virtual phone solution. The service includes
an auto attendant, worldwide extension dialing, business class voicemail, a
full featured conference bridge and ring groups, in addition to a rich variety
of other business class PBX and dial tone features not normally found on
premise-based PBX systems.
Offering a combination of unlimited local and long distance calling in the
United States, Canada and eight other countries plus advanced PBX features,
the Packet8 Virtual Office solution enables small and medium sized enterprises
to secure distributed corporate class telecommunications capabilities for a
fraction of the cost of wire line business services from traditional phone
companies. Unlike comparably priced single line VoIP phone services which
offer features more suited to individual residential users, Packet8 Virtual
Office provides companies with complete business phone system functionality
along with the flexibility to operate each extension from any geographic
location with high-speed Internet access.
Packet8 Virtual Office reduces an organization's total cost of ownership
(TCO) for telecommunications services because of its minimal initial
investment combined with unlimited worldwide calling for a low monthly fee and
access to Packet8's low per-minute international calling rates to overseas
wire line and mobile phone numbers.
About 8x8, Inc.
8x8, Inc., the second largest standalone VoIP 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 regular Packet8 VoIP 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 VoIP phone system for small to
medium sized businesses, 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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