Un Nuovo Sistema Permette Di Usare Skype Sui

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Un nuovo sistema permette di usare Skype sui cellulari

mercoledì settembre 21, 2005 1.23

di Santosh Menon

LONDRA (Reuters) - Un'azienda norvegese ha lanciato ieri un prodotto che permette ai consumatori di usare il telefono cellulare per fare chiamate internazionali gratuite usando Skype.

Lanciato come software gratuito nell'agosto 2003, Skype ha ottenuto un grosso successo con 60 milioni di utenti senza spendere un centesimo in pubblicità o investimenti nel costoso hardware telefonico.

Ma gli utenti Skype di solito fanno chiamate davanti ai loro computer con un cuffietta con microfono, cosa che ne limita la praticità.

IPdrum ha annunciato di aver iniziato a vendere un cavo insieme al software che permetterà agli utenti Skype di fare chiamate usando il loro telefonino. Ha presentato l'invenzione a giugno.

"La tecnologia Skype e i suo utenti hanno fatto un grosso lavoro: permettere di fare chiamate attraverso il computer. IPdrum sta rendendo Skype accessibile a un nuovo pubblico, permettendo di fare e ricevere chiamate Skype lontano dal computer", ha detto ai giornalisti l'amministratore delegato Kjetil Mathisen.

IPdrum vende il prodotto a 69,95 dollari.

Un cavo Usb venduto come parte del prodotto IPdrum permette ad un secondo telefonino di essere connesso al computer.

IPdrum -- che ha meno di un anno -- è stato fondato da Jerry Pettersson, amico del cofondatore di Skype Niklas Zennstrom. Impiega circa 27 persone, per a maggior parte in Svezia e Norvegia.

La società, che non ha legami commerciali con Skype, fa parte della crescente lista di aziende che costruiscono applicazioni intorno a Skype, che ha raggiunto un accordo di vendita con eBay fino a 4,1 miliardi di dollari la scorsa settimana.

Mathisen ha aggiunto che IPdrum sta lavorando a nuovi prodotti ed ha in programma di fornire i suoi sistemi ad altri provider telefonici.

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Pressrelease: Free Skype Calls on Your Mobile Phone

IPdrum Skype Cable now launched globally.

London, England – Sept. 20, 2005 – IPdrum, an emerging leader in VoIP to mobile convergence, rolled out its highly anticipated IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable today. The IPdrum solution connects Skype to a mobile telephone - allowing users true mobility and free worldwide calling.

“Finally there is a telecom solution offering the best of both worlds; mobility and free Internet calls,” said Kjetil B. Mathisen, CEO, IPdrum. “Our product is one of the first proven solutions that will deliver IP telephony to any mobile phone.”The Swedish-Norwegiancompany’s revolutionary product will empower Skype users to make mobile calls worldwide over the Internet via Skype, for little or no cost. To date, there have been over 168 million downloads of the Skype software.

The company is the first to bridge VoIP and the mobile phone network with its patent-pending software and a cable that, together, can turn an old mobile handset into a wireless gateway forSkype's VoIP application. Making its international debut to media today at a London hotel, IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable is available for immediate purchase online through www.ipdrum.comand via select distributors.

“Skype’s recent acquisition by ebay is the software’s natural ticket to the masses, “said Jerry Pettersson, IPdrum founder. “IPdrum’s technology automatically extendsSkype’s reach and triggers a welcome transformation to the ease and affordability of communicationin the 21st century.”

Free mobile calls worldwide

Individuals with phone contracts that allow them to make free calls to pre-defined numbers (such as “friends & family” plans), can make free VoIP calls from their mobile phones to any country in the world.

Those without such mobile calling plans can make international calls at the same rate as a local call.

Access VoIP from anywhere

"Skype’s technology and its users did the hard work—getting people to make calls from their computers,”said Mr. Mathisen. “IPdrum is making Skype accessible to new and broader audiences, allowing them to make and receive Skype calls while being away from their computers.” The company plans to be a leading supplier to other Internet telephony operators as well.

How the technology works

The IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable connects a user’s old mobile phone (base phone) to the USB and soundports of his or her computer. When the software is installed, the old handset acts as a gateway/bridge for the Skype application, allowing the user to forward calls to the mobile phone he or she currently uses. Similarly, a user can place a call using Skype.

The IPdrum solution will bring IP telephony to any mobile phone and is not restricted to special “Hotspots”or zones where technologies such as Wifi are available. It incorporates a range of features and capabilities designed to increase convenience and performance when Skyping such as: ·

Forwarding of incoming Skype calls to fixed- or mobile phone

Outgoing calls to Skype users

Outgoing calls to non-Skype users using SkypeOut

Make calls abroad without roaming charges

Currently, IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable supports Windows XP, with plans to support additional operating systems. The product is now available for those using Nokia and Sony Ericsson base phones. Motorola, Samsung and Siemens are in production.The product currently retails for $69.95+tax.

About IPdrum

Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, IPdrum is a supplier of innovative hardware and software solutions to the fast growing VoIP market. The IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable made international headlines when the prototype was introduced in June 2005 at the CommunicAsia 2005 exhibition in Singapore. The virtually unknown company has since skyrocketed to the top of search engines. For more information on IPdrum and IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable product availability and pricing, please go to www.ipdrum.com.

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