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Zoom Announces Money-Saving Product to Make Skype(TM) Calls With Ordinary Phones, Available Now at Wal-Mart
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BOSTON, MA, October 7 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Zoom Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOOM), a
leading producer of communication products, today announced the innovative
Model 5900 Phone Adaptor for Skype is available through more than two
thousand selected Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. The adapter is also
available on-line at www.walmart.com. The Model 5900 allows purchasers to
use any phone, even a cordless phone, for Skype calls.
Wal-Mart has taken a leading role in introducing American consumers to the
significant savings available through the Skype phone service. The Zoom
Adaptor for Skype makes the service as easy to use as a standard telephone.
Most people use Skype by plugging a headset into their Windows PC and
running Skype application software, which can be downloaded free. Skype
reduces the cost of phone calls, and also provides extra features such as
video calling and "presence," where an on-screen list shows whether friends
and business contacts are ready to receive a Skype call.
The Model 5900 unties a Skype user from his or her computer and headset.
Model 5900 lets a Skype user enjoy the familiarity, intimacy, features, and
styling of whatever phone the user chooses. Plugging a cordless base
station into the Zoom Adaptor lets someone use a cordless phone for Skype
calls in the kitchen, bedroom, home office, or anywhere else that's
convenient.
The Model 5900 also allows cell phone users to remotely access their Skype
service to make international calls. This can easily save hundreds of
dollars per month on those calls. Additional information on how to use
this powerful feature is provided at: Skype/cellular whitepaper
(http://www.zoom.com/graphics/datasheets/voip/Mobile_Skype_How_To.pdf).
Plugging the adapter into a working telephone "landline" (a conventional
phone line with dialtone), provides these extra features:
-- The phone plugged into the Adaptor can make and receive both Skype and
conventional calls.
-- Emergency calls can be placed reliably by the family and household
visitors, including the babysitter, even when there is a power failure.
-- The Adaptor makes it easy to have a 3-person conference call between a
remote Skype user, someone using a phone connected to the Adaptor, and
someone calling the Adaptor's landline.
For additional information on the Model 5900, please contact
sales@zoom.com, call 800-631-3116 or 617-535-9383, or visit Zoom's VoIP
Products (http://www.zoom.com/products/voip_products.html).
About Zoom Technologies
Zoom Technologies, Inc. designs, produces, markets, and supports
communication products under the Zoom, Hayes?, and Global Village?
brands. Zoom is headquartered in Boston, and its European sales office is
in the UK. Zoom markets its products in over forty countries, and provides
multi-lingual support from its offices in Boston. For more information
about Zoom and its products, please see www.zoom.com.
About Wal-Mart Stores
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) operates Wal-Mart discount stores,
Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Club in the United States.
The company operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and
the United Kingdom.
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For additional information contact:
Terry Manning
Email: terrym@zoom.com
Phone: 617-753-0087
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