Service Continues Roll-out of Companies' Converged Multimedia Solutions
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fusion (AMEX:FSN), a global communications service provider, today announced DigitalFX International, Inc. (AMEX:DXN) has integrated Fusion's proprietary Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology with live video on each call into helloWorld.com's social network with its streaming video platform.
As a result, the more than 40,000 helloWorld users now have a new service: A feature-rich VoIP video phone at no cost with unlimited on-network calling to all other helloWorld users. HelloWorld customers make calls from a customized, state-of-the-art softphone that Fusion designed and developed. This new service further enriches the helloWorld.com experience, which already offers subscribers the ability to upload, store and share their calendars, pictures, emails, video emails, songs, documents, podcasts and live webcasts online from any computer anywhere in the world.
"We are excited about the opportunity to partner with DigitalFX to add an IP-based phone service to its versatile, easy to use digital platform," said Matthew Rosen, Fusion's President and Chief Executive Officer. "This is the first time we have introduced live video to our already feature-rich softphone. We believe that helloPhone is one more way that Fusion's and DigitalFX's collaboration is revolutionizing the way people communicate." "DigitalFX is delighted to offer its subscribers this feature-rich video phone service," said DigitalFX Chief Executive Officer Craig Ellins.
"We are impressed with the exceptional quality, reach and innovation of Fusion's VoIP products. We look forward to developing other exciting converged solutions for our subscribers." To use the videophone, helloWorld.com subscribers are given an Internet Phone Number (or eNumber), and an online Phonebook that can be accessed directly from the softphone on their desktop. Subscribers can dial the numbers they want to reach on the softphone dial pad on their computer screens and easily access a directory listing of stored names and phone numbers.
Useful features such as Call History, Caller ID, Three-way calling, Call Hold, Call Transfer and Do Not Disturb are also free of charge. Paid calling packages will soon be available to supplement the basic free service and will include minutes for off-net calling, a traditional phone number, Voice Mail and Remote Phone, which enables the user to place VoIP calls from a mobile or landline phone.
About Fusion: Fusion delivers a full range of advanced IP-based services to corporations, consumers and carriers worldwide. Fusion's Efonica-branded VoIP products and services, which focus primarily on Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, have over one million subscribers from more than 100 countries. For more information please go to http://www.fusiontel.com/ or http://www.efonica.com/.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050705/NYTU073LOGO) About DigitalFX:
DigitalFX International (AMEX:DXN) is a creator of digital communications and social networking solutions, as showcased on its social network http://www.helloworld.com/. The company develops and markets proprietary communication and collaboration services, and social networking software applications, including video email, video instant messaging and live webcasting. DigitalFX International, Inc. is democratizing the world of online streaming video and digital media archiving with its flagship product, called The Studio. The Studio is an affordable, cross digital platform web-based solution. Only the DigitalFX Studio brings together all this capability, simply and in one place.
Statements in this Press Release that are not purely historical facts, including statements regarding Fusion's beliefs, expectations, intentions or strategies for the future, may be "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, introduction of products in a timely fashion, market acceptance of new products, cost increases, fluctuations in and obsolescence of inventory, price and product competition, availability of labor and materials, development of new third-party products and techniques that render Fusion's products obsolete, delays in obtaining regulatory approvals, potential product recalls and litigation. Risk factors, cautionary statements and other conditions which could cause Fusion's actual results to differ from management's current expectations are contained in Fusion's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available through http://www.sec.gov/.
FUSION Jonscott Turco
CONTACT: 212-201-2401
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