NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- PicuP, a new
cloud-based phone service powered by net2phone, has successfully
completed beta testing and is launching its powerful inbound call
management offering. PicuP provides start-ups and small businesses
with a free basic service and ultra-affordable monthly plans.
net2phone is a division of IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT).
PicuP's automated, self-service platform allows businesses to
professionally answer, route, and manage their inbound calls. It
includes customized welcome greetings, voicemail to email,
find-me-follow-me, and user-defined hunt groups – features that
were previously only available to larger enterprises with
significant telecom budgets. PicuP allows business owners, their
partners and their employees to operate and manage calls directly
from their existing mobile phones, ensuring that they will never
miss a call.
"We intend to grow PicuP into the premier communications
solution for the approximately 30 million very small American
businesses, sole proprietorships and start-ups," said Jonah Fink, President of net2phone. "We are
ready to invest in these businesses by providing them with a local
phone number and up to 100 minutes of inbound calls for
free. We don't even ask for a credit card during our sign-up
process. Our investment in these businesses will help them to
grow. And as their business grows, we offer flexible monthly
plans to help them upgrade their communications capabilities while
continuing to enjoy big savings."
Businesses that expect to use less than 100 minutes of inbound
calls per month can select PicuP's free plan. Enterprises that
require more capacity can choose among these three ultra-affordable
monthly PicuP plans:
- Short – The $9.99 PicuP
Short Plan provides a free local or toll free number and up to 300
minutes for no additional charge;
- Tall – The $19.99 PicuP
Tall Plan provides one local number, one toll free number and up to
750 minutes of inbound calling;
- Grande – The $29.99 PicuP
Grande Plan provides the customer's choice of three phone numbers
(local or toll free) and up to 1500 minutes of inbound
calling.
"We are launching an innovative, highly automated, inbound call
service that's a great solution out-of-the-box and will get even
better over time," said Zali Ritholtz, net2phone's Chief Operating
Officer. "Business owners will love the quality and features of
today's PicuP service. In the coming months, we will add
powerful new capabilities as we work to make PicuP a multi-channel,
one-stop business communications solution.
"In the near term, we will incorporate the innovative
customer-facing messaging and live chat management service
pioneered by LiveNinja, which was recently acquired by
net2phone. We are tremendously excited by the potential of
this technology and its game-changing communications management
features," Ritholtz concluded.
About net2phone:
net2phone provides innovative and
affordable cloud-based telephony services to small and mid-sized
businesses. net2phone's flagship hosted PBX and SIP Trunking
services are offered exclusively through channel partners both in
the United States and select
countries overseas. net2phone's PicuP service operates an automated
communications platform that enables start-ups and other very small
businesses to professionally answer, route, and manage incoming
calls and other communications.
net2phone is a subsidiary of IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT), a
leading global provider of telecommunications and payment
services. To learn more, please visit www.net2phone.com or
follow us on Twitter at @net2phone.
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