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Phone.com Officials Announce New Signup Policy

July 01, 2010
By David Sims, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Phone.com (News - Alert) officials are announcing a new policy where if people sign up for any Virtual Office Phone.com service plan, they will receive 20 percent off the base price for the first six months.

Phone.com marketing managers said that the use of this coupon code: "twentyoff" during the sign up process the customers will get 20 percent off their monthly BASE price of the plan they choose.
Advertising that they can "take your business to the next level," Phone.com officials say the service can help present a professional image with an auto attendant, and that users can "use one phone number to reach all locations and staff, anywhere in the world."
The service allows users to schedule incoming call forwarding based on their time and check voicemail by Web, e-mail or phone. "No hardware to purchase or maintain," company officials say.
Recently TMC (News - Alert) had the news that Phone.com's app Mobile Office "allows subscribers to make and receive calls and send and receive text messages from their Phone.com number using their Android phone."

Phone.com Mobile VoIP for the iPhone (News - Alert), company officials said, "allows subscribers to use their Phone.com Virtual Office account from an iPhone to place VoIP-based calls using either a Wi-Fi or 3G data connection." On both devices, the subscriber's Phone.com number appears as the Caller ID, keeping the mobile number private.

'We surveyed customers to discover what they are looking for in a mobile app, and more than 65 percent told us that they'd like to mask their mobile phone number and use their Phone.com virtual phone number from their mobile devices,' said Ari Rabban (News - Alert), Phone.com CEO. 'This capability took priority over saving mobile phone minutes or roaming charges."
Rabban pronounced himself "eager" to offer this capability and "continue to offer customers virtual office communications, enabling them to present a professional image while they optimize their time, wherever they are.'
Phone.com Mobile Office lets Android (News - Alert) users listen to, read and manage their Phone.com account voicemail, view received faxes, review call history, block calls from unwanted or unidentified numbers and send and receive SMS messages, among other services.

David Sims is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of David's articles, please visit his columnist page. He also blogs for TMCnet here.

Edited by Alice Straight

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