[January 18, 2005]

Dial Thru Expands VoIP Services in Iraq

BY JOHANNE TORRES

The fact that so many soldiers overseas leave entire families behind must make communicating with loved ones a very expensive prospect. Most soldiers utilize calling cards to communicate with their family and friends here in the states. Even when using calling cards, phone calls can still be extremely expensive, since most of them also charge a fee for just connecting.

Bringing VoIP ( define - news - alert)-based services to soldiers stationed in Iraq for establishing personal communications made a lot of sense. Dial Thru International, a VoIP service and Internet telephony products provider, announced today that it now has six fully operational Points of Presence (POPS) in Iraq to offer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services primarily to U.S. Military personnel, with plans to expand its offerings to consumers and businesses in the region. Dial Thru is currently offering Iraq stations both, Internet services, and VoIP-based service calling plans.

Dial Thru's CEO, John Jenkins, states, "We have always worked hard to provide communication services to the U.S. Military personnel throughout the world since our acquisition of Rapid Link, and this is just a testament of our commitment to that. We have always believed that VoIP products and services would have the most growth and profitability internationally. Our proprietary VoIP setup in these countries allows us to supply full communication services on the fly, without a huge investment of capital. We have worked hard for years to be in this position, and we believe VoIP solutions will be the future of our company."

The company's VoIP offerings include PC-to-phone, phone-to-phone and broadband phone solutions. Dial Thru's network spans more than 15 countries on five continents. The company also provides a robust back-office suite of products, including billing, operations management, marketing support, inventory management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, sales force automation, commission management, trouble ticket reporting and network management online, so that any business customer can manage their telecommunications system in a real-time environment.

Dial Thru International
www.dialthru.com