Zoom Technologies, a manufacturer of communication products, today revealed that more than two thousand Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. now carry its innovative Model 5900 Phone Adaptor for Skype (News - Alert) (News - Alert). The adapter can be purchased at the select Wal-Mart stores, or online at www.walmart.com. The Model 5900 enables consumers to place Skype calls with any phone, even a cordless phone.

 

Wal-Mart is helping American consumers realize the money they will save by using the Skype phone service. The Zoom Adaptor for Skype makes the service as easy to use as a standard telephone.

 

Skype is mainly used by plugging a headset into a Windows PC and running Skype application software, which can be downloaded for free. Skype cuts 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.

 

With the Model 5900, Skype users are no longer tied to their computers and headsets. The Model 5900 lets a Skype user enjoy the familiarity, intimacy, features, and styling of whatever phone the user chooses. By plugging a cordless base station into the Zoom Adaptor, consumers can use a cordless phone for Skype calls in the kitchen, bedroom, home office, or anywhere else that's convenient.

 

In addition, the Model 5900 allows cell phone users to remotely access their Skype service to make international calls. This feature can easily save frequent international callers hundreds of dollars per month. Additional information on how to use this new feature is provided at: Skype/cellular whitepaper (http://www.zoom.com/graphics/datasheets/voip/Mobile_Skype_How_To.pdf).

 

By hooking up the Adapter with a working telephone "landline" (a traditional phone line with a dial tone), a user is able to make and receive both Skype and conventional calls. In addition, emergency calls can be placed reliably by the family and household visitors, including the babysitter, even when there is a power failure. The Adaptor also 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.

 

Zoom Technologies 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 40 countries, and provides multi-lingual support from its offices in Boston.