Conference calls

Tuesday, March 31st 2009 - 01:10 CEST - Comments: 0

I fbyphone announces its first BlackBerry application - conference calling and voice-broadcast messaging combined in a free download-enhancing the functionality of the popular communications devices from Research In Motion (RIM). “We are thrilled to deliver Ifbyphone for the BlackBerry, giving millions of BlackBerry users a simple and free conference and broadcasting tool,” said Irv Shapiro, CEO of Ifbyphone. “This is the first application of its kind and another example of Ifbyphone’s continued innovation in the wireless space.”

 

Conference call application on a BlackBerry smartphone

The Ifbyphone application utilizes BlackBerry users' existing contacts lists, allowing users to create groups of contacts for conference calls or voice-broadcast messages. Ifbyphone will provide the first 100 minutes of use per month free to users of the application, which is available now at the website of Ifbyphone and via Handango. Ifbyphone intends to make its BlackBerry application available at RIM's BlackBerry Application Storefront when it opens this spring.

 

BlackBerry conference-calling function

To use the new application's conference-calling function, a BlackBerry user creates a list of participants from among his or her stored contacts and can then initiate an impromptu conference call immediately or schedule a future call, all with one click.

 

BlackBerry voice-broadcasting function

Similarly, to use the voice-broadcasting function, the user creates a list of recipients and records a voice message for immediate or future delivery. The voice-broadcasting function would be ideal for a busy sales manager traveling to a client meeting who wants to give instructions to all members of a team of sales reps.

 

 

BlackBerry application for business people

The BlackBerry application is another example of the flexibility of Ifbyphone's powerful application programming interface (API), which enables developers to create highly innovative applications and integrate telephony into business processes.

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