Net4India connects with deltathree for Internet telephony

MUMBAI: Net4India, an Indian Internet solutions and services provider has

connected with deltathree, one of the largest IP communications network

solutions providers in the world to offer Internet telephony services as of

April 1, 2002. The agreement will enable the customers of Net4India to make

overseas voice calls from their PCs using the Net4India's IP network and

deltathree's back office services.

As part of the alliance, Net4India will be offering 'Prepaid Calling Cards'

through 'www.phonewala.com', a new Website launched for the customers to

register themselves for these calling cards. Net4India will be offering 5,000

free calling cards, as an inaugural offer, to its customers on a

first-come-first-serve basis.

Commenting on the partnership, Net4India CEO, Jasjit Sawhney said, "This

is a great opportunity for all the ISPs in India as the Internet telephony

market opens up on April 1st. The global Internet telephony market is growing at

a rate of 120 per cent annually with PC to phone traffic reaching 280 million

minutes per month, we foresee a similar growth rate in India as well. We have

partnered with one of the largest IP communications solutions providers, and

together we expect to garner a significant market share by the end of this

financial year."

deltathree COO, Shimmy Zimels said, "In recent years, Internet telephony

has seen exponential growth in the US and other markets worldwide. India is at

an important inflection crossroads today, with deregulation of Internet

telephony beginning on April 1, 2002 for licensed ISPs like Net4India. In the

next six months we expect to see a significant adoption of Internet Telephony

services in India. We expect the corporate customer to lead the adoption with

home users gradually following in."