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WALTHAM, Mass., March 27 /PRNewswire/
-- Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com/), a leading
media destination for creators and consumers of
quality content, today announced the launch of Lycos
Phone, the internet's first-ever VoIP softphone
application to combine robust entertainment features,
powered by Globe7.
Lycos now offers a free downloadable white label
VoIP platform, in partnership with Globe7, fulfilling
users' communication and entertainment needs by
converting their laptops and desktops into second
phones. With Lycos Phone, users can make free calls
from PC to PC. They can also make free PC to PC
video calls and receive unlimited free incoming
calls from any landline or mobile phone, from around
the world. Users also receive 100 free minutes of
PC to landline and PC to mobile phone calls, and
can earn additional free minutes through various
promotional offers with Lycos Phone. Unlike Skype
and other VoIP services, Lycos in partnership with
Globe7 is the first to introduce a VoIP system bringing
full multimedia support for music and video on demand
for both professional and independent content. The
Lycos Phone platform provides free video on demand
access to more than 300 movie trailers, business
news, world sports and more, allowing users to search
the web while chatting with buddies. Additionally,
unlike Skype and Yahoo, Lycos Phone offers a free
U.S. phone number, free fax and free voicemail to
email. "This partnership with Globe7 allows Lycos
to team with a best-of-breed global platform, leveraging
Globe7's real-time communications infrastructure
to provide other innovative services like Internet
Protocol television," said Alfred Tolle, CEO of
Lycos, Inc. "We are in a very unique position to
now provide this audio and video distribution platform
to our millions of independent content creators
throughout the Lycos Network."
"Globe7 was built from the ground up as a standards-based
Voice-over-IP system with a wide array of voice
call features such as voice mail, and integration
with the existing U.S. and International telephone
networks," Tolle added. "This, in combination with
our upcoming Lycos HanMail system, based on Daum's
highly successful HanMail product in Korea, will
allow Lycos to leap-frog all existing communications
offerings available today."
"We are very excited to be partnering with Lycos
on this white label solution of our Globe7 free
downloadable soft phone application," said Venkat
Meenavalli, CEO of Globe7. "We chose to team with
Lycos to introduce our application to the U.S. audience
because of Lycos' strong brand recognition as well
as their strong focus on content and their rich
heritage in search." Currently, Globe7 supports
Windows 2000 and XP. Future enhancements will support
Linux, Mac OS, Palm OS and Pocket PC.
About Lycos, Inc.
Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com/) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum Communications
Corp., a leading Internet portal and e-commerce
destination in Korea with a growing presence throughout
the Asian markets. Lycos, Inc. creates and operates
search, community and technology lifestyle sites
including Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Wired.com, Tripod.com
and Angelfire.com. Other Lycos products and sites
include Lycos Mail, Lycos Games, Lycos Planet and
GetRelevant. Lycos was acquired by Korean Daum Communications
Corp. in October 2004 and has its U.S. headquarters
in Waltham, Massachusetts. Daum Communications Corp.
is traded on the KOSDAQ: 035720,
http://www.daum.net/.
About Globe7
Globe7 is a free downloadable soft phone integrated
with Voice, Video, IM, MP3 player and real time
video streaming, powered by online advertising.
Globe7 powers 20 million simultaneous sessions for
voice, video, IM and real-time video streaming.
Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Lycos, Inc.
Globe7 is a trademark of Globe7, Inc. All other
product or service marks mentioned herein are those
of Daum Communications Corp., Lycos, Inc. or their
respective owners. All rights reserved.
Lycos, Inc.
CONTACT: Kathy O'Reilly of Lycos, Inc.,
+1-781-370-3454,
Kathy.O'Reilly@lycos-inc.com
Web site: http://www.lycos.com/http://www.lycos.globe7.com/
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