Young company. Yoomba. Founded in the last year, opened the eponymous IP-telephony service, somewhat different from existing services such.
The main feature of Yoomba is that users of the service may attempt to call or send instant messages to anyone with an email address. However, to initiate a communication session will be possible only under the condition that caused by the client program is installed Yoomba. Otherwise, the recipient will receive a letter notifying that it is trying to communicate with the subscriber Yoomba, and the proposal to install a program to work with a network of IP-telephony.
The founders of Yoomba, as reported by InformationWeek, aim to break down the barriers that prevent interoperability of different services of IP-telephony and messaging services. Currently, however, the client program Yoomba works only on computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. In the future, developers plan to implement support for Apple Mac OS X and Linux.
It should be noted that the program Yoomba very easy to install and use. After installation Yoomba automatically generates a list of contacts, importing email addresses from Outlook and popular online email services such as Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo Mail. In addition, Yoomba adds buttons to quickly initiate a connection to the Outlook toolbar, and postal services.
Yoomba platform is based on protocols Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Real-time Transfer Protocol (RTP). Currently the service is free and allows you to communicate with users of personal computers. In the future, the developers intend to provide the ability to call subscribers of mobile networks and the wired telephone lines. Recoup the costs of maintaining the operation of the service will be at the expense of advertising.
Source:. Kompyulenta.
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