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Zoom Partners with Aztech Systems to
bring VoIP to New Markets
Zoom’s Global Village® service to be bundled with
Aztech’s VoIP products
Boston, MA, June 1, 2005 — Zoom
Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOOM)
announced today that Aztech Systems, a global leader in data
and voice communications
products, has chosen to bundle Zoom’s Global Village
VoIP “Voice Over the Internet” phone service
with Aztech VoIP products.
Zoom’s Global Village is a unique service that provides
its users with a wide variety of free and “pay per
call” VoIP services, all with no monthly fee. Global
Village users can make free phone calls anywhere in the world
to other Global Village subscribers or to other VoIP users
with SIP compatible service. SIP is the most commonly used
non-proprietary VoIP standard. Global Village users can also
access a wide range of advanced telecommunication services
like voice mail, multi-number call forwarding, and call conferencing
at no charge and with no monthly fee.
Subscribers can also take advantage of Global Village’s “pay-per-call” service
at anytime. This service offers very low rates for international
calls to any regular telephone to or from almost any country
in the world. Customers are only charged for the calls they
make, when they make them. Call information, including duration
and cost for each call, can be viewed anytime – even
during the call - on the Global Village website. The Global
Village website also makes it easy to manage a subscriber’s
account and to set up or reconfigure special Global Village
features.
Zoom worked with Aztech to customize the service for Aztech’s
core retail market by adding Singapore dollars to the subscriber’s
payment options. Zoom is also providing Aztech customers
with 60 minutes of free calling to regular phones in 27 countries,
so Aztech customers can experience the quality and ease of
use for themselves.
Aztech announced on May 30, 2005 that its first product
with Global Village, the V300ATA VoIP Broadband Router, “will
be available at major stores like Harvey Norman, Best Denki
and Challenger Superstores as well as retail and computer
outlets in Sim Lim Square and Funan Centre, Singapore in
early June 2005.”
“Aztech Internet Phone Service Starter Kit provides
out-of-the-box connectivity, combining Aztech’s high
quality hardware with a premium Internet phone service from
Global Village,
thereby allowing customers to make high-quality phone calls
over their broadband connection at a fraction of today’s
overseas call charge. This translates to substantial cost
savings for consumers,” said Mr Michael Mun, President
and CEO of Aztech Systems Ltd.
“We are extremely pleased to have Global Village
bundled with Aztech’s VoIP products,” said Frank
Manning, Zoom’s President and CEO. “Aztech is
a world-class producer of communication products with over
1,800 employees
worldwide. This relationship extends Global Village into
major new markets including Asia, and represents a strong
endorsement of Zoom and our Global Village service.”
About Aztech Systems Ltd.
Incorporated in 1986, Aztech Systems Ltd is a multi-national
company providing OEM/ODM design and manufacturing services
as well as contract manufacturing service. Headquarters in
Singapore and with over 1,800 employees worldwide, Aztech
operates two electronic manufacturing plants and one plastic
injection and moulding plant in Dong Guan, China. Aztech
R&D centres are located in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shenzhen
and Dong Guan, China. Its five sales offices are located
in Singapore, Hong Kong, USA, Germany and Malaysia. With
strong design experience and technology focus in data and
voice communication as well as digital electronics, Aztech
designs and manufactures DSL modems, Analog modems, Broadband
Residential gateway, Wireless 802.11 b/g, HomePlugs, VoIP,
SMS Colour DECT/WDCT Phones, Personal Mobile Radios, Digital
Weather Station, Digital MP3 Audio Players and Baby Monitor.
For more information on Aztech and its products, please visit
www.aztech.com.
About Zoom Technologies, Inc.
Zoom Technologies, Inc. designs, produces, sells, and supports
communication products under the Zoom and Hayes® brands,
and provides voice over the Internet services under the Global
Village brand. Zoom is headquartered in Boston, and its European
sales and support center is in the UK. Zoom markets its products
in over forty countries, and provides multi-lingual support
from its offices in Boston, Florida, and the UK. For more
information about Zoom and its products, please see www.zoom.com. |
