NEW YORK, March 10, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- deltathree, Inc. (Nasdaq:DDDC), a leading provider of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions for service providers, resellers and consumers worldwide, today announced that it has received a 2008 VON Magazine Innovator Award, which is the foremost listing of innovative companies believed to represent the future of the Internet Communications industry. deltathree received the award for its newly formed, innovative consumer brand joip, which powers the VoIP service of Panasonic's GLOBARANGE hybrid landline/VoIP phones.
"The VON Magazine Innovator Awards recognize the Internet Communications industry's best and brightest companies, and we're pleased to include deltathree as an inaugural winner," said Bill Sell, Publisher, VON Media Group. "Companies like deltathree should take pride in their accomplishments because the selection committee unanimously felt that deltathree's joip service stood apart from the large field of companies that participated in the nomination process."
The joip service enables GLOBARANGE owners to automatically become a part of the global joip community, where members can call each other for free without a paid service contract. In addition, joip members can make calls to landline and cellular phone numbers at extremely competitive rates, while enjoying the most advanced features of VoIP technology. joip-enabled GLOBARANGE phones are now available in the United States, Canada and Europe.
"We are thrilled to receive the VON Magazine Innovator Award," stated Tomer Treves, deltathree's Vice President, Consumer Sales. "joip offers consumers around the world the cost savings and convenience of VoIP, combined with the latest in cordless phone technology from our partner Panasonic. joip's range of features, such as free in-community calls with low calling rates to those outside the community, enhance and foster stronger connections among friends, family and business colleagues worldwide. The award is a reflection of our innovation and expertise in launching the joip service and its continuing expansion worldwide."
For more information on joip services, including an extensive list of all features, please visit www.joip.com.
The VON Magazine Innovators award ceremony will take place on Tuesday, March 18 at the VON.x Spring Conference and Expo in San Jose, California.
About the VON Magazine Innovator Awards
Building on the legacy of the Pulver 100, the VON Innovator Awards have evolved to recognize all companies -- start-ups to publicly-traded companies -- which represent the future of Internet Communications. Each participating company completed a lengthy and comprehensive nomination process, and the recipients have been selected from a committee made up of VON Magazine editors, columnists, and contributors, as well as the leading content producer for the VON.x conferences. The Inaugural VON Magazine Innovator Award winners will be honored at Spring VON.x at 6:00 PM Pacific time on March 18th in the VON Theatre in San Jose. For additional information, please visit: http://vonmag.com/innovators/.
About deltathree
Founded in 1996, deltathree, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated VoIP telephony services, products, hosted solutions and infrastructure. deltathree offers high quality Internet telephony solutions that are viable and cost-effective alternatives to traditional telephone services. Supporting tens of thousands of active users around the world, deltathree serves customers through its two primary distribution channels: the Service Provider/Reseller channel and the direct-to-consumer channel. deltathree's advanced solutions offer service providers and resellers a full spectrum of private label VoIP products and services, as well as a back-office suite of services. Utilizing advanced SIP technology, deltathree provides all the components to support a complete VoIP service deployment. deltathree's Consumer Group consists of the award-winning iConnectHere direct-to-consumer offering and joip, the newly formed consumer brand that powers the VoIP service of Panasonic's GLOBARANGE hybrid phone.
For more information about deltathree please visit: www.deltathree.com.