CORONA DEL MAR, Calif., March 10, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ICC Worldwide, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ICCW) today announced several significant new enhancements to its commercial VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) product offering. Included among these important new capabilities are: 1) a comprehensive voice conferencing feature, typically referred to as a "conference bridge" and, 2) an advanced, fully featured, digital Centrex functionality. Centrex is a PBX-like service which provides comprehensive switching and a wide range of advanced telephony functions at a central facility instead of at the customer's premises. This gives the customer flexible access to these features without the requirement to invest significant sums in on premise equipment. Both new features will be available for customer implementation beginning in April, 2009.
Rich Lauer, ICC's President & CEO stated, "These new capabilities will significantly enhance the attractiveness of our commercial offering to small and medium-sized business as well as a variety of Italian government agencies. This functionality is particularly relevant given our recently announced relationship with the TEANET division of Gruppo TEA in Italy. Our initial focus with TEANET will be on these types of organizations. Thanks in part to these expanded features, we are confident the TEANET activity will begin producing significant revenue and margins to both TEANET and ICC in the coming few months."
Lauer went on to say, "The TEANET relationship is completely incremental and strongly complementary to our existing immigrant worker strategy. We are able to leverage our VoIP expertise, in-place infrastructure, billing & management software, as well as our advanced digital switching equipment in a dual-purpose mode. The systems and capabilities are equally applicable to the delivery of our products to the immigrant worker market, as well as TEANET's commercial customer base."
About ICC Worldwide:
ICC Worldwide, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ICCW) provides a specialized range of wholesale communications services and products to an extensive retail channel serving the diverse immigrant worker communities in Italy, Belgium, and other parts of Europe. The firm's principal operating units are located in Italy, Belgium, and Romania; while ICC's U.S. headquarters is based in the Southern California community of Corona del Mar.
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