Vyke Business Goes Live
December 01 2009 03:54
Age: 278 days
Category: RNS Vyke Business Goes Live Headline: Vyke Business Goes Live Released: 07:00 01-Dec-2009 Number: 3251D07
RNS Number: 3251D Vyke Communications PLC 01 December 2009
Vyke Communications plc (the "Company" or "Vyke")
Vyke Business Goes Live Vyke Communications plc (AIM: VYKE) announces today that "Vyke Business" (www.vykebusiness.com), previously Vyke Enterprise, has gone live with an initial roll-out of its VoIP calling service. As mentioned in our half yearly report of 28 September 2009, the initial phase of Vyke Business is focused on a selected number of corporates and resellers in the UK and Norway and is scheduled for a full launch during December 2009. The initial phase includes 20 corporates and 10 resellers in the UK and Norway. Vyke Business builds upon the Company's leading paid mobile VoIP services offering with additional unique products and services, specifically designed for the business community. Vyke Business provides businesses the opportunity to reduce significantly the cost of calling internationally:
Free Vyke-to-Vyke calls and texts within a WiFi zone
Up to 98% savings on international calls from within a WiFi zone
Up to 95% savings on international calls when outside a WiFi zone
Up to 95% savings on international SMS, in and out of a WiFi zone
Vyke Business has been designed to support multiple sales channels and sizes of businesses, and will be targeted to both SME's and large businesses through our existing network of distributors and resellers with an initial focus on Western Europe.
Kim Berknov, CEO, commented: "We are pleased that Vyke Business is now being rolled out for full commercial deployment as it represents a significant opportunity that we intend to pursue aggressively. Vyke Business was specifically designed to enable SME's and other corporates to reduce and manage the costs of international mobile calling. The initial feedback from businesses in the UK and Scandinavia has been very positive and I believe that this has the potential to make a very positive contribution to the Company."
For further information contact:
Vyke Communications plc
Tommy Jensen, Executive Chairman
+ 44 (0) 20 7732 3666
Daniel Stewart & Company plc
+ 44 (0) 20 7776 6550
Graham Webster
Threadneedle Communications
+44 (0)20 7936 9850
Graham Herring/Josh Royston
About VYKE Vyke Communications plc is the leading mobile Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") service provider and is headquartered in the UK with subsidiaries and offices in Norway, USA, Iceland and Malaysia. The strategic goal of Vyke is to combine its expertise in VoIP-based communication systems, mobile data service creation/handset technology and wholesale carrier network management to provide a converged communication solution. Vyke's current set of mobile-oriented products offers up to a 98% discount compared to current typical mobile operator pricing structures.
About VYKE MOBILE IP Vyke Mobile IP is the leading mobile-oriented Voice over IP (VoIP) service offering users up to 98% discount compared to typical mobile operator pricing structures. One of the first mass market mobile VoIP services, launched in April of 2006, Vyke Mobile IP features mobile oriented sign-up steps, automatic configuration services and pricing.
About the VYKE product suite The Vyke suite of communication products features advanced services providing users with low cost, mobile operator/fixed line provider independent ways of making voice calls and sending text messaging from the mobile phone, PC and internet.
