Voip-Pal.Com Inc. Adds New Board Member
BELLEVUE, Wash, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Voip-Pal.Com Inc.
("Voip-Pal", "Company") (OTC Pink: VPLM) is pleased to announce
that Dr. Colin Tucker, former
Director and CEO of Hutchison 3G, has been appointed to the
Board.
In addition to his role with Hutchison 3G, Dr. Tucker was one of
the three founding directors of Orange plc, a company that was
brought from a startup company in 1991 with a handful of staff to
an enterprise with revenues of £3bn p.a. operating in 6 countries
by 2000. Orange plc was ultimately sold to France Telecom for
$25bn.
Dr. Tucker is currently serving as Director of four companies –
Montise plc (a leading provider of systems to the mobile money
market with customers in UK, US, Europe, India, China,
Australia, Indonesia and South
America), Jersey Telecom Ltd. (a full service Telco based in
Jersey but operating in Jersey, Guernsey, UK and the US), Zamano
plc (a company based in Dublin
operating in the Mobile and Web marketing space having developed
itself from a simple retailer of mobile content) and SAT Ltd (Dr
Tucker is the current Chairman of SAT which is a startup company
exploiting novel antenna technology from Birmingham University).
Dr. Tucker has previously served as Director of five other
companies. From 2008 to 2009, Dr. Tucker was the Chairman of
UIQ Technology Ltd, the sole developer of the user interface to the
Nokia mobile phone operating system. The products were used by
Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericcson. From 2003 to 2007, Dr.
Tucker was Director of Morse Group plc, a distributor of products
from IBM, CISCO, and other major IT suppliers also offering IT
consultancy and operational support. From 2007 to 2011, Dr.
Tucker served as Director of Digifonica Inc. Ltd (see About
Digifonica below). From 2007 to 2009, Dr. Tucker served as
Director of Sarantel Ltd, a company which developed and
manufactured a range of highly directional antennas for mobile
handsets which ensured reduced SAR into the users head. From
1999 to 2007, Dr. Tucker was a Director of TTP Com Ltd, a company
that provided the code for GSM, 3G and 4G mobile handset chipsets.
TTP COM Ltd was sold to Motorola.
Dr. Tucker studied Electrical Engineering at Manchester University completing his studies
with a Doctorate following research into the optimum techniques for
interfacing humans with computer driven displays.
"Colin has had an extraordinary professional career in
engineering, management and design for high tech companies," states
Dennis Chang, President of Voip-Pal,
"but equally impressive is his current work as Angel investor and
chairman of various technology spin out companies coming out of the
universities of Edinburgh and
Birmingham. Because of his expertise and leadership role in
the telecommunications industry, Colin is a perfect fit for our
company. With the recent Board appointment of Dr.
Thomas Sawyer and Dr. Colin Tucker, our company is now poised to
become a leader in the VoIP industry."
About Voip-Pal/Digifonica Patent Applications
1. Lawful Intercept:
("Intercepting VoIP communications and other data communications")
US Patent Application, Publication No. 20100150138,
(Link to Lawful Intercept USPTO filing): This patent was issued on
April 16, 2013 with the number
8,422,507. Lawful Intercept Continuation patent application was
filed with the USPTO. This Continuation leverages patented
technology for instant and text messages, and inherits the same
Priority date of November 29,
2007. A Response in Europe
will be filed in 2 weeks. Lawful Intercept is a revolutionary
technology that addresses the national and international demands by
governments to enable law agencies the ability to perform scheduled
and live intercepts on VoIP telephone conversations. Network
Service providers such as Skype may soon want to be in compliance
with government regulations regarding Lawful Intercept. The
advantage of this patent is that it is truly undetectable by the
intercept target; as opposed to many prior art technologies.
Various governments are considering legislating Lawful Intercept as
a mandatory technology for any VoIP provider.
2. Routing, Billing and Rating engine (RBR):
("Producing routing messages for VoIP communications") US Patent
Application, Publication No. 20100150328, (Link to RBR USPTO
filing): A Response to USPTO office action will be filed in 2
weeks. A Response in Europe
has already been filed. The Company believes that this patent
application technology will be the foundation of any modern
commercial VoIP system. It has taken millions of investment dollars
and years to develop and solidify into perhaps the most important
architectural solution for VoIP.
3. Mobile Gateway: US Patent Application,
Publication No. 20110122827, (Link to Mobile Gateway
USPTO filing): USPTO office action has been received and a Response
is currently being prepared to be filed. The Company believes
that Mobile Gateway technology can be applied to any modern cell
phone allowing Internet calls to be transparent for the users. All
current commercial techniques for making cell phone Internet calls
require the users to make additional actions, which are not
necessary with the Mobile Gateway patent application.
4. Enhanced 911: ("Emergency
Assistance calling for VoIP communications") US Patent Application,
Publication No. 20100172345, (Link to Enhanced 911 USPTO
filing): A Response to USPTO office action has been filed. This
patent application technology satisfies the major requirement for
emergency response system which is the ability to call back the
person on emergency if he drops the call.
5. Advanced Interoperability
Solutions: ("Uninterrupted Transmission of Internet Protocol
Transmissions during Endpoint Changes") US Patent Application,
Publication No. 20120170574, (Link to Advanced
Interoperability Solutions USPTO filing): Currently under USPTO
prosecution. This patent application technology demonstrates the
future of Internet voice communication – calls should not be
dropped when roaming from one transport provider to another.
About Digifonica (International) Limited
Digifonica (International) Limited ("Digifonica") was originally
incorporated as Digifonica International Inc. in 2004 and listed on
the TSX stock exchange. The company raised more than
$15M of investments into research and
development of the most advanced VoIP technologies. It employed
approximately 20 developers, some of them being well-known in VoIP
industry, who built an integrated white-labelled VoIP system, which
can be deployed for new Internet Telephony providers in matter of
minutes. The goal was two-fold:
- Provide scalable and the most cost-effective solution for
partners, when prices for Internet calls go down to zero
- Comply with government regulations of Internet communications
against illegal activities
Soon after the first production-grade system was released for
partners, it became clear that architectural solutions developed
and operated by Digifonica, were highly advanced in the industry
and required protection. Digifonica decided to dedicate sufficient
resources, both human and financial, to work with the top Canadian
firm practising in intellectual property - Smart & Biggar. That
cooperation produced the results: Digifonica filed overall 5 patent
applications, starting from 2007. The Patent Applications were all
filed initially as PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) applications,
came through International phase, then entered National phases in
many countries around the world, first of all in US Canada and
Europe. They are all in different
stages of prosecution.
About Voip-Pal.Com Inc.
Voip-Pal.Com Inc. is a broadband VoIP telecom company offering
local and long distance VoIP services to residential and business
customers. The company also provides VoIP communication
and reseller solutions for its partners. Voip-Pal.Com
Inc. is the enabler of international calls using VoIP technology on
the internet, smartphones and PC Tablets. Voip-Pal's
goal is to provide a quality, high-speed and cost-effective
telephone solution for the casual and business international
traveler who must rely on their smartphones, laptops or tablets in
order to communicate. Voip-Pal.Com/Digifonica is a technical
leader in the VoIP services market which had revenues of
$58 Billion in 2011 and is
experiencing double digit year-over-year growth[1]. The addition of
Digifonica's Patent Pending Application portfolio greatly enhances
shareholder value and will contribute to significant revenue growth
for Voip-Pal.Com.
Retail
Website:
www.platinumphone.com.
Corporate Website: www.voip-pal.com
Company Contact:
info@voip-pal.com
IR
inquiries:
IR@voip-pal.com
US Telephone IR Contact: (954) 495-4600
Stock Quote:
www.otcmarkets.com/stock/VPLM/quote
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identifying historical facts, constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the Safe Harbor provisions as contained in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements relating to the Company's future
expectations, including but not limited to revenues and earnings,
technology efficacy, strategies and plans, are subject to safe
harbors protection. Actual Company results and performance may be
materially different from any future results, performance,
strategies, plans, or achievements that may be expressed or implied
by any such forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
[1]http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2012/VoIP-UC-Services-Market-Forecast-and-SIP-Trunking-Survey-Highlights.asp
SOURCE Voip-Pal.Com Inc.