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Hostopia launches fax-to-email service
Private label wholesale service allows telecoms to tap into high growth IP Fax market with key pa...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nPrivate label wholesale service allows telecoms to tap into high growth\n\n\nIP Fax market with key patent license\n\n\nMISSISSAUGA, ON and FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, May 12 /CNW/ - Hostopia.com, Inc.\n(TSX: H) today announced the launch of a private labeled, wholesale\nfax-to-email service that telecoms and other service providers can sell to\ntheir small business customers. Also known as "IP fax" in the communications\nservices market, fax-to-email services allow a user to send or receive\nfacsimile messages from their computer - typically within their preferred\nemail application such as Microsoft Outlook. The benefit to this is having the\nability to send or receive fax messages without the expense and inconvenience\nof owning a physical fax machine and additional phone line.\n\n\n"Fax-to email is in high demand as a business service with annual growth\nof over 25% according to a prominent category study published by Davidson\nConsulting," says Paul D. Engels, Hostopia's Chief Marketing Officer. "Our\nwholesale customers such as telecoms and broadband companies are eager to\noffer these services to their SME customers," he adds.\n\n\nHostopia's fax-to-email service is available to telecoms and other\ncommunications providers on a wholesale basis. It can be branded by the\ntelecom and sold as a standalone service or as part of a bundle of services,\nsuch as web hosting and business email. It can be billed to end users directly\nby the telecom or sold on a referral model where Hostopia performs the billing\nand end-user support.\n\n\n"Service providers who sell this service will enjoy the benefit of patent\nprotection due to our license with j2 Global Communications, the leader in IP\nfax technology," says Engels.\n\n\n"j2 Global licenses its patents to leading companies worldwide. We are\nespecially delighted to add Hostopia as a licensee because they have a\ndemonstrated ability to successfully sell IP-based business solutions on a\nlarge scale basis to telecommunications and Internet service providers," said\nJeffrey D. Adelman, Vice President and General Counsel of j2 Global. "This\nagreement is a great opportunity to expand the market for digital faxing\nservices by delivering these patented solutions into the hands of a leading\nservice provider."\n\n\nAccordin...