Cable & Wireless launches residential broadband telephony in the Cayman Islands

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cable & Wireless has announced its new residential broadband telephony Voice over IP (VoIP) service, branded as "NetSpeak," to its customers across all three of the Cayman Islands. 

Cable & Wireless' NetSpeak introduces unlimited calling for Cayman residents from the leading telecommunications operator in the Cayman Islands.

NetSpeak is the second VoIP-based product that Cable and Wireless (Cayman Islands) Ltd. has launched in conjunction with Net2Phone, whose fully-managed, hosted platform enables value-added retail products with low-cost options for local and long distance calling. 

"As the leading communications provider in the Cayman Islands, Cable & Wireless is excited to break ground with our offering of high quality broadband telephony service throughout the country," said Timothy Adam, Chief Executive of Cable & Wireless Cayman Islands. "With the launch of NetSpeak, our customers can now access a low cost, high-quality phone service with the versatile features and functionality that VoIP offers." 

"At Net2Phone we are increasingly seeing local operators use VoIP to grow revenue and offer new services," said Jonathan Reich, Chief Executive Officer of Net2Phone Global Services. "Cable & Wireless' rollout of digital telephony with Net2Phone showcases our value as a provider who can accelerate operators' time to market with robust solutions." 

NetSpeak service includes pricing plans of unlimited calling to US, Canada, and Western Europe fixed lines. Friends and family of NetSpeak customers can conveniently call using a variety of local and international phone numbers available in Cayman Islands, the US, UK, and Canada.

The basic plan also includes many value added features, such as call waiting, caller ID, call forwarding, and voicemail with new web-based account/feature management tools at no additional charge. 

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