My opinion GCN has the connections in India and China to take this forward....remember SSI is not So small a company these days... And Times Of India ?
GCN is the mobile and Internet platform for the Gambling
business..So I think there are drivers for adoption already
Only views and opinion
motorway
Official GoConnect Press Release – Thursday 2 March 2006
GoConnect delivers a World First with the launch of the new GoTrek incorporating IPTV
with VoIP and Instant Messaging
GoConnect Australia Pty Ltd ("GoConnect Australia"), a wholly owned subsidiary of GoConnect
Ltd ("GoConnect") -
www.goconnect.com.au , is pleased to announce that it has entered into an
Alliance Partnership Agreement in Australia with vPhone™ (trading name of Silogen Pty Ltd) and
Wholesale Communications Group Pty Ltd -
www.wcg.net.au to empower GoConnect's patented
IPTV platform GoTrek with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and Instant Messaging
capabilities.
The launch of the new GoTrek heralds a whole new seamless experience to the Internet world of
video infotainment with voice and instant text communications, all in the one platform.
GoTrek VoIP will also enable users to make 'Off-Net' phone calls (calls to traditional fixed-line
and mobile phone numbers any where in the world) at extremely competitive rates by establishing
a pre-paid account with GoConnect's alliance partner vPhone™. vPhone™ will provide 1300
phone support of the VoIP feature set for users (in Australia) and enable the 'Off-Net' services to
the GoTrek VoIP application. vPhone™ will also supply a range of hardware (analogue telephone
adapters, handsets and other accessories) to enhance the user experience and streamline the
ability to make calls both 'On-Net' and 'Off-Net'.
GoConnect first went live on GoTrek IPTV in early 2000 when narrowband Internet was the norm,
and well before IPTV was even regarded as a technically feasible media platform. Six years on
and now, with the increasing penetration of broadband connections, IPTV has finally become the
buzzword of the Internet media world. Again, with a vision for the future, GoConnect has been
investigating the possibility of incorporating VoIP capability seamlessly into the GoTrek IPTV
platform. This investigation led to the development and now the launch of the latest version of
GoTrek, providing video infotainment and communication in both voice and text to the Internet
user at the same time.
GoConnect believes, the ability to combine IPTV push video infotainment with Internet
communications in both voice and text is a world first. The Internet has witnessed the extremely
'viral marketing' nature of VoIP applications such as Skype™ and Firefly™, gathering millions of
users worldwide within the past two years. Launched in 2003, Skype™ was taken over by eBay
in September 2005 in an unprecedented US$4 billion deal. GoConnect believes the combined
IPTV and VoIP capabilities of the new GoTrek will be just as powerful in enabling GoConnect to
build a substantial user base and hence, derive significant commercial value for the company
over time. In particular, GoConnect will be working with its distribution partners in Australia, India
and China to accelerate the penetration of the new GoTrek into the Internet market.
Users of the new GoTrek will not only be able to receive and watch a large array of video content
in TV quality regardless of their individual connection speed (broadband or narrowband), but will
also be able to communicate for free with anyone anywhere in the world over the Internet in either
voice or instant text messages from their computers. The new GoTrek will be available for
download from
www.gotrek.com.au.
For further information:
GoConnect Contact:
WCG PR Contact:
Anthony Voglis
Senior General Manager
GoConnect Australia Pty Ltd
Tel: +61 3 9993 7000
Email:
[email protected]
Paul Dundas
Director - Marketing and Business Development
Wholesale Communications Group Pty Ltd
Tel: 1300 730 577 or +61 3 8997 7200
Mob: +61 419 346 790
Email:
[email protected]