instant messaging +voip + iptv

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]