Free PortaClient iPhone App Makes VoIP Calls, Account Management Easy for PortaSwitch Users

COQUITLAM, British Columbia, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Global communications infrastructure company PortaOne, Inc. today announced the availability of its new PortaClient app for the Apple iPhone—an application promising new convenience to customers of VoIP service providers using PortaOne's PortaSwitch platform.  PortaClient, now available at no cost in a demo version, lets iPhone end-users access their account information and usage data, check balances, manage their service settings, and even initiate low-cost VoIP calls using the PortaSwitch callback engine (callback feature disabled in demo version).

Effective immediately, VoIP service providers and telecom operators can request a customized version of PortaClient supporting their customer base from Spolecne, a PortaOne business partner and developer of PortaClient.  The PortaClient demo app is now available for download at no cost from the iPhone AppStore; to obtain the app, go to http://itunes.apple.com/cz/app/porta-client/id349420993?mt=8.

"PortaOne's new PortaClient iPhone app delivers benefits to end-users and service providers alike," said Roman Khalenkov, PortaOne Sales and Marketing Director.  "For any ITSP  running PortaSwitch, PortaClient is a powerful mobile enhancement for current and prospective subscribers.  For any end customer who uses an iPhone, PortaClient is a terrifically convenient way to not only make low-cost VoIP calls on the go, but also to access their account information anytime."

PortaSwitch, PortaOne's flagship product, is a premier telecommunications services and subscriber management platform for telephony service providers.  Capable of handling the complete call control and converged VoIP billing functions of a diversified digital services company, PortaSwitch allows wholesale VoIP carriers and Internet Telephony Service Providers to deliver a wide variety of business models quickly and flexibly.

The PortaClient iPhone app offers a full range of users including customer information (balance, status and payment status); account information (contact, status, balance and validity); call processing (set ups for ring, call forwarding and voicemail); call list (showing five most recent calls); and VoIP calling via PortaSwitch's callback feature (to make a VoIP call, the user supplies the requested number to the PortaSwitch engine, which then calls the user back and initiates the connection).

Spolecne s.r.o., developer of the PortaClient app, is a longtime PortaOne partner.  The diversified software company develops telecom infrastructure solutions as well as productivity and educational applications for the Apple iPhone.  In addition to its development activities, Spolecne provides consulting, analysis and integration services to telecoms and affiliated infrastructure providers.

Spolecne will provide a customized version of PortaClient to PortaOne clients and for their resellers that use PortaSwitch partitions or virtual environment.  To learn more, go to the PortaClient iPhone AppStore page or visit www.portaone.com.

About PortaOne:

Based in Canada, PortaOne is a leading global vendor of carrier grade software for modern telecommunication service providers.  The company enables service providers and carriers to run a broad line of telecommunication services with a single software package, and offers a complete product consisting of fully converged VoIP billing and provisioning platform, class 4 and 5 SIP softswitch to support hosted IPPBX or IPCentrex services, unified messaging, IVR, conferencing applications, callbacks and more.  The company's products are a fundamental part of the business infrastructure at over 330 service provider locations worldwide.  To learn more, visit www.portaone.com.

SOURCE PortaOne, Inc.