Jajah to provide Yahoo! Messenger's VoIP service

By Stuart Corner
Wednesday, 30 April 2008 02:04

Technology

Yahoo! has selected Jajah to deliver a VoIP service that will enable its 97 million customers to make "high-quality, low-cost" PC-to-phone and phone-to-PC voice calls to more than 200 countries using Yahoo! Messenger.
Since 2006, Yahoo! Messenger users have been able to use "Phone In" and "Phone Out" to make and receive voice calls on their PC to and from landline and mobile phones. From Q3 of 2008 Jajah will take over the provision of the telephony infrastructure, payment processing, and customer care for users of this service.

Three year old Jajah, which claims 10 million customers worldwide, has also announced that, in response to "demand from business industry leaders" it is opening up its voice platform and offering managed service solutions to other third parties.

According to CEO, Trevor Healy. "Opening the Jajah platform will solve companies' need for immediate access to a proven, affordable global calling infrastructure, help them retain their customer base and strengthen communication offerings."

Jajah says it will "solidify key partnerships with landline operators, cable companies, mobile carriers and technology partners."