T-Online Venture Fund Makes Strategic Investment in JAJAH

Today we are announcing that T-Online Venture Fund, the corporate venture capital entity of Deutsche Telekom, invests in JAJAH. The investment of the T-Online Venture Fund is part of a $20 million USD investment round, co-led by Intel Capital.

“The agreement is unprecedented. JAJAH is the first Voice 2.0 company to receive this level of industry validation and support. The long-term implications can’t be understated,” said Roman Scharf, JAJAH co-founder.

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Wing Takes Flight

Yesterday, T-Mobile launched the “Wing” in the US, their new Wi-Fi equipped smartphone. We expect a flood of new devices to hit the market in the following months since everyone is racing to keep their leading edge position while anticipating next months availability of the Apple iPhone.

The Wing operates on GSM based wireless infrastructure and like the iPhone, gives users high speed data access via Wi-Fi. Mobile operators have been
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Intel Invests in the “Future of Communication”

Today we are announcing that Intel has become the lead investor in our $20 million Series C investment round. The implications can’t be overstated. For those of you who have been following the JAJAH blog over this last year, you understand the level of milestone this represents.

Background Of The Intel Investment

This is a strategic investment - meaning that while the investment is important, it’s not the
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This Mother’s Day Give the Gift of JAJAH

Here at JAJAH, we’re pleased to do our part to help families all over the world stay close. That’s why this Mother’s Day we’re giving up to TWO HOURS OF FREE CALLING to new customers who sign up before May 10, 2007.

Simply ask your Mum to register using the following link:

  http://blog.jajah.com/mothersday.html

and we will credit her account with up to TWO FREE HOURS of calling! If you are new to JAJAH, we will credit your account directly.
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Call Free From PlayStation 3

Several weeks ago, we showed the world it was possible to make a regular JAJAH call directly from a Sony PSP. It got so much attention that we went to work on optimizing the experience and on bringing the solution to other consoles. Today we bring you a new version of JAJAH, designed to shine brightly on one of the most popular game consoles of our time, the Sony Playstation 3.

This is how it works: Users with internet access, enter
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Bloggers “Talk-Now” About JAJAH, iotum Announcement

It’s time again to make a little drift around the blogosphere checking out what bloggers have to say about the JAJAH services and our recent iotum integration.

But first of all I’m happy to announce that our integration into the iotum presence engine is taking off nicely and available for all Blackberry users at www.iotum.com/blackberry.


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iotum + JAJAH + Work Group Productivity

Today, we are making public that we have formed an alliance with iotum, the leader in the hot new category called “presence”. Most of us know how cool presence is because we use it when we IM. It’s what gives us the ability to see who is available to chat at any given time.


The iotum “Talk-Now” application, brings presence
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Jajah - Internet Phoning on the Cheap

Mainstream news is catching on to Jajah. In a week we’ve been in USA Weekend, ABC Television and now US News & World Report. This supports what we’ve been saying all along - JAJAH is not (only) for geeks, it’s for everybody who just wants to save money on telephone calls in an easy and simple way.

Here is a taste of David LaGesse of US News & World Report from yesterday, were he gives JAJAH great marks:

“You’ve heard
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JAJAH on ABC News - Thanks Daphne!

This video went out today on ABC affiliate KNXV-TV, Phoenix. Reporter Daphne Munro presents JAJAH as a part of her “Smart Shopper” series and gives an excellent and enthusiastic presentation of how and why to use JAJAH for your long- distance calls.

“I’m sure you’ve heard of making phone calls using the Internet. Well, the technology has gotten better.” says Daphne Munro from ABC Smart Shopper

PSP (PlayStation Portable) gamers around the globe: Call with JAJAH!

A fresh new discovery - JAJAH’s free, or next to free international phone calls are now also available on PSP (PlayStation Portable). You no longer need a computer or smartphone to save big bucks on calls with JAJAH.

Nearly 25 million PSP systems have shipped globally, so millions can take part in free or low-cost calls by using the Internet browser functionality and visiting mobile.jajah.com to make a JAJAH call. And since the price
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