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New Ring2 Channel Partner Program Engages Distribution Partners - press release
Posted: Monday, September 24, 2007
LONDON and SEACAUCUS, NJ - SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 - Channel Partners Expo - Ring2 Conferencing today announced the launch of its Channel Partner Program enabling distribution partners around the globe to offer the award-winning Ring2 audio-conferencing service to their customer base. Ring2's Program, which includes companies like Vox Mobile, Chase Tek and Buckeye Telecom, will debut at the Channel Partners Expo, September 26-28, at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, Seacaucus, New Jersey, booth 709.
"We're excited about launching the Channel Partner Program because it is opensup our audio-conferencing service with enhanced visibility, security, and control to new customers who depend on the $5 billion per annum audio conferencing industry for their business activities,"; says Brett Lindsey, executive vice president of global sales at Ring2. "By putting remote control capabilities onto mobile devices and ensuring ease of use, Ring2 has achieved adoption rates of its remote control capabilities in excess of 60 percent.";
Call leaders with the Ring2 service can dial into the call from any phone and with a single click of a mobile device and have the ability to:
- See a real-time list of participants as they join or leave the call
- Ensure nobody is listening in who shouldn't be
- Add a missing participant from the mobile device address book
- Mute the participant with distracting background noise
- Record the call, downloadable as an MP3 file, after the call
While helping customers solve the everyday problems, which frustrate frequent conference callers, Ring2's Distribution Partners will benefit from:
- Significant and recurring new revenue streams
- A natural and simple cross-sell to other business voice and data services
- A powerful means to differentiate mobile device sales against competition
- A unique, value-added service to help reduce customer churn
Ring2 offers the perfect conference calling service for specific vertical sectors with high PDA penetration, such as financial services, legal, consulting, and other professional services and is available to mobile operators and others as indirect sales channel opportunities for embedded solutions. According to Lindsey, the Channel Partner Program will have strong appeal to the following types of partners:
- Agents who earn commission by selling Ring2's service to their customers
- Resellers who buy the Ring2 service at wholesale rates and resell it under a co-branded label to their customers
- Fixed-line and wireless operators who offer the Ring2 service white label to add audio conferencing to their business communications offer, increase ARPU, and differentiate device sales.