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Jajah Brings Its Facebook Calling To Android, iPhone

TECH CRUNCH - Apr 13 - You’ve got plenty of options, including the likes of Google Voice, Skype, and numerous other VoIP providers for cheap long distance calls. But things can get a little tricky if you don’t know someone’s phone number. Today VoIP service provider Jajah, which was acquired by Telefónica in 2009, has a solution that will appeal to Facebook users: a new feature for its Android app (iPhone’s coming soon) that lets you call your Facebook contacts. After installing the app on your phone, you’ll be asked to authenticate using Facebook Connect. You’ll then be able to see a list of all of your Facebook friends who are currently logged into Facebook Chat. Tap the one you wish to call, and they’ll receive an instant message with a link inviting them to join a free voice call with you.

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Telefonica's Jajah Launches Facebook Calling

WSJ - Oct 25 - Telefonica has launched a mobile app allowing users to call friends directly from Facebook. The app was released by Jajah, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telefonica Europe. The app, called Jajah Social Call, will initially only be available on Blackberry devices. FULL ARTICLE @ WSJ

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Jajah Now Powers Low-Cost Long Distance For German O2 Subscribers

TECH CRUNCH - July 15 - Less then seven months after it was acquired by Telefónica Europe (aka O2), for $207M, VoIP service Jajah is launching its first integration with the large European carrier. O2 subscribers in Germany will now be able to designate up to five friends abroad as their Global Friends; Jajah will assign each of those friends local numbers, allowing you to call internationally from your mobile phone at local rates. The product will be powered by Jajah, but customers will be seeing the O2 brand. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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Jajah Sold For $207 Million

TECH CRUNCH - Dec 23 - The reports from a few days ago that the Jajah deal with O2 closed at $200M were correct. Telefonica just announced that it bought Jajah for 145M Euros ($207M. Jajah will continue to operate under its own brand. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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O2 Rings Up Jajah For $200 Million

TECH CRUNCH - Dec 20 - Last month, we wrote about Jajah being the target of a bidding war. Today, it appears that war is over, with the winner being O2, and the price being $200M. Microsoft and Cisco were two other companies that were vying to get the company. Back in June, the company served up its 1 billionth VoIP call. While the company has some 15M subscribers of its own, many of the calls originate from Yahoo Messenger, which has used Jajah since 2008 for its VoIP calls. They also have a deal in place with Microsoft. The company has raised over $30M in funding over four rounds. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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Jajah Could Fetch $400 Million In Escalating Bidding War

TECH CRUNCH – Nov 10 – Jajah, a VoIP startup founded in 2005, is now at the center of a bidding war between Microsoft, Cisco Systems and Telefónica Europe with offers ranging from $200M to $400M. Jajah's numbers are impressive: $28 million in VC funding, 25 million users across 122 countries and calling access to more than 200 global destinations. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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Phone Calling Coming To Twitter

CNET NEWS - Sep 16 - A new third-party offering from Jajah known as Jajah@call is expected to go into beta Thursday morning. Jajah@call will allow Twitter users to initiate a two-way voice chat with other users by typing "@call @username" where "username" is someone's Twitter ID. During the beta period the calls will be limited to two minutes, but the company will evaluate that length during beta. However, it sees the two minute period after which the call will end as "the verbal equivalent of a tweet." FULL ARTICLE @ CNET NEWS

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JAJAH Partners With Microsoft

PRESS RELEASE -- Aug 26 -- JAJAH, a global communications company, is teaming up with Microsoft to launch a new IP service for enterprises. Companies can now make high quality calls over JAJAH's IP Platform. FULL ARTICLE @ TMC NET

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Jajah Connects 1 Billionth Call

TECH CRUNCH -- June 23 -- VoIP service provider Jajah is announcing an important milestone: the one billionth call connection on the its platform. Jajah CEO Trevor Healy says the service has attracted 25m users since its launch. By comparison, rival Skype boasts over 405m registered users globally and in a recent press release claimed people have made more than 100 billion minutes worth of free Skype-to-Skype calls alone. Other competitors include Jaxtr, Truphone and Nimbuzz. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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Jajah Named A Finalist In CNET Webware Awards

MARKETWIRE -- Apr 1 -- Voting for Finalists, Including Jajah, Is Now Open at www.webware.com/100. The Webware 100 Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Finalists are selected by the editors of Webware, but the ultimate winners will be picked by the public. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. FULL ARTICLE @ VIRTUALIZATION

Mark Brooks: I use Jajah for calling from pay as you go cards on foreign cell phones.  Works great.  Sometimes the quality is a little patchy but it sure beats paying $1 a minute from a foreign cell.

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Jajah On Dating Pro Software

DATING PRO -- Oct 6 -- Not long ago Pilot Group LTD released new versions of PG Dating Pro and Social Networking Software. These scripts now include a VoIP calling service from Jajah. So now site users can call each other directly from a site and it's anonymous and secure. FULL ARTICLE @ DATING PRO BLOG

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Jajah Launches Instant Chinese/English Voice Translation

TECH CRUNCH -- Aug 6 -- File this under must have for your trip to the Beijing Olympics.  Jajah, a VoIP service provider has released a service that gives users English to Mandarin translation (and back).  Early results say it works surprisingly well.  Users call a phone number, say what they want translated into the phone, and then hand the phone to the other speaker.  The message is then automatically played back in their language. The other speaker can then reverse the process.  More languages are expected in the future. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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Jajah Chosen To Power Gizmo5 VoIP Services

MASHABLE -- June 26 -- After launching a telephony platform and landing Yahoo as one of its first clients, Jajah is well on its way to becoming a dominating force in the world of VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol phone calls. Today, Gizmo5 (formerly SIPphone) has announced its decision to select Jajah 's Managed Services platform to power portions of its own VoIP service. With the Gizmo5 and Jajah partnership, Gizmo5 will be using the Jajah platform to handle all call termination and some other custom services like customer care and billing. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE

Mark Brooks: I find Jajah most useful while traveling.  When I go to a new city/country I pick up a $10 SIM card and then use Jajah to provision calls to the USA.  Works great, although the calls can be pricey, it still beats the international call rates from the cell phone.

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JAJAH And MobileTribe Team Up

MARKET WIRE -- May 21 -- JAJAH announced its integration with MobileTribe, a service-based application that gives people access to their social networks at any time from their mobile phone. As people join multiple social networks, including Yahoo!, MySpace, Facebook and more, MobileTribe enables easy access from one simple application. FULL ARTICLE @ MARKET WIRE

Live Universe Picking Up Jangl's Pieces

TECH CRUNCH -- May 16 -- Over a week ago the founders of Jangl left for Jajah after the company failed to find a proper suitor. Now we hear from multiple sources that Live Universe has agreed to acquire Jangl's assets and remaining staff. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

JAJAH Lands 97 Million Yahoo Users

TECH CRUNCH -- Apr 28 -- VOIP provider JAJAH will power premium voice on Yahoo Messenger. Under the deal, JAJAH will provide its proprietary telephony infrastructure, payment processing, and customer care to Yahoo Messenger users using the platform for receiving calls from the PSTN network, or for making calls to land lines and mobile phones. JAJAH's existing VOIP service recently passed the 10m user mark. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

JAJAH Teams Up With Mobile Technology Companies

PRESS RELEASE -- Mar 11 --  JAJAH, Talkhouse, Elephant Drive and Tazti have teamed up to introduce the new LetMeBeMobile Software campaign. This unique program showcases each partner's innovative capabilities, including JAJAH's award-winning and affordable global calling solutions, which does not require a software download, a headset or a need to change phone plans. Simply by accessing one website, users can take advantage of applications or services that deliver: long-distance and international calling - JAJAH, web-based storage - Elephant Drive, voice activation solutions - Talkhouse and Tazti. FULL ARTICLE @ THE EARTH TIMES

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Paltalk Adds Vumber's Disposable Phone Numbers To Video Chat

MASHABLE -- Feb 19 -- There are a number of VoIP services, like Jangl and Jajah, that let you chat online, or even via landlines without having to reveal the phone number. Paltalk has integrated Vumber's disposable number service. The biggest benefit of Vumber is that its users can have an easier time taking their Paltalk video chat sessions offline. Paltalk customers get a 30-day free trial of Vumber's service, after which the $4.99 per month rate will kick in. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE

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