Internet phone company Jangl to sell assets, core team goes to competitor Jajah
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Jangl, the Internet phone company we reported about earlier this week as being in talks to sell, is essentially being closed down and its assets sold off. It is still looking for a buyer; a deal close to being signed last week has fallen through.
I just got off the phone with Michael Cerda, who was Jangl’s chief executive until he resigned on Monday. Cerda said he and his co-founder Ben Dean have joined competitor Jajah,… Continue Reading
TalkPlus makes foreign calls local
TalkPlus links your phone to local numbers in foreign countries, enabling your friends and family living abroad to drop you a line for the price of a local call.
This is a big expansion of the San Mateo, Calif. company’s previous service, which gave you the option to have multiple U.S. numbers that all dialed the same phone.
For a $9 set-up fee and a subscription ranging between $7 and $12 per month (depending on locale), your… Continue Reading
TalkPlus raises $5.5 million to offer you many lines, including VoIP, on cell phone
TalkPlus, a San Mateo provider of muliple phone lines for your cell phone, has raised a $5.5 million first round in venture capital from Menlo Ventures.
TalkPlus gives users multiple phone numbers on a single phone — up to ten, that you can receive calls on, and dial out from. It lets you dial into your VoIP account, via Skype for example, so that you can make near-free calls (the phone uses a local line to… Continue Reading