Jaxtr Launches Version 2.0 with Premium Memberships
New Membership Level Provides Most Loyal Members with Best Prices, Best Service and Premium Social Communications Features
MENLO PARK, CA – (September 30, 2008) – Jaxtr, the company that links your phone to the Web, today launched premium memberships featuring jaxtr's best rates for international calls, priority customer service, personalized contact pages, global online voicemail with customizable greetings and the ability to forward voicemails via email.
"In the three months since launching out-of-network calling, we learned that our members are very talkative and on average go through $10 worth of jax calling credits in just nine days, so a subscription-based offering is a natural next step," said jaxtr CEO Konstantin Guericke. "We know from our more than 10 million users that consumers select international calling providers based on four key factors: price, convenience, coverage and quality. Premium memberships deliver on all four factors."
The premium membership offering adds a subscription revenue stream to jaxtr's existing revenue lines from advertising (café jaxtr) and transactions (cheap and convenient international calling). Jaxtr is backed by three of the original Skype investors and has raised $20 million in funding.
Premium memberships are available at different levels depending on one's international calling needs: $2.95 for up to 350 minutes per month, $7.95 for up to 1,000 minutes per month and $19.95 for up to 2,500 minutes per month. Premium memberships include all of the features offered in jaxtr's basic membership such as:
- international SMS
- phone widgets for social networking profiles, Web sites and blogs
- call screening and forwarding
- phone number anonymity, and
- café jaxtr – a social network for people who like to talk on the phone
Jaxtr's basic membership will continue to be free, and new members receive a trial premium membership when they first join the service. The monthly program does not require a contract.
With the release of jaxtr 2.0, jaxtr becomes the most comprehensive social communications solution for mobile phone users around the world – whether they are using jaxtr to stay in touch with friends, conduct business or meet people with shared interests.
About jaxtr
Jaxtr is the social communications company based in Menlo Park, CA. More than 10 million jaxtr users in 220 countries have linked their phone to the Web, so they can make free international mobile calls to other members, call anyone in the world at low rates and get a free global voicemail box online. Members can find like-minded people in café jaxtr and actually talk with members who share their interests, whether or not they are online. By posting their jaxtr link on Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking profiles, members can hear from callers worldwide while keeping their existing phone number private and screen calls before their phone even rings. Jaxtr works with any mobile or landline phone, and no download is required even if calls are initiated from a mobile phone.
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