Voip-Pal.Com Inc. Announces New Board Member
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Voip-Pal.Com Inc.
("Voip-Pal", "Company") (OTC Pink: VPLM) is pleased to announce
that Dr. Thomas E. Sawyer, former
Chairman and CEO of NACT Telecommunications, Inc. and former Chief
Technology Officer of Global Light Telecommunications, Inc., has
been appointed to the Board.
Dr. Sawyer is the current Chairman and Founder of Sacred Circle
Health Care, Inc., a company whose primary focus is to provide a
wide range of primary medical care services to Tribal
members. In addition, Sawyer currently serves as
Director of five other companies – Quadrant 4 Systems (a publicly
traded IT company), Cedar Band Enterprises (an economic development
organization for the Cedar Band of Paiutes), Chief Consolidated
Mining, Inc. (a publicly traded copper and gold mining company),
First European Investment Foundation (a large international
financial services group) and AIM Holdings Company LTD (an internal
division of AIM Holdings tasked with researching the latest world
economic climate and financial trends to its clients).
From 2007 to 2011, Dr. Sawyer served as the Director of
Digifonica International Inc. (see About Digifonica below).
"Tom brings over forty five years of technical and managerial
experience in high-technology industries, government, and
university faculties along with in-depth community relations
experience at local, state, and federal levels," states
Dennis Chang, President of
Voip-Pal. "With our current accelerated development of patent
applications, we feel that Tom is an excellent fit for our Company
and we are very honored and excited to have Tom aboard."
Dr. Sawyer served as a senior advisor to four U.S. Presidents:
Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H. W.
Bush.
- President Nixon, 1968 to 1969, Acting Under Secretary to
Secretary Robert Finch of the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. 1973 to 1974,
Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the Executive
Offices of the President.
- President Ford, 1974, Member of the National Council on Indian
Opportunity.
- President Reagan, 1982 to 1988, Chairman of the National
Advisory Council for Indian Affairs.
- President George H. W. Bush,
1989 to 1991, Special Assistant for International Economic
Development.
About Voip-Pal/Digifonica Patent Applications
Lawful Intercept: ("Intercepting VoIP communications and
other data communications") US Patent Application, Publication No.
20100150138, (Link to Lawful Intercept USPTO filing):
This patent was issued on April 16,
2013 with the number 8,422,507. Lawful Intercept
Continuation patent application was filed with the USPTO.
This Continuation leverages patented technology for instant and
text messages, and inherits the same Priority date of November 29, 2007. A Response in
Europe will be filed in 2
weeks. Lawful Intercept is a revolutionary technology that
addresses the national and international demands by governments to
enable law agencies the ability to perform scheduled and live
intercepts on VoIP telephone conversations. Network Service
providers such as Skype may soon want to be in compliance with
government regulations regarding Lawful Intercept. The
advantage of this patent is that it is truly undetectable by the
intercept target; as opposed to many prior art technologies.
Various governments are considering legislating Lawful Intercept as
a mandatory technology for any VoIP provider.
Routing, Billing and Rating engine (RBR): ("Producing
routing messages for VoIP communications") US Patent Application,
Publication No. 20100150328, (Link to RBR USPTO filing): A
Response to USPTO office action will be filed in 2 weeks. A
Response in Europe has already
been filed. The Company believes that this patent application
technology will be the foundation of any modern commercial VoIP
system. It has taken millions of investment dollars and years to
develop and solidify into perhaps the most important architectural
solution for VoIP.
Mobile Gateway: US Patent Application, Publication No.
20110122827, (Link to Mobile Gateway USPTO filing):
USPTO office action has been received and a Response is currently
being prepared to be filed. The Company believes that Mobile
Gateway technology can be applied to any modern cell phone allowing
Internet calls to be transparent for the users. All current
commercial techniques for making cell phone Internet calls require
the users to make additional actions, which are not necessary with
the Mobile Gateway patent application.
Enhanced 911: ("Emergency Assistance calling for VoIP
communications") US Patent Application, Publication No.
20100172345, (Link to Enhanced 911 USPTO filing): A Response
to USPTO office action has been filed. This patent application
technology satisfies the major requirement for emergency response
system which is the ability to call back the person on emergency if
he drops the call.
Advanced Interoperability Solutions: ("Uninterrupted
Transmission of Internet Protocol Transmissions during Endpoint
Changes") US Patent Application, Publication No.
20120170574, (Link to Advanced Interoperability Solutions
USPTO filing): Currently under USPTO prosecution. This patent
application technology demonstrates the future of Internet voice
communication – calls should not be dropped when roaming from one
transport provider to another.
About Digifonica (International) Limited
Digifonica (International) Limited ("Digifonica") was originally
incorporated as Digifonica International Inc. in 2004 and listed on
the TSX stock exchange. The company raised more than
$15M of investments into research and
development of the most advanced VoIP technologies. It employed
approximately 20 developers, some of them being well-known in VoIP
industry, who built an integrated white-labelled VoIP system, which
can be deployed for new Internet Telephony providers in matter of
minutes. The goal was two-fold:
- Provide scalable and the most cost-effective solution for
partners, when prices for Internet calls go down to zero
- Comply with government regulations of Internet communications
against illegal activities
Soon after the first production-grade system was released for
partners, it became clear that architectural solutions developed
and operated by Digifonica, were highly advanced in the industry
and required protection. Digifonica decided to dedicate sufficient
resources, both human and financial, to work with the top Canadian
firm practising in intellectual property - Smart & Biggar. That
cooperation produced the results: Digifonica filed overall 5 patent
applications, starting from 2007. The Patent Applications were all
filed initially as PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) applications,
came through International phase, then entered National phases in
many countries around the world, first of all in US Canada and
Europe. They are all in different
stages of prosecution.
About Voip-Pal.Com Inc.
Voip-Pal.Com Inc. is a broadband VoIP telecom company offering
local and long distance VoIP services to residential and business
customers. The company also provides VoIP communication
and reseller solutions for its partners. Voip-Pal.Com
Inc. is the enabler of international calls using VoIP technology on
the internet, smartphones and PC Tablets. Voip-Pal's
goal is to provide a quality, high-speed and cost-effective
telephone solution for the casual and business international
traveler who must rely on their smartphones, laptops or tablets in
order to communicate. Voip-Pal.Com/Digifonica is a technical
leader in the VoIP services market which had revenues of
$58 Billion in 2011 and is
experiencing double digit year-over-year growth1. The
addition of Digifonica's Patent Pending Application portfolio
greatly enhances shareholder value and will contribute to
significant revenue growth for Voip-Pal.Com.
Retail Website: www.platinumphone.com.
Corporate Website: www.voip-pal.com
Company Contact: info@voip-pal.com
IR inquiries: IR@voip-pal.com
US Telephone IR Contact: (954) 495-4600
Stock Quote: www.otcmarkets.com/stock/VPLM/quote
All statements contained in this news release, other than those
identifying historical facts, constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the Safe Harbor provisions as contained in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements relating to the Company's future
expectations, including but not limited to revenues and earnings,
technology efficacy, strategies and plans, are subject to safe
harbors protection. Actual Company results and performance may be
materially different from any future results, performance,
strategies, plans, or achievements that may be expressed or implied
by any such forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
1 http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2012/VoIP-UC-Services-Market-Forecast-and-SIP-Trunking-Survey-Highlights.asp
SOURCE Voip-Pal.Com Inc.