Under the terms of the agreement, America Online (AOL) will work with Net2Phone to create AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)-branded Internet telephony products and services, including an AIM-branded card that offers AIM users low-cost Internet Telephony, the company said.
Based in Hackensack, N.J., Net2Phone enables people to place phone calls from their computer, telephone or fax machine to any telephone or fax machine in the world. Internet services giant AOL is headquartered in Dulles, Va.
The new agreement allows AIM users to place a call from their Internet-enabled PC to another phone; a traditional phone to another user's PC; send documents from their PC to a fax machine; and take part in conference calls.
"With this agreement, we are significantly building the tremendous value of our popular AOL Instant Messenger product that is revolutionizing online communications," Barry Schuler, president of AOL Interactive Services, said in a statement. "Combining instant messaging with spoken conversation will bring even more convenience to our AOL Instant Messenger users."
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