Internet pioneer Jeff Pulver is at it again, only this time his new VoIP initiative is backed by big bucks. With money from wireless pioneer Craig McCaw, former Apple CEO John Sculley and veteran telecom banker Michael Price, and some cash thrown in by Intel for good measure, Pulver is launching today a new business VoIP service called Tello.
While Pulver isn’t saying how much funds the venture has garnered in his blog post today, Om Malik reveals that the total is $5.5 million.
The service is IP-based voice, but so much more — it bridges multiple voice platforms, including cell phones, and allows collaboraters to call up office productivity tools such as spreadsheets. The Wall Street Journal reports that while a limited version of Tello will be free to consumers, the enterprise version of the service will cost $30/year [note: the original version of this item incorrectly said the cost was $30/month] and will initially work only on Blackberries (uh oh…the Supreme Court today refused to hear an appeal in a patent infringement case against Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry, which could lead to widespread shutdown of Blackberry service.)
Cynthia Brumfield at 12:38 PM|Comments(1)
Cynthia, thank you for your comments on Tello. One minor correction - our Enterprise service is $30/year, not $30/month. We will also be adding multi-platform support in the future beyond our current Windows/RIM clients.
Posted by: Alan Johnston, CTO Tello at January 26, 2006 1:33 AM
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