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Heritage Communications Expands Voice over IP Services to Guatemala
MELBOURNE, Fla., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Heritage Communications Corporation (HCC) announced today it has formed a joint venture called "MundoTel" with two of its Guatemala partners: Confiansa and LA-MA sa. The MundoTel joint venture was formed to provide competitively priced, enhanced telephony services to the Guatemala market.
MundoTel Guatemala is a facilities-based, fully licensed carrier offering international inbound and outbound voice services. Coverage is nationwide and provides origination and termination using state-of-the-art VoIP technology and software-based solutions. Targeting the business, hospitality and residential markets within the country, MundoTel provides a complete suite of customized and enhanced products and services. The following is a partial list of solutions available immediately:
- PC2Phone
- Pre-Paid calling
- Web Initiated Calling
- Private Networks
- Relative and Friends calling plans from the U.S.
- Extended Calling for Business Clients
- Local Credit Card Authentication and Authorization
HCC's new IP Phone service is currently being tested and is expected to be available through MundoTel Guatemala in early September.
"MundoTel represents the first of seven joint ventures HCC plans to launch this year," said Gerald Wilczek, HCC's chief operating officer. "We have developed an aggressive, yet realistic, worldwide expansion strategy for our Voice over IP solutions. We expect the Latin American market alone to grow by 12 new countries. We are very pleased to have successfully launched MundoTel with such high-caliber partners as Confiansa and LA-MA sa," continued Wilczek.
"MundoTel represents a high-quality, competitively priced telephony service for the Guatemala market," said Carlos Eduardo Zaid, president of Confiansa. "Customers now have another choice of telephony service provider."
"The joint venture among HCC, Confiansa and LA-MA sa brings a new set of enhanced services to the Guatemala market," said Gustavo Ortiz, director of LA-MA sa. "In addition to lower-priced telephony access, MundoTel provides a host of enhanced services, such as PC2Phone and Web Initiated Calling, which can be accessed via the Internet."
About MundoTel
MundoTel is a facilities-based, fully licensed carrier in Guatemala offering international inbound and outbound Voice over IP services. In addition, MundoTel provides a complete suite of customized and enhanced products and services. The company has 10 employees in Guatemala providing sales, support and 24x7 customer service and network support. For more information on MundoTel, contact Arlo Guthrie, HCC's vice president of sales, at +1-321-308-4000, via e-mail at a.guthrie@hcc.net, or visit the MundoTel Web site at http://www.mundotel.cc/. Parties interested in establishing a similar strategic joint venture should contact Arlo Guthrie as well.
About Heritage Communications Corporation
Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, U.S.A., Heritage Communications Corporation (HCC) serves as a facilities-based international carrier offering a complete suite of carrier services, enhanced products and customized solutions. HCC's Carrier Services provide A-to-Z international termination, Tier-1 quality at competitive pricing, gateway access in 20 countries, and a 24x7 Network Operations Center. In addition, the company has deployed the first fully functional hybrid circuit-switched and VoIP network. HCC's Enhanced Products include PC2Phone, SMS wireless, Web initiated calling, an international wireless calling plan, IP PBX, pre-paid origination and termination, and gateway/SOHO network transparency. Customized Solutions include country-specific calling packages, payment processing, customer management and billing tools, credit card authorization and authentication, and private networks. For more information, contact Heritage Communications Corporation at +1-321-308-4000 or http://www.hcc.net/.
CONTACT: William R. Tolley, President and CEO, bill@hcc.net, or GeraldWilczek, Chief Operating Officer, gwilczek@hcc.net, both of HeritageCommunications Corporation, +1-321-308-4000
Heritage Communications Corporation
Web site: http://www.hcc.net/hettp://www.mundotel.cc
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