8x8 launches new VoIP calling application for Facebook

To enable other users to call them without revealing their actual phone number

8x8, a provider of business communications offerings, has released 8x8 Connect, a point and click VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) calling application for the Facebook social networking site.

According to 8x8, the new application allows Facebook users to add a ‘call me’ button to their home page which enables other users to call them without revealing their actual phone number.

The new application asks users making the call to enter the phone number they wish to place the call from, and then automatically rings the Facebook user at a number they previously set as their preferred contact number. It enables users to set a variety of phone numbers as their contact numbers and switch between them.

Dan Weirich, president of 8x8, said: “8x8 developed this technology for use within the 8x8 Virtual Office hosted PBX service and it was a very simple process to migrate it to Facebook. Many Facebook users are small business owners or employees in larger enterprises who will use this application in their personal and business lives and will hopefully look to 8x8 when seeking business communications solutions in the future.

“Making this technology available to a wider audience is something we believe will help 8x8 establish itself as the pre-eminent brand for next generation communication solutions.”

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