Free Web-based voicemail hits Australia
- — 30 July, 1999 21:49
Australian virtual fax service vFax yesterday officially launched its free voicemail service, offering users a single fax and voicemail phone number.vFax (http://www.vfax.com.au), allocates registered users with a free local phone number where faxes can be sent and voice messages recorded. The service then converts faxes into GIF files which can be viewed at a vFax URL, and converts voice messages into WAV files. vFax notifies the user of new faxes by e-mailing the URLs or in the case of voice messages, sending the WAV file as an attachment. Users can also check for any faxes or listen to voice messages by telephone, says vFax.
The service is completely free to users thanks to advertising sponsorship on the Web site and audio messages preceding voicemail. vFax has hinted it will add further services in the future such as Web-based e-mail and fee-based Internet faxing.
