Firing Your Phone Company Just Got Easier; netTALK Announces Number Porting in U.S

netTALK.COM, Inc. /quotes/zigman/568118 NTLK -9.09% , a telecommunications and consumer electronics company offering a variety of innovative, easy-to-use products designed to help consumers save money on local and long distance phone calls and more, announced today that it now supports local number portability, enabling clients in the U.S. to keep their existing landline phone number and to break free of the overpriced and underserved telephone service provided by wireline carriers, just as AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink, and scores of other providers of outdated telephone solutions.

Pivotal development for netTALK

"Keeping your own number is a pivotal development for netTALK. We consistently find that the number porting feature is a non-negotiable feature that businesses and consumers want, as they are ready to fire their phone company and save money, however didn't want to lose long-established phone numbers that they've invested in advertising among their friends, clients and colleagues," said Anastasios 'Takis' Kyriakides, President and CEO of netTALK. "We trademarked 'Fire Your Phone Company' for a reason, and we remain committed to making it easier, more affordable and rewarding for consumers to make the switch."

The copper phone line is outdated and expensive, and is increasingly being replaced by new and innovative innovation offerings like those from netTALK, creating increased competition for the heavily monopolized wireline telecommunications industry. netTALK has set a new standard even in the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) industry by undercutting Vonage pricing by near 50% and adding innovative features and services for clients.

Pew Innovation Center's Internet & American Life Project reports that online phone calling has taken off as a quarter of American adult Internet users have placed phone calls online. That amounts to 19% of all American adults. On any given day 5% of Internet users are going online to place phone calls.

Winner of PCMag.com and Laptop Editors' Choice awards, and officially designated "Business-Ready" by PCWorld, the netTALK DUO is a revolutionary VoIP device and digital phone service. The smallest VoIP analog telephone adapter in the world, the netTALK DUO enables free nationwide calls to any phone in Canada and the U.S. from anywhere in the world, as then as low-cost, flat-rate international call plans and a variety of other features, detailed at www.netTALK.com . No computer is necessary to make calls using the netTALK DUO, as it simply plugs directly into a router or modem.

netTALK.com, Inc. is a public company engaged in the design, distribution and sale of innovative consumer electronics products and low-cost Voice over Internet Protocol services. More information is at www.netTALK.com .

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