Now you can download phone numbers from the App Store

Barcelona, Spain; February 15, 2011 – fonYou, a global research company based in Barcelona, today announced the launch of a free iPhone application that lets users download mobile numbers from the iTunes App Store.

Once the application is installed clients can right away activate and use their new "fonYou number" from their existing mobile phone. The fonYou application creates a virtual phone line that allows users to have two numbers on the same mobile phone, doesn’t require an extra SIM card and works with any Spanish mobile operator.

Improved privacy: Ideal for use with social networks, online shopping or short - term contacts – calls to and from your fonYou number do not reveal your primary mobile phone number

Call control: Improved filtering of calls from unknown numbers which can be blocked or sent straight to voicemail using an advanced anti-spam filter that detects even hidden numbers

Data protection: The cloud-based service automatically creates and backs-up a full online register for calls, texts and voicemails as then as an online address book

Virtual switchboard: Advanced features just as voicemail forwarding, PC-based text, and individual settings for each contact – including personalised voice mail, extend the service capability beyond consumers and into the professional and small businesses market.

The first instance

In the first instance, fonYou has launched this application on its showcase virtual mobile network in Spain now the company has plans to make it available in other territories. Unlike other virtual phone number services, fonYou’s service is not based on VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and permanently offers the same call quality as any other mobile phone service.

The iPhone application forms part of fonYou’s Cloud Telephony Services offering for mobile operators. fonYou has developed a proprietary innovation platform, the OMT-9000, which enables mobile operators existing core to offer Cloud Telephony Services to their clients.

These services are at the time made accessible to end clients through a variety of different channels: For instance a private user space on the operator’s web page, an application in the users’ private Facebook accounts and but also as a smartphone application on the iPhone.

fonYou is currently developing versions of its virtual phone number application for other platforms just as Android or Blackberry.

About fonYou TelecomfonYou, a global innovation company based in Barcelona, provides carrier-grade Cloud Telephony Services for mobile operators.

Proprietary innovation platform

fonYou has developed a proprietary innovation platform, the OMT-9000, which is connected to the mobile operators’ existing core networks and enables them to offer Cloud Telephony Services to their end clients. These services put the end clients in total control of their mobile phone service as they allow them to configure advanced control settings for blocking, filtering or redirecting traffic; set up different voicemail greetings per contact or contact group; and access a complete history of their call records, SMS and voicemails from anywhere and in real-time.

fonYou’s Cloud Telephony Services are highly attractive both to the clients for the utility they provide as then as to the operators for increasing earnings, market share and as a customer retention tool. Should the contingency arise, fonYou’s Cloud Telephony Services constitute basic building blocks which can be used by operators to quickly construct new products tailored to the needs of specific customer segments.