gotalk offers to pay triple the monthly difference to any customer who can find a better value VoIP solution than their Aussie Pack when bundled with their Naked DSL.

In a move that is sure to spark a major controversy in the Australian telco market, Trans Tasman VoIP/Naked DSL provider gotalk today issued a challenge which it believes no competitor will be able to beat.

“Our offer is very simple – and a very direct challenge to our competition”, CEO Steve Picton said today. “Our award winning VoIP Aussie Pack already offers customers the best value VoIP plan on the market, but for the month of March, any customer who signs up to one of our new Great Escape Naked DSL plans will get Aussie Pack for half price for half of their contract term”

“This means that for just $7.47 per month, customers will be able to make a staggering 300 local calls, 300 national calls, and 100 calls to Australia mobiles. We challenge any competitor to beat that.”

“It also means that with our Escape with the Lot combo offers, a customer will be able to get ADSL2+ broadband with 9GB of data downloads, all of their local and national calls and calls to Australian mobiles, AND a mobile cap plan with $100 of included calls all for less than $77.50 per month, and all on a single bill. There has been much talk about the Triple Play at this and other events and even the future being the Subscription model. Well now the talk is over – ‘It has arrived’ ”

“We are so confident that our half price Aussie Pack offer provides clearly the best value available on the market today that we’re offering customers this guarantee: If a customer who signs up for one of our Great Escape Naked DSL plans with our VoIP Aussie Pack can show us a better value solution that is publicly available on the market today, we will refund them three times the monthly difference”.

“I can think of no better way to demonstrate our confidence than to guarantee that any customer who signs up to our Naked DSL in conjunction with our VoIP Aussie Pack will always be better off or we will refund them triple the difference,” Mr. Picton said.

“Very simple. End of story.”

PRESS RELEASE: 13 February 2008

Trans Tasman telco gotalk today announced aggressive Naked DSL plans in direct competition to all local telcos and service providers – specifically challenging iiNET.

Naked DSL provides customers with ADSL2+ broadband internet without the need of a landline phone service. This means customers no longer have to pay a phone line rental fee to get broadband.

“Customers can now throw away the expense of a telephone connection and switch to one of gotalk’s ‘Great Escape’ plans to get the full speed of ADSL2+ and save”.

“gotalk’s Naked DSL is Australia’s first communications package to offer the best of Hi Speed ADSL2+ internet; loads of free local, national and mobile calls and a mobile CAP plan”, CEO Steve Picton said.

“All gotalk Naked DSL plans offer competitive value for money and come with the full speed of ADSL2+ and a free VoIP account,” he said. “But our main point of difference is that we are the only telco in Australia offering a bundle offer with loads of free local, national and Australian mobile calls through our Award Winning Aussie VoIP Pack as well as a $100 mobile CAP”.

gotalk's VoIP Aussie Pack was launched last August and is the only VoIP plan in the market offering free calls to any Australian mobiles.

Since the launch, gotalk’s Aussie Pack has attracted huge interest from customers looking for better value for money from their VoIP service and has won many awards including the prestigious Best of the Best Money Magazine Award and PC User Product of the Year in the January 2008 edition just published.

“gotalk’s ability to bundle this great VoIP service with its Naked DSL make its Communications Package unbeatable and the only plan of its kind in Australia,” Mr. Picton said.

gotalk's ‘Naked’ Communications Package offers all of the following for $95 per month:

Hi Speed (ADSL2+) broadband with a massive 9GB of downloads (3GB + 6GB)
Loads of FREE local and national calls
Loads of FREE calls to Australian mobiles
Great international rates: FREE calls to 30 countries + 20c calls to 30 countries + 50c calls to 50 countries
A mobile plan with a $100 call cap

gotalk today also released a range of stand alone Naked DSL plans, all with the full speed of ADSL2+ and a free VoIP account.

Plan Peak + Offpeak Quota Price
Great Escape 9 3GB + 6GB $49.95
Great Escape 36 12GB + 24GB $69.95
Great Escape 60 20GB + 40GB $79.95

“With the release of several Naked DSL plans from different companies in the last few weeks it is important that customers are made aware of the differences between them and the choices now available”, said Steve Picton.

“Our Great Escape 9 for example offers 3GB + 6GB for $49.95 which is the lowest price in the market”.
“The answer is to carefully weigh up all the options – and then select the plan that best suits you”, Mr. Picton said.
“The approach that we’ve taken is that we’re not increasing the price of your service to cover the ‘free’ local/national/mobile calls component. Customers can choose to either pay as they go with gotalk’s Great Escape plans; or upgrade to our Aussie Pack and get loads of free local, national and mobile calls; or sign up to our ‘Escape with the Lot’ $95 Communications Package and get broadband, free VoIP calls and a mobile CAP plan all included”.

“I believe we will see a significant take up of naked DSL plans in 2008 as there is an increasing number of people who use their mobile phone and don’t need the fixed phone - however of course they do need access to broadband. Naked DSL is obviously a cost effective solution offering access to broadband without having the expense of a telephone connection”, said Mr. Picton.

PRESS RELEASE: 16 January 2008

gotalk and Hi Speed kiosks form partnership to offer VoIP in shopping centres

Full service telco gotalk has expanded its distribution diversification strategy by forming a partnership with Hi Speed Internet Kiosks to offer cheap VoIP phone calls to customers in major shopping centres and tourist areas.

“The partnership will enable shoppers – plus shop staff and centre employees - to make convenient phone calls around Australia, to mobile phones and to the world at very cost effective prices,” gotalk CEO Steve Picton said today.

Research shows that Hi Speed Kiosks are most frequently used by:

• Young adults 14-24 (people on a budget)

• Users of prepaid services of all ages (Value Seekers)

• Short and medium term holiday-makers (domestic and International) of all ages

• White collar workers (working in vicinity)

“Both gotalk and Hi Speed expect that offering VoIP services will attract a new demographic to the kiosks including centre business users (by offering teleconferencing abilities) - and price conscious callers who will use VoIP as an alternative to their mobile phones,” he said.

High Speed Internet Kiosks Pty Ltd is one of Australia’s leading designers, builders and operators of digital kiosks. The company derives its kiosk revenues from public access fixed line internet access, printing and onscreen and ambient advertising. gotalk’s VoIP/Broadband products won the industry’s 2008 Best of the Best’ gold award presented by ‘Money Magazine’ last month against all current Australian VoIP service providers. The gotalk range includes gotalk’s goVoIP Aussie Pack – just named PC User Magazine’s ‘Communication Product of the Year’.

“This year we plan to add a number of additional revenue streams to our portfolio including wireless Internet access, broadband phone (VOIP), third party multimedia and gaming services billed via a sophisticated network of cash / credit card and USB accepted payment stations,” Stephen Burns, High Speeds’ General Manager of Marketing and Commercial said today.

“Since commencing operations in 2005 the business has grown from a single kiosk at Surfers Paradise to over 30 kiosks 500 screens and 25,000 users per week today and is on target to grow to well over 100 sites, 2000 screens and 90,000 users per week by the end of the year. Our medium term plan is to grow to more than 200 sites, 3500 screens and 180,000 users per week by the end of 2009,” he said.

“Future services planned to be offered via High Speed Kiosks include the ability to sell bundled product offerings such as data, voice and content products into the growing Hi Speed subscriber base, and, the ability to extract scale and cost efficiencies.”

Currently a coin operated service, in early in 2008 Hi Speed will launch a new payment system allowing notes and credit / debit payments in addition to coin and a special Hi Speed stored value card that can be topped up at an onsite facility, via third party retailers or online. This card could be used for partner-prepaid services such as VoIP or calling cards and conversely Hi Speed services could be used on the same prepaid debit account.

“Simply, gotalk’s current customers could use their prepaid dollars for Hi-Speed kiosks services and Hi-Speed members could use gotalk’s prepaid dollars for telco services. All ‘’topping up’’ could be effected at the Hi Speed self-service payment station, avoiding the requirement for a credit card and the need for a phone call,” Mr. Burns said.

Steve Picton added that a number of the high traffic kiosk sites will be clearly gotalk and Hi Speed branded.

“This means that the gotalk brand will be exposed to a high volume foot traffic experiencing the brand on a daily basis,” he said.

“Hi Speed is developing a loyal following of high use Internet users,” Mr. Picton continued.

“Every week more than 25,000 Hi Speed Internet Kiosk customers surf the net, chat, email, game, download files, print, and with the gotalk partnership, they will soon be able to phone anywhere in the world.”

Currently there are reported to be an installed and fast growing base of around 300,000 self service kiosks in the Asia Pacific region providing various services to millions of active users.

PRESS RELEASE: 16 January 2008

gotalk - Rosies partnership

In an unusual corporate/charity partnership announced this week, Gold Coast based national telco gotalk limited has signed an agreement with teen charity Rosies Friends on the Street - gotalk will donate a set portion of each Rosies supporter’s bill who signs up to gotalk’s telecommunications services back to the charity each month.

“A portion of all Rosies’ supporters telecommunications bill with gotalk will be paid directly to Rosies on a monthly basis to raise much needed funds for Rosies Programs Australia wide,” gotalk CEO Steve Picton said today.

Rosies supporters will have access to gotalk’s award winning telecommunications plans such as ‘goVoIP Aussie pack’ which is Money Magazine ‘Best of the Best’ GOLD winner for the VoIP category and it was also named “Communications Product of the Year” by the best selling PC User Magazine (January 2008 issue).

gotalk also won gold for ADSL2+ light broadband plan and bronze Awards for its ADSL2+Optimum High Speed plan and gotalk’s goVoIP Value Pack.

“Rosies supporters can now, quite literally, call the world to 110 destinations with 30 countries included for free, 30 countries that can be called for just 20c per call and 50 countries that can be called for 50c per call - countries from Argentina and Austria to Zambia and Zimbabwe”, Mr. Picton said.

The ‘go VoIP World Pack’ still costs just $9.95 when combined with the ‘go VoIP Aussie Pack’, or it can be sold as a stand-alone pack for $14.95. For just $9.95 when combined with gotalk’s ‘goVoIP Aussie Pack’, the ‘World Pack’ lets customer’s make 100 calls, or talk for 3000 minutes each month.

Rosies was founded in Rosebud, Victoria, (hence the name Rosies) by Oblate Priest Father Tom Shortall OMI in 1975. The outreach began as a drop-in centre for young people who were holidaying with their families. The centre was a place of friendship and helped keep teenagers off the street and out of trouble. Responding to the needs of students attending the annual Gold Coast Schoolies Week, Rosies expanded their services into Queensland in 1987.

Rosies programs include:

• Street Outreach

• Schoolies Week

• Children's and Drug Court Support

• Youth Detention Visitation

• Prison Outreach

“Our aim is to achieve an on going regular source of much needed funds to continue these programs running for all homeless people; court support; prison outreach and schoolies,” a Rosies spokesman said today.

“We could have just asked gotalk for a cheque – but this way we can achieve an income stream which will hopefully grow over time, and give gotalk an incentive to work on our relationship from their end as well,” the spokesman said.

It was evident throughout Schoolies of 1987 there were many permanent, marginalised and abandoned people living on the Gold Coast. The following year a full-time team was established to minister by way of tea, coffee and a listening ear to the local homeless community.

Since then Rosies has expanded with centres in Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Cairns. In 2005 Rosies plan was to further develop three new outreach centres in Logan, Caboolture and Ipswich.

With 400 volunteers across the four centres, volunteers are seen as the heartbeat of the Rosies Mission. Touching the lives of over 5,000 homeless people per year with unconditional love, volunteers are family to the street kids and others who have made the streets their home or visit the Rosies Vans.

“gotalk is delighted to become a part of such a worthwhile programme” Mr. Picton said.

“If Rosies volunteers can persuade people to switch their telecommunication services to gotalk then they will not only benefit themselves from more efficient and economical telco services – they will also be helping to make a real difference in the lives of those less well off than ourselves.”

Darrin Ruprecht, Rosies Fundraising Director will educate gotalk staff on how to participate in outreach programs in 2008 and to understand what Rosies does by way of practical support to homeless people.

To support Rosies by switching your telecommunication services to gotalk – ring 1800 641 000 or make an enquiry through www.gotalk.com.au/Rosies.

PRESS RELEASE: 10 January 2008

gotalk-Betta Electrical deal

• Betta Electrical chain to carry full range of gotalk ‘Best of the Best’ gold award winning VoIP/Broadband products – awarded by ‘Money Magazine’ against all current Australian competitors.
• Plus latest gotalk prepaid mobile caps - directly targeting the lucrative 16-28 year old market – “the best value for money in the prepaid cap market”, according to CEO Steve Picton.
• Range includes gotalk’s goVoIP Aussie Pack – just named PC User Magazine’s ‘Communication Product of the Year’.

Fast growing telco gotalk’s full range of telecommunication products will be available through the national Betta Electrical chain of over 160 retail stores following a deal announced by CEO Steve Picton today.

“We are delighted to add the Betta Electrical brand to our retail outlets – not only because they are the only stores to offer the full range of our products – but because the chain has a reputation for offering personalized, knowledgeable service,” Mr. Picton said.

“The entire gotalk range – including VoIP, broadband and prepaid mobile capped plans – have been designed to give retailers such as Betta Electrical the ability to sell the full value for money telco package.”

“For example, gotalk’s new capped plans have been deliberately aimed at taking market share from our main competition Vodafone and Optus.”

“In some areas the new gotalk mobile caps offer TWICE the value of our competition,” Mr. Picton said, “and in the market we are targeting value for money is the critical factor in selecting a service provider – whether the customer is the parent of a teenage mobile phone user or someone in the cost conscious 20-28 group who just need to control their spend because they live on a budget or have a mortgage.”

The deal with Betta Electrical comes on top of a very successful month for gotalk.

This month the telco scooped the prestigious annual ‘Best of the Best’ 2008 VoIP Awards against all major service providers - winning three Gold Awards (Best Home VoIP User Plan, Best Business VoIP User Plan and Best ADSL2+ Light broadband plan) against all competition.

The telco also won Bronze Awards for its ADSL2+Optimum High Speed plan and gotalk’s goVoIP Value Pack.

The gotalk goVoIP Aussie Pack was also named “Communications Product of the Year” by the best selling PC User Magazine (January 2008 issue).
“Betta Electrical will be selling our recently expanded version of our market leading ‘World Pack’ VoIP plan,” Mr. Picton said, “Betta Electrical customers can now, quite literally, call the world to 110 destinations with 30 countries included for free, 30 countries that can be called for just 20c per call and 50 countries that can be called for 50c per call - countries from Argentina and Austria to Zambia and Zimbabwe”.

The ‘go VoIP World Pack’ still costs just $9.95 when combined with the ‘go VoIP Aussie Pack’, or it can be sold as a stand-alone pack for $14.95.

For just $9.95 when combined with gotalk’s ‘goVoIP Aussie Pack’, the ‘World Pack’ lets customer’s make 100 calls, or talk for 3000 minutes each month. And for business users, or for those power callers out there, gotalk has launched the ‘Biz World Pack’, which includes all the same countries but comes with 200 calls, or 5000 minutes each month for just $19.95. The ‘World’ and ‘Biz World Packs’ can also be purchased as standalone plans for $14.95 and $24.95 respectively.

PRESS RELEASE: 8 December 2007

gotalk launches Xmas VoIP War

Fast growing Broadband/Mobile/VoIP telco gotalk has scooped the pool with three Gold Awards (Best Home VoIP User Plan, Best Business VoIP User Plan and Best ADSL2+ Light broadband plan) in the 2008 Money Magazine’s prestigious annual “Best of the Best” Awards published this week.

The telco also won Bronze Awards for its ADSL2+Optimum High Speed plan and gotalk’s goVoIP Value Pack.

“To have these awards announced the same week as we launched four even more cost efficient plans than those which so impressed the judges is very pleasing indeed – and must be worrying to our competition. What’s more exciting is that gotalk will continue to develop market leading services across all categories and should be up for even more awards in 2008” a delighted gotalk CEO Steve Picton said today.

Repeat information of those plans now follow:

• Australian VoIP telecommunications market becomes an even more competitive war zone from, Monday December 3 – just in time for the annual explosion of international Christmas phone calls.

• Building on the success of its market leading go VoIP plans ‘Aussie Pack’ and ‘World Pack’, gotalk today launches ‘phase two’ of its VoIP strategy releasing even stronger plans into the market place.

• gotalk announces an expanded version of its market leading ‘World Pack’ VoIP plan – where customers can now “call the world to 110 destinations” with 30 countries included for free, 30 countries that can be called for just 20c per call and 50 countries that can be called for 50c per call. (Click here to see complete list of destination countries from Argentina and Austria to Zambia and Zimbabwe).

Steve Picton, CEO of fast growing full service/broadband/VoIP telco gotalk has fired the first broadside in a VoIP price war which he believes will persuade thousands of customers of MyNetFone, Skype and Engin - to change service providers.

The ‘go VoIP World Pack’ still costs just $9.95 when combined with the ‘go VoIP Aussie Pack’, or it can be sold as a stand-alone pack for $14.95.

Building on the success of its highly popular ‘Aussie Pack’ plan which gives users free calls to Australian mobiles, as well as free local and national calls, gotalk has also launched an ‘Aussie Biz Pack’, which gives customers even more free calls, includes 2 free geographical inbound telephone numbers, and monthly fee-free 1300 or 1800 number.

“gotalk’s market leading ‘go VoIP Aussie Pack’ combined with the expanded version of the ‘World Pack’ VoIP plan, is now far and away the best postpaid VoIP deal on the market,” he said. “This combination, with the ‘Aussie Pack’ being the only VoIP plan offering unlimited mobile, local and national calls, and the ‘World Pack’ now offering access to a whopping 110 countries around the world – is simply unbeatable,” he said.

‘World Pack’ customers now really can call the world with 30 countries included for free - 30 countries that can be called for just 20c per call and an amazing 50 countries that can be called for 50c per call. gotalk is also launching two new VoIP business plans – ‘Biz World Pack’ , which is the business version of ‘World Pack’, and ‘Aussie Biz Pack’, a business version of the ‘Aussie Pack.’

“Customers can sign up to gotalk VoIP plans by calling our customer service on 1800 GOTALK (468 255) or speaking to an authorized gotalk dealer. And for a limited time gotalk is also offering customers a free all in one internet modem/router/ATA valued at $249 when they bundle one of these exceptional value VoIP plans with an unlimited broadband plan and home phone service,” Mr. Picton said.

On August 6, gotalk announced “Phase One” of its “VoIP Challenge” to all competitors in the Australian VoIP market by launching Australia’s first prepaid VoIP service attached to phonecards through cardcall, a fully owned gotalk subsidiary which is the major supplier of calling cards in Australia.

The prepaid VoIP launch was quickly followed by gotalk’s aggressive postpaid VoIP plans - ‘Aussie Pack’ and ‘World Pack’, which hit the market late August and have since been extremely popular amongst customers – gotalk ‘Aussie Pack’ is the first and only VoIP plan in Australia offering unlimited calls to mobiles, as well as unlimited local and national calls.

PRESS RELEASE: 3 December 2007

gotalk launches direct Engin VoIP attack

• Building on the success of its market leading go VoIP plans ‘Aussie pack’ and ‘World Pack’, gotalk launches today ‘phase two’ of its VoIP strategy releasing even stronger plans into the market place.
• gotalk announces an expanded version of its market leading ‘World Pack’ VoIP plan – where customers can now “call the world to 110 destinations” with 30 countries included for free, 30 countries that can be called for just 20c per call and 50 countries that can be called for 50c per call.

Steve Picton, CEO of fast growing full service/broadband/VoIP telco gotalk today fired the first broadside in a VoIP price war which he believes will persuade thousands of customers of MyNetFone, Skype and VoIP specialist Engin - to change service providers.

“With engin announcing drastic staff cuts and its abandoning of broadband ADSL, we believe their 77,000 customer base in particular is vulnerable and ready to move to a more attractive service provider – and we believe that with the plans we are announcing – plus the fact that gotalk already has one of the most cost effective ADSL service in Australia, we are confident gotalk is the one they will choose.”

“gotalk’s market leading ‘go VoIP Aussie Pack’ combined with the expanded version of the ‘World Pack’ VoIP plan, is now far and away the best postpaid VoIP deal on the market,” he said. “This combination, with the ‘Aussie Pack’ being the only VoIP plan offering unlimited mobile, local and national calls, and the ‘World Pack’ now offering access to a whopping 110 countries around the world – is simply unbeatable”.

“Customers can sign up to gotalk VoIP plans by calling our customer service on 1800 GOTALK (468 255) or speaking to an authorized gotalk dealer. And for a limited time gotalk is also offering customers a free all in one internet modem/router/ATA valued at $249 when they bundle one of these exceptional value VoIP plans with an unlimited broadband plan and home phone service,” Mr. Picton said.
On August 6, gotalk announced “Phase One” of its “VoIP Challenge” to all competitors in the Australian VoIP market by launching Australia’s first prepaid VoIP service attached to phonecards through cardcall, a fully owned gotalk subsidiary which is the major supplier of calling cards in Australia.
The prepaid VoIP launch was quickly followed by gotalk’s aggressive postpaid VoIP plans - ‘Aussie Pack’ and ‘World Pack’, which hit the market late August and have since been extremely popular amongst customers – gotalk ‘Aussie Pack’ is the first and only VoIP plan in Australia offering unlimited* calls to mobiles, as well as unlimited local and national calls.

The ‘go VoIP World Pack’ still costs just $9.95 when combined with the ‘go VoIP Aussie Pack’, or it can be sold as a stand-alone pack for $14.95.

NOTE: fair use policy applies to all plans.

PRESS RELEASE: 20 November 2007

gotalk launches new prepaid mobile caps

• Gold Coast telco gotalk today launched a range of prepaid mobile caps directly targeting the 16-28 year old market - or parents attempting to control kid’s mobile costs.
• Best value for money in the prepaid cap market, with the biggest value of credit plus great rates, says CEO Steve Picton.

(For more information visit www.charge.com.au or call 1800 GOTALK (468 255).

CEO Steve Picton said today gotalk’s new capped plans were now “the best value for money in the prepaid market” – and aimed at taking market share from gotalk’s main competition Vodafone and Optus.

“In some areas the new gotalk mobile caps offer TWICE the value of our competition,” Mr. Picton said, “and in the market we are targeting, value for money is the critical factor in selecting a service provider.”

“With prepaid you can keep your costs down and never have to worry about going over your cap and incurring much higher rates which can happen on postpaid accounts,” Mr. Picton said.

gotalk’s prepaid caps offer comes in four cap choices:

• Just Charge ($19) = $20 worth of value
• Value Charge ($29) = $180 worth of value
• Super Charge ($39) = $280 worth of value
• Xtra Charge ($49) = $400 worth of value

The caps offer national calls at 39c per 30 secs with 29c flagfall, standard text 25c per 160 characters, photo messaging 75c, voice mail retrieval 20c per 30 sec, and free voice mail deposit.

“At $180 worth of value for just $29, $280 worth of value for $39, and $400 worth of value for $49, the gotalk prepaid mobile caps range offer great value in the very competitive mobile market,” he said.

Included in the caps are: Bonus Credit, SMS and gotalk to gotalk calls. (we cant say free, just that there included in the caps)

“Apart from great rates, 39c per 30 seconds, 29c Flagfall and 25c Text, your credit AND bonus credit can be rolled over for an additional 30 days when recharges within 30days from last recharge”.

PRESS RELEASE: 15 October 2007

• cardcall – Australia’s largest phonecard distributor and one of Australia’s largest specialist prepaid telco distribution networks with over 30,000 retailers nationally - has been appointed a distributor for Prepaid Partners – Telstra’s newest authorized distributor for prepaid products including Telstra’s Next G.
• The deal which takes effect on Monday October 15 replaces a five and a half years association with Optus prepaid mobile services.
• A wholly owned subsidiary of fast growing Gold Coast broadband/VoIP/Mobile telco gotalk, cardcall’s distribution deal follows a spate of recent announcements, launches and acquisitions, including the recent purchase of Telstra’s international phonecards and an exclusive telecommunications supplier deal with North American gift card market leader Blackhawk Network - a subsidiary of the giant US supermarket retailer Safeway.

CEO Steve Picton said today the distribution agreement with Prepaid Partners for Telstra’s range of prepaid products, along with the exclusive agreement with Blackhawk were “major strategic steps” in the expansion plans of gotalk’s retail division.

“cardcall is core to this strategy and will now be able to offer the full range of prepaid services from the telco market leader in Australia,” Mr. Picton said. “These include Telstra’s prepaid mobile (including their recently launched Next G service), prepaid Home and their two remaining phonecards after our recent acquisition of the Say G’Day and Super Buzz Phonecards.”

Mr. Picton also flagged the growing importance of electronic terminals to distribute phonecards in Australia and said his company would have an announcement “of some significance” in coming weeks.

“Electronic terminals are already responsible for more than $2 million in phonecard sales every month, and the volume is rising rapidly” he said. “We have identified that this particular retail footprint is strategically critical for us and we will be making a major announcement very soon. Its practical and strategic importance cannot be overstated and we have many initiatives utilising electronic terminals planned over the coming months,” he said.

The deal with Prepaid Partners will allow gotalk/cardcall to offer a one stop shop for all prepaid telecommunications needs, including Telstra’s prepaid mobile and the new Next G service, prepaid Home and Telstra’s ‘Phonecard’ and ‘Phoneaway’ calling cards, Mr. Picton said.

“Telstra’s new Next G (850Mhz) network is more than 100 times larger than any other 3G network in Australia, and covers more than 98% of the Australian population. It brings to all those within its coverage area, access to an exciting and growing range of 3G products and services that will give Australians more ways to do more things - at faster speeds and in far more places than ever before. The Next G network provides coverage to more Australians than any other mobile network.”

“We are delighted to have formalised our relationship with what is obviously the future of retail telecommunications in Australia”. “We are positive of the benefits this relationship will bring to our retailers, as they can now order an extensive range of prepaid services with cardcall, including Australia’s only Next G Service. Retailers will also enjoy our revised product commissions and an extensive range of high quality point of sale material for their stores”.

In line with cardcall’s regular distribution offers, retailers will be able to take advantage of several order discounts and bonus structures. To support the launch, cardcall will be presenting the market with a range of promotional launch offers that include the range of popular Telstra products.

PRESS RELEASE: 8 October 2007

• Unlike the big players in the mobile market, gotalk now offers no connection fee on mobile plans (non-capped)
• gotalk has also included international calling in its mobile capped eligible call types

“Today gotalk launches a new FREE Connect mobile plan which means that, unlike with most other telcos, gotalk customers on non-capped plans aren’t hit with call connection fees as well as calling rates, every time they make a phone call”, CEO Steve Picton announced.

The majority of other providers that offer mobile plans (non-capped) to the mainstream consumer market charge a connection fee for all calls that customers make which are answered. Unlike them, and in line with gotalk’s strategy of providing customers with value for money and innovative plans, gotalk customers can now enjoy no connection fee with their mobile plans, instead of paying around 25c on top of their call costs each time they make a call.

“gotalk is always looking for ways to improve value for its customers and we can do this by differentiating ourselves from the main players in the market. Offering no connection fee and no lock in contracts on all non-capped mobile plans means we’re doing just that” Mr. Picton said.

“The new gotalk plans are aimed at the mainstream consumer market where we are one of the leading companies in Australia to offer no call connection fee on non-capped mobile plans across the board. These plans are perfect for people who use their mobiles for numerous short calls, or for those that keep a mobile ‘just-in-case’”.

Benefits of the new gotalk mobile plans (non-capped):

• A mainstream consumer mobile plan with NO call connection fees (includes national calls, calls-to-mobiles and international calls).
• Monthly call credit included with mobile plans (except Free Connect 0).

gotalk has also just launched a new range of attractive mobile capped plans:

“gotalk mobile capped plans now give customers even more flexible options. For the first time gotalk is including international calls & texting in their eligible call types, without limiting the value of the cap customers can use on international calling & texting.”

Customers pick a cap, for example, Flexi Cap 25 which means they only pay $25 per month, which gives them $100 worth of included value. What is different about these capped plans, is that there are two fee components – the monthly access fee which is common to all plans ($15 per month), plus the customers additional cap value on top of this.

This means customers aren’t locked into the full cap plan, when their usage patterns may change. For example, a customer on the FlexiCap 25:

A low usage month may mean that the total cap value isn’t required by the customer. If the $15 of included value is not reached, the customer will not be charged the full cap. Therefore the customer would only be charged $15 for that month, as opposed to $25.

Once the $15 of included value is reached, the second fee making up the cap ($10), is charged and gives the customer the full $100 cap of included value. The customer is then charged the full cap fee of $25.

“If customers are on holiday and not using their mobile we’re not going to charge them their full cap amount, but when they are using their phone frequently they still get more than they pay for with great included calling value. It’s our way of offering a mobile cap which is flexible to people’s lifestyle,” Mr. Picton said. “gotalk has previously offered flexible billing on two of our mobile caps, but now we have extended it across our full range of mobile caps.”

“We want to offer customers the choice of how they use their included value. Neither Vodafone or Optus include international calls in their mobile caps – customers have to pay extra for any international calls they make,” Mr. Picton said.

PRESS RELEASE: 26 September 2007

AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST PHONECARD COMPANY CARDCALL SIGNS EXCLUSIVE TELECOMMUNICATION SUPPLIER DEAL WITH NORTH AMERICAN MARKET LEADER BLACKHAWK NETWORK – AS IT PLANS ITS FIRST ENTRY INTO THE FAST GROWING $200 MILLION AUSTRALIAN RETAIL GIFT CARD MARKET

cardcall – Australia’s largest phonecard company and wholly owned subsidiary of rapidly expanding telco gotalk limited – today announced an exclusive telecommunications supplier contract with U.S. gift card market leader Blackhawk Network, which is entering the $200 million plus Australian gift card market for the first time later this year. cardcall will also act as one of only two distribution partners for Blackhawk in Australia.

Blackhawk, a subsidiary of US supermarket chain Safeway Inc, plans to launch their award winning ‘Gift Card Store’ concept in hundreds of retail outlets around Australia later this year.

The Blackhawk/cardcall deal follows the rapidly expanding telco gotalk’s purchase of Telstra’s international physical, electronic voucher and online calling cards last June, and the August 6 launch of prepaid VoIP phonecards as a direct challenge to Skype. cardcall has a 30,000 strong retailer network in Australia and New Zealand. The parent gotalk is headquartered in Sydney with its operations centre located at Varsity Lakes on Queensland’s Gold Coast. The telco has established strong corporate partnerships with Harvey Norman, BP, Caltex, Woolworths, Coles, Domayne, Dick Smith, Tandy, Harris Technology and Australia Post.

According to recent US business/finance and retail trade press such as The Financial Times, Blackhawk’s prepaid Gift Card Stores have created “an entirely new multi million dollar category segment” in US retail. Blackhawk now sells cards to more than 165 million customers a week through its up front distinctive display stands in grocery chains, mass market retailers, convenience stores, drugstores and specialty retailers. Blackhawk has stands in more than 73,000 locations including supermarkets and drug stores.

gotalk/cardcall CEO Steve Picton said the deal with the Blackhawk Network offered “amazing growth possibilities on two fronts” for his company. “The first is obviously the expanded opportunities for new telco customers to purchase our extensive phonecards range in many new retail locations – with even more possibilities for impulse buying. The second is an entirely new revenue stream for cardcall as it becomes one of only two Blackhawk agent/distributors, responsible for selling in and maintaining the Blackhawk gift card solution into the Australian retail trade market,” he said.

cardcall will join an impressive list of major brand name partners who will offer prepaid gift cards on Blackhawk gift card stores in time for Christmas.

Steve Picton said the cardcall phonecard range on offer would include Daybreak, Say G'day, Oasis, Super Buzz, OZcall, gotalk, Hot, Happy Calling, SUPERSAVER, Call Mama, Shout, Talk Tomato, Ratesaver, and It's Green – a range which currently sells in excess of $8 million unique cards a month in Australia and New Zealand.

For the first time, prepaid calling cards can be safely displayed front of house, greatly increasing the visibility.

According to Blackhawk Managing Director Stewart Rigby, while many retailers and other organisations have been selling their own gift cards for years, the unique Blackhawk aggregated solution opens them up with a completely new channel opportunity, in which hundreds of retail outlets across Australia will sell their gift cards.

“Major retailers will have their products and services available via ‘Gift Cards Stores’ in thousands of retail sites across Australia. Customers may now buy retailers gift cards in a grocery store; or local newsagency – without the retailer having to carry stock or even give up floor space to display product they never envisaged they would ever sell,” Mr.Rigby said.

Headquartered in Pleasanton California, Blackhawk Network www.blackhawknetwork.com developed the Gift Card Mall Destination Concept which usually involves one permanent, distinctive, “front of house” in-store display stand, large enough to carry hundreds of major third party branded cards in all the categories consumers want – gift, sports, telecom, open loop gift (cards that can be used at thousands of locations), theatre, movie, sporting, and event tickets and other reloadable products.

Described officially as “a prepaid and payments network, a market leader in card-based financial solutions” Blackhawk launched in the UK earlier this year and now plan to repeat their award winning concept in Australia.

“Prepaid gift card malls are all about offering consumers convenience and enhancing value to the one-stop shop," Mr. Rigby said. "It's rare these days that retailers can create an entirely new category segment in their stores let alone one that generates some excitement, but prepaid gift cards are doing that. Penetration is growing and we are anticipating tremendous growth in this area."

PRESS RELEASE: 29 August 2007

• gotalk launches 3 NEW VoIP plans in the market today:

1. “go VoIP Aussie pack” - the only Australian VoIP plan to include unlimited calls to all mobiles!
2. “go VoIP Value pack” - the only $4.95 entry level plan in the market with included call value
3. “go VoIP World pack” – an upgrade option which offers FREE calling to 20 countries and 20c untimed calls to a further 20 countries

• CEO Steve Picton issues a challenge to all VoIP service providers operating in the Australian and New Zealand markets – including dominant international market leader Skype - to beat gotalk’s new “go VoIP Aussie” plan

“From today, gotalk has the only VoIP plan in Australia from which you can make unlimited calls from your PC or VoIP phone to local, national and mobiles,” gotalk CEO Steve Picton said today. “Other telcos, such as Optus Fusion do offer unlimited calls, but to Optus mobiles only, which can be quite confusing as it is almost impossible for a customer to know if the call he or she is making is to another Optus mobile. This is why gotalk has launched the “go VoIP Aussie Pack” to include unlimited calls to all Australian mobiles, without restriction” Mr. Picton said.

According to Mr. Picton, gotalk is also the only VoIP provider to offer included call value in their entry level $4.95 plan – call value can be used for local, national or mobile calls.

“Our Aussie pack includes unlimited calls to local, national and mobiles while our World Pack upgrade option available on both new plans, offers free calling to 20 countries and another 20 countries for 20c untimed calls”.
On August 6, Picton’s rapidly expanding telco gotalk announced plans to challenge Skype’s domination of the Australian and New Zealand VoIP markets by launching Australia’s first Prepaid VoIP service attached to all their cardcall phonecards. cardcall, a fully owned gotalk subsidiary, is the major ($8 million a month) distributor of calling cards in both Australia and New Zealand.
“The new go VoIP Aussie Plans are ‘Phase Two’ in our strategy to win market share not only from Skype – but all VoIP service providers in this market, over coming months” Mr. Picton said.

“Customers can sign up to gotalk VoIP plans by calling our customer service on 1800 468 255 or speaking to an authorized gotalk dealer,” Mr. Picton said.

NOTE (1): Last month gotalk purchased Telstra’s international physical, electronic voucher and online calling cards, “Say G’Day” and “Super Buzz” covering nine language options (English, French Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Thai) which can be used for local, long distance and mobile calls – including to and from global satellite services, international calls in Australia and calls from most touchtone phones. Full service telco gotalk provides a range of wholesale and retail telecommunication services through its own state of the art exchange switching centre in Sydney's Castlereagh Street which handles over a billion international minutes per year which in turn equates to 20% of all Australian outbound international call traffic.

NOTE (2): A survey by respected telco research company PhoneChoice in July this year, named gotalk's goNet Value home phone and internet bundle the “Best Value Bundle” currently available in Australia (when measured against Telstra, Optus, AAPT, Primus, Dodo and the new Optus Fusion plans.)

gotalk’s new VoIP plans in detail:

1. go VoIP Aussie pack $14.95
Call value inclusions: unlimited local, national and mobile calls
Call rates:
Local/national: FREE
Mobile: FREE
Happy Hour applies: free gotalk to gotalk VoIP calls between 6pm – 7pm AEST everyday
Geo number is included

2. go VoIP value pack $4.95
$5.00 included call credit – eligible call types are local, national and mobile
Call credit cannot be used for international calls or calls to 1300, 1900, 0055
Call rates:
Local/national: 14.9 cents per call
Mobile: 24.9 cents per minute
Geo number is included

3. go VoIP World pack - $9.95
Customers on both go VoIP value pack or go VoIP Aussie pack have the option to pay an extra $9.95 and get the extra benefits of go VoIP World pack.
Provides calls to 20 countries for free and 20 countries for 20c untimed.

Free Countries 20c Untimed Countries
Austria - Canada – China - Denmark – France – Germany – Greece – Ireland - Israel – Italy - Korea South – Netherlands – Poland – Singapore – Spain – Sweden – Taiwan – Thailand – UK - USA Argentina – Brazil – Chile - Colombia – Croatia Hong Kong – India – Indonesia – Japan Jordan – Malaysia - New Zealand - Pakistan Peru – Russia - South Africa – Switzerland Turkey – Vietnam – Zimbabwe
(note: fair use policy applies to all plans)

PRESS RELEASE - 20 August 2007

gotalk expands ethnic telecommunications market penetration

• In a telco market first, an exclusive deal with Asia Pacific’s Globe Telecom announced today will allow thousands of Filipinos living, working and studying in Australia to transfer small amounts of prepaid airtime phone credits for use by family and friends back home.

Fast growing Australian and New Zealand telco gotalk limited has announced it has signed an exclusive deal with Globe Telecom, the second largest mobile phone company in the Philippines with more than 16.9 million mobile and 3G subscribers.

In what is claimed to be a telco market first the gotalk/Globe Telecom deal will allow thousands of Filipino workers and migrants living and working in Australia to transfer regular small - $Au5 to $Au50 - amounts of airtime easily and instantly to family and friends in the Philippines – as well as to make the cheapest available pre paid IDD (International Direct Dial) calls to their huge customer base. Globe is the first mobile operator to make 3G services available in the Philippines and also the first operator in Asia Pacific to introduce 3G with high speed mobile broadband, High Speed Downlink Packet Access to the general public.

Gold Coast based gotalk is already a major player in the outbound telecommunications call market, currently handling over a billion international minutes per year which equates to 20% of all Australian outbound international call traffic through its own state of the art exchange switching centre in Sydney's Castlereagh Street.

The gotalk agreement with Globe Telecom follows their June 1 announcement of an agreement to purchase Telstra’s prepaid international calling cards, Say G’day and Super Buzz which service a customer base of 110,000 international phone card users in nine ethnic languages - English, French Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Indonesian, Japanese Korean and Thai.

CEO Steve Picton said today the Globe deal was “another strategic move by gotalk to consolidate its leading position in the multi million dollar ethnic telco market in Australia and New Zealand.”

“According to the latest statistics, over 22 percent of the Australian population of 21 million was born overseas; and almost 14 percent of the population was born in a non-English speaking country. According to the census, 18 per cent of the population was born in Australia but had at least one parent who was born overseas. In 2006, almost 16 percent of the population spoke a language other than English at home,” Mr. Picton said.

“This means there are several million people in Australia who need to make frequent and regular international phone calls to friends and family overseas – and this is a growth market in which gotalk has particular expertise.”

“The deal with Globe specifically involves the “Sariling Atin” and “It’s Green” phonecards in Australia and “Happy Calling” and “Ratesaver” in New Zealand,” Mr. Picton said today.

“Our exclusive facility to transfer credit – called Share-a-Load – through Globe, will be very popular with Filipinos as it will simplify the transfer of airtime credits from $5 to $50 – which may not seem that much by Australian standards, but will mean a great deal to family members in the Philippines,” he said.

About Share a Load

"Share-a-Load" is a new, revolutionary loading service that gives the customers of Globe Telecom partners such as gotalk in Australia, the ability to transfer prepaid call and text credits to their friends and loved ones on Globe Prepaid and Touch Mobile, via the convenience of text!

It is simple and totally secure - just send credits the way you would send a normal text message! For example, to send your Australian prepaid credit load from Australia to a friend or a family member in the Philippines simply follow the three easy steps below:

1 - Register for the service using your mobile phone by SMS’ing the word REG, your prepaid card PIN and a 4 Digit Password of your choice to 0417 007 618.

2 - Wait for a text message from gotalk then you are ready to Share-A-Load to a registered Globe Prepaid or Touch Mobile subscriber in the Philippines!

3 - Send a load via a text message to 0417 007 618 with the following details: SEND*PIN*4DigitPassword *PHPDenomination* Country Code Mobile Number.
gotalk will send your receipt via a text message.

PRESS RELEASE – 13 August 2007

As an industry first, calling card rates are now available as a postpaid service in Australia!

• gotalk’s new VIP Home Phone, launched today, plugs into your existing wall socket and slashes call costs!
• ezichat’s override technology gives customers long distance, international and mobile phone card rates.

gotalk is excited to announce the addition of VIP Home Phone to its extensive range of prepaid Telco products. As an industry first, calling card rates are now available as a postpaid service in Australia!

gotalk’s VIP Home Phone gives users automatic access to low calling card rates from home, with the convenience of a postpaid account. “There’s no PIN to enter and no contract – just great rates!”, CEO Steve Picton said today.

The gotalk VIP Home Phone automatically gives you calling card rates from gotalk’s wholly owned subsidiary cardcall – the major phone card distributor in Australia.

“It’s simple to use, with unbelievable long distance, international and calls to mobile rates – just plug the handset into your VIP Home Phone landline and start saving!” Mr. Picton said.

“gotalk’s VIP Home Phone offers users the best of both worlds - cardcall’s great phonecard rates direct from their home phone and the ease and convenience of postpaid. All people need to do to sign up is ring 1800 468 255 and speak to one of our friendly customer service team” he said.

gotalk VIP Home Phone:

• Slash $$$ off your phone bills!
• Calling card rates
• No PIN number required
• Just plug it in and start saving
• Prepaid tariffs, postpaid convenience
• Only pay for what you use, after you use it
• One single invoice
• Competitive landline rental included

“We believe gotalk’s VIP Home Phone will be very popular – not only because it cuts long distance call costs and is simple to use but customers seem relieved it doesn’t need to be connected to a computer or the internet,” he said.

The phone, which sits in a rechargeable base unit, operates as a “normal” landline phone – “just charge it up, plug it in and dial” according to Steve Picton.

PRESS RELEASE – 2 August 2007

gotalk launches Skype attack in Australia and New Zealand

PhoneChoice survey shows gotalk’s prepaid VoIP cheaper overall than Skype Pro, based on typical usage.

In an industry first, fast growing Tier 2 telco gotalk limited today announced that they have this month added prepaid VoIP to its entire range of Australian and New Zealand Cardcall phonecards – making its service directly competitive with Skype – the world’s most popular VoIP service.
(NOTE: Skype, a unit of eBay, has 196 million registered users internationally – including Australia.)

cardcall, a fully owned gotalk subsidiary, is the major phonecard distributor in Australia and New Zealand – recently adding Telstra’s “Say G’day” and “Super Buzz” international calling cards to their extensive stable.

gotalk CEO Steve Picton said today that gotalk prepaid VoIP will enable phonecard users to make huge savings by sending their calls over the internet, instead of using the regular telephone network. The only requirements are a broadband internet connection, a PC and a microphone/headset.

The customer benefits of prepaid VoIP are considerable, including:

·          Free registration
·          Free quality softphone
·          Free additional local telephone number
·          Free VoIP to VoIP calls within Australia and within New Zealand (not between)
·          Free connection fee option on all calls
·          Free Voicemail
·          No Contracts
·          No monthly account fee
·          Extensive Australia and NZ coverage
·          Untimed local and national calls at a low 10c
·          Low cost rates to mobiles (24c timed)
·          Low cost calling card rates to all destinations
·          Quality 24 hour Customer Care helpline

Mr. Picton, who last week became Queensland’s Technology and Telecommunications Entrepreneur of the Year, said he was delighted to announce the addition of prepaid VoIP to gotalk’s extensive range of prepaid Telco products.

“A recent research project undertaken by PhoneChoice, “Home Phone and Internet Provider Comparison (July 2007)” specifically compared gotalk prepaid VoIP with Skype Pro. Based on typical usage, the PhoneChoice survey clearly showed gotalk’s prepaid VoIP was cheaper overall than Skype’s Pro,” Mr. Picton said.

VoIP Provider

Access fee

$ per month

Local and national

Call rate (cents)

Untimed

No Flagfall

International rates

Call rate per minute

(cents)

USA and China

No Flagfall

International rates

Call rate per minute

(cents)

UK

F2M rates

Call rate per minute (cents)

No Flagfall

gotalk prepaid VoIP

0.00

10

1.9

2.7

24.9

Skype Pro

3.50

6.8

2.7

2.7

26.4

VoIP

Provider

Local/National

Cost for 104 calls (per month)

$

$ Cost for 12 months

4 x 15 mins

per month

USA / China

$ Cost

for 12 months

UK

$ Cost

F2M For 12 months

20 x 2 mins

Per month

$ Total

12 months

gotalk Prepaid
VoIP

124.80

13.68

19.44

119.52

291.12

Skype Pro

84.84

19.44

19.44

126.72

311.88

“When you add in the fact that gotalk is an Australian owned company, a full service telco business offering 24/7 locally available customer service – (as opposed to Skype who can only be contacted by email) – I believe gotalk can be seen to be a more than competitive alternative to Skype,” Mr. Picton said.

“The same survey showed gotalk’s international phone call charges were between 57% and 77% cheaper than all of its Australian competitors – Telstra, Optus, AAPT, Primus and Dodo – so there are a number of reasons for customers to change to gotalk for all their telco services.”

“The new gotalk prepaid VoIP service will enable customers to access the phonecard’s super cheap rates either from their PC (VoIP access) or conveniently from any telephone they choose (phonecard access)”, he said.

“gotalk prepaid VoIP offers users a first class VoIP service with the best of both worlds - cardcall’s great phonecard rates and the flexibility and control of prepay. gotalk prepaid VoIP is simple to download and easy to use, with so many benefits that it is an ideal option for new VoIP users - and a very attractive alternative for anyone currently using or considering Skype.”

“Users of existing phonecards simply need to visit http://www.gotalk.com.au/prepaidvoip/ select 'Get Prepaid VoIP' and enter their existing PIN number and contact email address. Customers will then receive a softphone download via email and off they go to make phonecalls through VoIP - it is THAT easy,” Mr. Picton said.

Retailers benefit from our gotalk prepaid VoIP service because it results in:

An increase in the number of customers that make purchases (including customers that have moved away from phonecards to use other VoIP services such as Skype)

An increase in traffic to retail sites, allowing retailers to cross sell other products (example Internet cafe user now purchasing a phonecard in store and using the credit on the Internet Cafe PC, plus purchasing snacks / drinks while using the service).

The ability to offer customers this great new product feature without the need to stock anything other than the great range of cardcall phonecards or cardcall vouchers.

PRESS RELEASE – 23 July 2007

• GOTALK CEO STEVE PICTON WINS QUEENSLAND TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS AND E-COMMERCE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD:

The prestigious annual award, presented at a gala dinner in Brisbane last Thursday, is supported by Austrade, AusIndustry and is sponsored by the Westpac Business Bank and Qantas.

Founded and produced internationally by Ernst & Young, and launched in Australia in 2001, the award puts Mr. Picton in line to win the title of Australian Entrepreneur Of The Year in the national finals to be held in Melbourne on November 29 - the winner of which will represent his country at the World Entrepreneur Of The Year held annually in June in Monte Carlo. Previous International Entrepreneur Of The Year winners have included Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems (1987), Michael Dell, Dell Computer (1989); Howard Schultz, Starbucks (1991); Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com (1997); Eddie Jordan, Jordan Grand Prix (2000); and Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologies (2003).

Last year Steve Picton’s fast growing prepaid mobile, internet, broadband voice (VoIP) and phone card telco gotalk limited debuted at No.262 in the prestigious BRW fastest growing Top 500 private company list with an annual turnover of $154 million and 264 staff in Australia and New Zealand.

Prior to forming gotalk (formerly Telecorp Limited) in March 2000 with high profile Trevor Rowe, ASX Director, Chancellor of Bond University and Chairman, Investment Banking, NM Rothschild & Sons, Australia, Steve Picton, was Group Director, Strategic Development, AAPT.

“As a relatively small player in a large market dominated by the likes of Telstra and Optus, I am extremely proud of the fact that although gotalk is a small fish in a big pond, it owns 20 percent market share of all international traffic originating from Australia made through our switching center in Sydney’s Castlereagh Street. In the prepaid phone card market, gotalk is the market leader with approximately 60 percent of that segment, having recently purchased Telstra’s international calling cards, Say G’day and Super Buzz, ” Picton said.

Last year provided a major turning point for the business with gotalk becoming the first company worldwide to launch a combined prepaid VoIP, mobile and calling card in one, plus a prepaid wireless broadband service and a portable VoIP device which allows connection to VoIP service wherever the user is.

The telco continues to develop and deliver innovative products across a range of prepaid mobile, internet, broadband voice (VoIP) and phone card services all from the one account. gotalk provides a range of wholesale and retail telecommunication services through its own state of the art exchange switching centre in Sydney's Castlereagh Street which today handles over a billion international minutes per year which in turn equates to 20% of all Australian outbound international call traffic. gotalk also provides a range of postpaid products, including fixed line voice, mobile, broadband and dial up internet, broadband voice