Users can now make Skype™ VoIP calls to their OutlookT contacts with One-Click

Torrance, CA – July 20, 2006–TRENDnet, a best-in-class networking manufacturer of wired and wireless networking solutions today announced its partnership with Skylook (www.skylook.biz) to bundle their unified messaging software with its family of Skype™ VoIP products. The Skylook solution fully integrates Skype™ with Microsoft Outlook® allowing users to make VoIP calls to their Outlook® contacts and answer incoming calls directly from within Outlook®.

Skype™, founded in 2003 and now an E-Bay™ owned company, has quickly become the world’s leading service provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The peer-to-peer service allows users to place and receive encrypted calls to other Skype™ users or regular landline and mobile phones over a high-speed internet connection at a fraction of the cost of traditional telephony. The service has become a popular alternative for home and business users alike. To expand the practical application of Skype™ in home and work environments, TRENDnet recently announced its forthcoming family of wired and wireless handset and conference phone solutions. Beginning in August 2006, each of these products will include a free 14-Day trial of the Skylook application so users can instantly talk and chat with anyone in their Microsoft Outlook® contact database.

Skylook, based in Melbourne, Australia, is the only Skype Certified software solution that quickly creates a unified messaging system by integrating Skype™ action buttons into the Microsoft Outlook® menu bar. In addition to enabling one-click calling and instant messaging, Skylook has several other productive features including:

• An integrated Voicemail system - no need to pay for Skype™ Voicemail
• Automatically send all missed calls or IM communications via email to your Outlook Inbox
• Record Inbound and Outbound Voice and IM Conversations in MP3 Format and automatically archive them within an Outlook® folder for future reference

“By combining our new handheld and conference phone hardware solutions for Skype™ with Skylook’s unified messaging software we are able to enhance the benefits and use of PC-based VoIP in the home and office,” stated Heath Gregory, Marketing Director for TRENDnet.“In addition to the cost savings realized by using Skype™, Skylook’s integration of voice with video, email and instant messaging creates a new way of communicating that is more interactive, organized and productive.”

“Skype™ is maturing.  Skypers are now more sophisticated – they’re getting themselves kitted out with Skype™ phones and all sorts of other advanced devices.  They were prepared to fumble around with cheap headsets in order to get free calls, but now they want something better,” commented Jeremy Hague, Skylook CEO.  “So it makes sense for us to create a solution for more sophisticated Skypers that combines TRENDnet’s suite of innovative Skype™ equipment with our software.”

TRENDnet recently announced four new products to complement its award-winning Bluetooth VoIP Phone Kit (TVP-SP1BK). The USB and ClearSky™ Bluetooth Skype solutions are designed to allow homes and small businesses practical use of Skype in any environment. The products include: TVP-SP2 -USB Speakerphone (August 2006); TVP-SP3 – VoIP USB Phone (September 2006); TVP-SP4BK –ClearSky Bluetooth VoIP Conference Phone Kit (August 2006); and the TVP-SP5G VoIP Gateway for Skype (September 2006).

Компания TRENDnet является глобальным поставщиком передовых сетевых решений для малого и среднего бизнеса и домашних сетей. Выпуская аппаратные средства для сетевых решений с 1990 года, компания TRENDnet помогает пользователям создать эффективную сеть практически в любом месте с возможностью совместного использования широкополосного доступа, мультимедийного контента и сетевых периферийных устройств. Обширный ассортимент продукции, выпускаемой компанией TRENDnet, включает в себя беспроводные решения, Интернет-камеры (IP-камеры), коммутаторы, Power over Ethernet (PoE), оптоволоконные решения, гигабитные устройства, решения домашней автоматизации, сетевые видеорегистраторы (NVR), переключатели KVM (клавиатура/видео/мышь), серверы печати, Powerline, медиа-серверы NAS, мультимедийные аксессуары и многое другое. Более подробную информацию о компании TRENDnet вы найдете на нашем сайте www.trendnet.com.