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Presentation
Wengo is a VoIP provider, subsidiary company of neuf Cegetel. It supports the development of an open source (GPL) VoIP (and video conferencing, SMS and chat) softphone through which it offers PC to PSTN phone calls. This software uses the open SIP protocol and is developed under the WengoPhone name by the OpenWengo project.
Windows, Gnu/Linux and Mac OS X versions are available, with PocketPC support stated as "coming soon". A Firefox plugin is available for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OS X.
history log
2004 - creation of the company
the company was officially created in September 2004 and launched its service at the beginning of 2005, based on what is now know as the "Wengophone, classic edition"
2005 - visiophony
In September 2005, Wengo opened its visiophony service at the same time as skype on a cross platform (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)
2006 - interoperability with other Instant Messaging networks
Leveraging on its Open Source voip client called Wengophone, Wengo could integrate the gaim project into its software, giving its users the opportunity to communicate via Instant Messaging with other users on the MSN, Yahoo, ot Google Talk networks.
2006 - when calls should be free
Many voip operators like Wengo and Skype started offering free PSTN calls in 2006 which accelerated the commoditization of telephony calls.
In June 2006, Wengo offered a two month unlimited calling plan to several destinations including Belgium, Guadeloupe, India, Martinique, Poland, Vietnam. The offer was posted on many websites including Fatwallet and attracted many new customers. Wengo later suspended many of these accounts in the company's interests after many people began abusing the unlimited calling system.
2006 - Wdeal as a social marketplace
In June-September 2006, Wengo launched Wdeal, a social marketplace that gives its users the opportunity to create toll-free telephone number and paying services so that they can sell their expertise over the phone.
In December 2006, Wengo launched [http://www.wengovisio.com wengovisio] : a pure flash-driven Voip client that enables bloggers to be called by their readers directly on their website, without any installation of software.
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