Yak Communications Inc., a provider of telecommunications services to residential and business customers, announced the launch of its yakUnlimited Calling Plan for $19.99U.S. a month. This product offering is in addition to the other VoIP services offered by Yak, including yakForFree peer-to-peer Virtual VideoPhone and yakToAnyone PC-to-PSTN Calling.

The yakUnlimited Calling Plan offers subscribers a U.S. (where 911 service is available) or Canadian local phone number to facilitate unlimited outbound and inbound calling with "full feature" functionality for only $19.99USD/$24.99CAD per month.

"Our product roster presents a unique approach to marketing VoIP services to the consumer," said Charles Zwebner, Chief Executive Officer of Yak Communications. "We offer consumer-based products on both ends of the spectrum, whether a Skype or Vonage-type offering or a crossover hybrid in between, with an easy migration process. Everything from free member-to-member calling, purchasing prepaid PC-to-PSTN calling, to North American based local line replacement."

"We have built a very compelling value proposition for our customers," said David Hurwitz, President of Yak WorldCity VoIP. "Residential consumers looking to maximize the benefits of their IP communications will see real value in using both a yak Virtual VideoPhone and Phone Adapter tied to a single account. Yak's WorldCity VoIP service combines both of these critical access device components tied to a very competitive rate."

Yak WorldCity VoIP Services

• yakForFree (www.yakforfree.com) is a software telephone with video and instant messaging capabilities, with all of the features of modern telephones, including hold, and conferencing. Instead of making calls over traditional copper, fiber-optic, cellular, or satellite telephone networks, calls made using yakForFree are routed over the Internet using high speed Internet connectivity (DSL or cable modem). yakForFree members can make and receive free calls from any other yakForFree member on their Virtual VideoPhone.
• yakToAnyone (www.yaktoanyone.com) is a prepaid add-on feature allowing outbound PC-to-PSTN calling to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Subscribers can buy prepaid minutes for outbound long distance to the U.S.A. and Canada at $.02 per minute. Calls placed to international numbers using this service are extremely competitively priced.
• yakUnlimited (www.worldcity.com) is a pre-subscribed service offering unlimited inbound and outbound USA and Canada calling for $19.99USD/$24.99CAD. yakUnlimited provides a local North American phone number for incoming calls (where 911 is available) and numerous features, some of which include: voice mail, unified messaging, caller ID, call waiting, and conference calling.

"We are very pleased with the recent product launches. During the past month we have experienced over 15,000 downloads of our free PC-to-PC product with over 1,000 consumers upgrading to a paying service. Our marketing efforts are planned to increase substantially over the next few months and now, with our Unlimited product offering available, we believe the value proposition to our consumer is really attractive," added Zwebner.