Viking Direct Launches new Voice Conferencing Services for Business Customers


LEICESTER, England, October 21 /PRNewswire/ --     Leading stationery and office equipment supplier, Viking Direct, an
Office Depot company, has partnered with Mobix Limited, a leading innovator
in global teleconferencing, to offer a new voice conferencing service. The
new service is part of a suite of value-added business software solutions
from Viking Direct.

The new service includes the Mobix Unlimited packages for fixed-price
teleconferencing, starting from just GBP19.99 per month. The package allows
users to enter a teleconference from anywhere in the world using an 0207 or
+44-207 number, with the option to upgrade to a local geographic or freephone
number in many countries

Owners of the BlackBerry(R) smartphone can purchase a teleconference
package with the convenient 2Buzz application. By using the on demand and
on-the-fly(TM) features via the BlackBerry(R) smartphone, Mobix's 2Buzz users
can arrange and conduct a conference call in under five minutes. The
application links to the organizer's contact list and text messaging
function, which sends a message to every participant giving details of a
one-time conference number that can be accessed from any phone.

Viking Direct customers can order this new service via telephone, fax or
the Company's award-winning web sites http://www.viking-direct.co.uk and
http://www.vikingdirect.ie.

Richard Carvell, General Manager of Viking Direct, commented: "We are
delighted to offer this innovative conferencing service via Mobix to our
customers. From researching the market, we are confident that Mobix will
deliver a valuable, cost-effective and time-saving solution for our
customers."

Mobix Vice President, Richard Harris, added: "In the current economic
environment our teleconference applications provide the perfect solutions to
conducting cost-effective business communication. It enables increased
productivity through simpler, more effective and dramatically lower cost
global communication whilst, at the same time, reducing carbon emissions and
environmental damage. Our partnering with Viking Direct will ensure that
their customers receive the very best quality of service at the very best
price, with savings of up to 95% versus other solutions."

About Mobix

Further information about Mobix can be found at http://www.mobix.net

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are
the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited

About Office Depot and Viking Direct United Kingdom and Ireland

Press information can be found at: http://mediarelations.officedepot.com

Further information can be found at http://www.onlineofficedepot.co.uk
and http://www.viking-direct.co.uk

CONTACT:
    
    Sharon Baverstock,
    Mobix,
    +44(0)1256-761937,
    +44(0)7710-206723 mobile,
    sharon@spreadthewordpr.com .



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