deltathree, Inc., a leading provider of SIP-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications solutions for service providers and consumers worldwide, announced that the ICQ Phone service is supported by deltathree's Outsourced Platform Solution.

The ICQ Phone service is an Internet-based voice calling service that lets ICQ 5.1 users outside of the United States and Hong Kong make affordable calls from personal computers to landlines and mobile phones worldwide. The PC-to-Phone voice service is now live and offers features such as one-click dialing, call logging, a phone book as well as account balance display.

The new service is supported by ICQ's new alliance with deltathree. It leverages exclusive components of the deltathree Outsourced Platform Solution, which integrates deltathree's robust back-office services with ICQ through custom designed XML (Extensible Markup Language) application programming interfaces (APIs). The relationship lets ICQ Phone users take advantage of an attractive and competitive "pay as you go" pricing plan with no initiation fees and no monthly contracts. Users have the option of paying via major credit card or PayPal.

"We are proud to partner with ICQ, the industry pioneer of instant messaging services, to help them expand their offering of value added services to include our Voice over IP solution," stated Charles Hwa, director of deltathree's Consumer Group. "Through our strategic relationship, millions of ICQ customers around the world gain access to deltathree's high quality VoIP phone service, helping bring ICQ users closer to their friends and family worldwide."

deltathree's Outsourced Platform Solution enables service providers to introduce comprehensive VoIP products and services to their end users. The Outsourced Platform Solution offers components such as: billing, eCommerce, fraud management, soft-switch applications, Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) configuration, web development, network management, 411 and E-911.

For nearly a decade deltathree has been recognized as a global innovator of VoIP products, applications and infrastructure. deltathree's customized solutions enable companies to provide premier VoIP products to their consumers worldwide.