YouMail Announces One-Time, Permanent Ditching of Unwanted Callers
March 15 2012 - 2:11PM
Marketwired
YouMail, Inc. (www.youmail.com) today announced that it now has a
"One-Tap" solution for Android users that allows any caller to be
instantly, completely, and permanently ditched, offering the
easiest and most effective app-based solution for blocking unwanted
calls. The feature works with either the Android's YouMail Visual
Voicemail Plus or WhoAreYou app.
When a caller is "ditched," their calls are no longer visible or
ring the phone, they cannot leave a message, and most importantly,
they hear a greeting that the current number is out of service,
including the special tones that cause most telemarketing,
collection agency, and robocallers to treat the number as
disconnected and take it off of their call lists. Even though the
Federal Communications Commission has recently approved tougher
regulations against robocalls, YouMail remains the first and
strongest line of defense against debt collectors, live
telemarketers and other unpopular calls.
"Cell phones have become many people's only way to communicate,
which forces them to give out their cell number in ways that can
ultimately lead to unwanted calls," said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici.
"As the mobile number increasingly becomes the primary number, the
annoying calls once reserved for 'land lines' are beginning to
shift to those mobile phones. YouMail's WhoAreYou app and YouMail's
visual voicemail service provide an exceedingly simple solution to
solving that problem."
Users of the company's WhoAreYou "Visual Caller ID" application
see a popup each time a new caller calls, showing a representative
image, such as a Facebook photo or business logo, name, and caller
id, along with a large "Ditch" button. Hitting that button ensures
that all future calls from that number will silently be sent to
voicemail without the phone ever ringing. If the user then has
YouMail's Visual Voicemail Plus service as their voicemail, it
recognizes the ditched number, plays them the out-of-service
greeting, and immediately hangs up.
To help users understand which calls should be ditched,
YouMail's network of over two million registered users have
identified numerous "spammers" and other unwanted callers. When
these users call, they're clearly identified, making it effortless
for users to recognize unwanted calls.
"The new features we've been rolling into YouMail recently, as
well as our large, active community of users, does the heavy
lifting when these unsolicited calls come in," said Quilici. "No
matter who might be hounding them via their Android device, a
YouMail or WhoAreYou user can still keep their number, lean back,
and with one tap, get back to using their smartphone in the way
they intended, not the way some solicitor might dictate."
YouMail Visual Voicemail Plus and WhoAreYou are now both
available in the Google Play Store (formerly Android Market).
About YouMail YouMail, Inc., is the
leading provider of cloud-based enhanced telecommunication
services. YouMail's completely free flagship Visual Voicemail Plus
application offers a true multi-platform, unified and social
voicemail experience for its users on BlackBerry, Android, iPhone,
WebOS, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 6.5 platforms, and is being
increasingly adopted by consumers and by carriers as either the
default or recommended voicemail service. WhoAreYou is the
company's completely free Visual Caller ID application for Android
phones that is revolutionizing the incoming call experience.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., YouMail is
backed by VantagePoint Capital Partners, the Tech Coast Angels, the
Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund, Siemer Ventures, and the
CrunchFund.
Additional information can be found by visiting the YouMail
website at http://www.youmail.com/
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