XCast Labs adds video voicemail for BlackBerry

XCast Labs, a voice and video SaaS provider, announced today it has added video voicemail services for BlackBerry devices. XCast CEO Cliff Rees said that while the addition won't drive serious revenue initially, the BlackBerry video voicemail integration is an effective selling tool for reseller partners targeting enterprises that also displays his company's engineering ability.

Rees said it took XCast engineers three weeks to develop a beta version of the service, which is now available to all XCast IP PBX customers at no extra charge. XCast's direct RTP methodology enables the video voicemails, which are in H.264 format, to take up a mere fraction of the bandwidth other providers would use to move the files, Rees said. XCast recently raised a $2.7 million funding round, which Rees said would help the company become profitable by the first quarter of 2010.

For more:
- see the XCast press release here