PrivateTel Offers Free Trial of MyPrivateLine, Providing People with Secure, Safe Method to Exchange Telephone Numbers
May 03, 2005

PrivateTel Offers Free Trial of MyPrivateLine, Providing People With Secure, Safe Method to Exchange Telephone Numbers

Newest Entry in Identity Management Services Sector Seen as Necessary to Meeting People and Staying Secure in the 21st Century

SAN FRANCISCO (May 3) – PrivateTel, an innovative new company focused on privacy-oriented telecommunications solutions, has launched MyPrivateLine, a new identity management service that provides people with a way to receive phone calls while protecting their real phone number. MyPrivateLine is launching their service with a promotion on the MyPrivateLine.com web site that offers people a free trial period in order to demonstrate its effectiveness for internet users who want to safely exchange information with people they meet online.

Billed as “The Safe Way to Connect,” MyPrivateLine is a prepaid telephone service that uses toll-free numbers to route all incoming calls anonymously and safely to another, hidden phone number of each user’s choice. In this way, users of the service are protected from divulging any personal or professional phone numbers to people who are not fully known to them.

“With online dating services, social networking sites, chat rooms and instant messaging, it is possible to meet dozens of strangers in a short period of time, and you really have to be careful about divulging personal information, especially your phone number,” according to Pete Pattullo, CEO of PrivateTel. “In addition, personal classified ads, auctions sites, and e-commerce provide additional ways for your phone number to be disclosed. The danger is that online telephone directories allow your phone number to be used to locate your name, home address, and other personal information that you may not want to reveal until you get to know the other person better. In fact, Google has recently launched an automatic tracing service that instantly provides a map and directions to any phone number requested. We are now offering MyPrivateLine on a free trial basis because we want the public to see the value of this costeffective, confidential, disposable, and very necessary tool for meeting people, making friends, and staying safe in the 21st century.”

MyPrivateLine is designed to be easy and safe to use with online postings, text messages or print ads. Taking mere seconds to set up, customers can receive their own personal toll-free phone number, and have that number forwarded to any other phone number they want. They can also change the number the calls are forwarded to anytime, from anywhere, and calls can literally follow them on the go (even internationally). MyPrivateLine also features a private voicemail service to receive messages the user may not want left on the voicemail or answering machine their calls are being forwarded to.

MyPrivateLine is offered as a pre-paid calling service that includes toll-free access. Incoming call minutes are deducted from the account balance. The call is free of charge to the caller, and the MyPrivateLine customer can receive calls anonymously. The customer may “turn off” the phone number at any time. MyPrivateLine account preferences can be managed online or via phone, using a prompt menu.

PrivateTel uses state-of-the-art telephony solutions deployed on the NetworkIP web-integrated telecommunications platform that offers best-in-class switching, computing hardware, data storage, and IP networking with the capacity to handle 10 billion minutes per year.

During the trial period, users will receive 30 minutes of free MyPrivateLine service. For more information and to set up a free trial, go to www.MyPrivateLine.com .

About PrivateTel
PrivateTel is an innovative new technology company focused on delivering leadership privacy solutions for the converging Internet and telecommunications industries. For more information please visit: www.PrivateTel.com .