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1. Jaxtr

   Jaxtr is a social communications company that melds together global calling, SMS, and social networking. Founded by Phillip Mobin and Touraj Parang in October 2005, jaxtr uses Voice over Internet Protocol to offer competitive rates as well as free international and long distance calling. Some key differentiators for jaxtr in its market include allowing phone-to-phone calls to and from any mobile and landline phones, offering social networking focused on voice (café jaxtr), requiring no software downloads or access pins, and giving users local Direct Inward Dialing (DID) phone numbers. Offered in 56 countries, these numbers allow users in those countries to dial a local phone number which would ring a long distance or international destination phone. Jaxtr also offers users a set number of global SMS messages each month. Jaxtr reported having over 10 million users in 220 countries in 2008. In June 2008, they raised $10 million in a Series B round of venture capital funding from Lehman Brothers Venture Partners. In the same month, they also launched their paid services. In October, Jaxtr laid off thirty percent of its employees, and its CEO, Konstantin Guericke, was fired.Currently, the company is located in Menlo Park, CA. On 14 June 2009, Hotmail Founder Sabeer Bhatia's Sabsebolo acquired Jaxtr for an unknown amount. Jaxtr shall function with the same brand name and help Sabsebolo with its large userbase.

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1. Jaxtr

   Jaxtr is a social communications company based in Menlo Park, CA. The company was founded by Phillip Mobin and Touraj Parang with the mission to bring voice to social networks and blogs. Jaxtr links your phone to the Web, so you can hear from callers worldwide while keeping your existing phone number private. Jaxtr works with any phone, including ordinary landline phones. No download is required -- even if calls are initiated from a mobile phone. Users simply pick the person they want to call from the contact list on their mobile phone and hit the green call button to place a call.

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1. Jaxtr

   Jaxtr first launched in March 2007 with a widget that enables users to receive calls from their friends through a VOIP connection and keep their personal phone numbers private. In the past year, jaxtr has introduced a number of additional services in the attempt to monetize the company’s 10 million users:-Jaxtr helps users bypass expensive international phone charges by giving them free local numbers in the countries that they’re calling to and charges a nominal fee for connection and the ability to call from a mobile phone. As a marketing ploy, the company permits free calls to other members. -Jaxtr uses cafe jaxtr, a social network in which people call one another to discuss similar interests, and free global SMS to attract activity on its website and generate advertising revenue.The company maintains an advantage over competitors such as Skype by allowing customers to use any phone - mobile or landline - without the need to download software or maintain Internet access, and calling cards by eliminating the need to dial additional numbers and PIN codes.

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   The numerical value of jaxtr in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of jaxtr in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaxtr
2. ^ Wikidata
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3. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jaxtr