YouMail announced hitting a major milestone, having answered 1 billion phone calls for its users, 500 million of which happened since September 2010. The YouMail platform is compatible with different smartphones, including the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. In addition, there are third-party apps that bring the company’s Visual Voicemail Plus service to Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile 6.5 and WebOS.
In the other YouMail news, they received new funding that brings the overall total of equity and debt financing since 2007 to $12.5 million. The new money will be used to roll-out a network of mobile applications and services, expand the platform and accelerate growth of Visual Voicemail Plus. Participating in the latest funding were VantagePoint Capital Partners, Siemer Ventures and the Tech Coast Angels.
Commenting on the news, YouMail’s CEO Alex Quilici said: “I’m proud to say this call-volume milestone means that our Visual Voicemail Plus service has answered the phone on behalf of our users more than a billion times. And it’s all driven by consumer demand for feature-rich voicemail on their smartphones from a provider that treats callers well, and lets users have complete control over their voicemail.”
YouMail Visual Voicemail Plus (FREE) [iTunes link] [Android Market] [BlackBerry App World]