30 May 2007

The investment marks the first by a cell phone service provider in VoIP and is a signal that the German company is willing to risk the cannibalisation of its existing landline service..

Jajah, a startup IP telephone calling company, attracted its second major investment Monday when it announced that Deutsche Telekom, the parent firm of T-Mobile in the United States, made an investment of less than five percent in the firm.

The investment marks the first by a mobile phone service provider in the booming VoIP business and is a signal that the German telecom company is willing to risk the cannibalisation of its existing landline service to hold on to its market share.