<s>
Wengo	B-Protocol
was	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2004	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
French	O
telecom	O
service	O
provider	O
Neuf	O
Cegetel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
employs	O
80	O
people	O
in	O
the	O
Paris	O
headquarters	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Vivendi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wengo	B-Protocol
is	O
now	O
repositioned	O
as	O
an	O
online	O
personal	O
and	O
consulting	O
services	O
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wengo	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
in	O
September	O
2004	O
,	O
launching	O
its	O
service	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2005	O
based	O
on	O
what	O
is	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
WengoPhone	B-Protocol
,	O
classic	O
edition	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
opened	O
its	O
visiophony	O
service	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
Skype	B-Application
on	O
a	O
cross	O
platform	O
(	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
integrated	O
the	O
Gaim	B-Protocol
project	O
into	O
its	O
software	O
,	O
allowing	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
communicate	O
via	O
Instant	B-Application
Messaging	I-Application
with	O
other	O
users	O
on	O
the	O
MSN	B-Protocol
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
or	O
Google	B-Application
Talk	I-Application
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wengo	B-Protocol
and	O
Skype	B-Application
started	O
offering	O
free	B-Application
PSTN	O
calls	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
which	O
accelerated	O
the	O
commoditization	O
of	O
telephony	O
calls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
offered	O
a	O
two-month	O
unlimited	O
calling	O
plan	O
to	O
several	O
destinations	O
including	O
Belgium	O
,	O
Guadeloupe	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
Martinique	O
,	O
Poland	O
and	O
Vietnam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wengo	B-Protocol
later	O
suspended	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
accounts	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
interests	O
,	O
after	O
many	O
people	O
began	O
abusing	O
the	O
unlimited	O
calling	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
was	O
supporting	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
WengoPhone	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
WengoPhone	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
VoIP	B-Application
(	O
including	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
,	O
SMS	B-Device
and	O
chat	B-Protocol
)	O
softphone	O
through	O
which	O
it	O
offered	O
PC	O
to	O
PSTN	O
phone	O
calls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
used	O
the	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	O
SIP	B-Application
protocol	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
developed	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
WengoPhone	B-Protocol
by	O
the	O
OpenWengo	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
Firefox	B-Application
browser	I-Application
extension	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
browser-based	O
VoIP	B-Application
client	O
for	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VoIP	B-Application
service	O
was	O
presented	O
on	O
the	O
French	O
market	O
as	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Skype	B-Application
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
and	O
other	O
virtual	O
network	O
service	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wengo	B-Protocol
decided	O
that	O
WengoPhone	B-Protocol
was	O
outside	O
its	O
core	O
business	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
February	O
2008	O
transferred	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
a	O
partner	O
called	O
MBDSYS	O
—	O
another	O
French	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WengoPhone	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
OpenWengo	B-Protocol
community	O
have	O
since	O
rebranded	O
themselves	O
as	O
QuteCom	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
launched	O
a	O
social	O
marketplace	O
that	O
gives	O
its	O
users	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
create	O
toll-free	O
telephone	O
number	O
and	O
paying	O
services	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
sell	O
their	O
expertise	O
over	O
the	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
marketplace	O
is	O
the	O
core	O
business	O
of	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
(	O
no	O
more	O
VoIP	B-Application
activities	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
:	O
doctors	O
are	O
available	O
by	O
phone	O
via	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
Health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
:	O
1500	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
experts	O
now	O
have	O
a	O
blog	O
available	O
from	O
their	O
expert	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
partnership	O
with	O
Universal	O
Music	O
,	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
launched	O
a	O
music	O
advisory	O
service	O
called	O
MyMusic-Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wengo	B-Protocol
claimed	O
a	O
force	O
of	O
1,500	O
experts	O
,	O
including	O
850	O
experts	O
assets	O
generating	O
an	O
average	O
income	O
of	O
€	O
500	O
per	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2008	O
,	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
was	O
able	O
to	O
secure	O
a	O
significant	O
investment	O
of	O
€6	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VoIP	B-Application
activity	O
was	O
transferred	O
to	O
a	O
partner	O
called	O
MBDSYS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launch	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
site	O
Wengo.fr	O
offering	O
expert	O
advice	O
by	O
phone	O
in	O
the	O
categories	O
Legal	O
,	O
Education	O
,	O
Welfare	O
,	O
Psychology	O
,	O
Business	O
,	O
Finance	O
,	O
Psychics	O
,	O
Leisure	O
,	O
Shopping	O
,	O
Computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
service	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
March	O
2007	O
by	O
the	O
team	O
that	O
created	O
the	O
WengoPhone	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
Neuf	O
Cegetel	O
's	O
Board	O
of	O
Directors	O
approved	O
the	O
write	O
off	O
of	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
's	O
debt	O
for	O
€11	O
million	O
and	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
agreed	O
that	O
investors	O
should	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
's	O
capital	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
a	O
reserved	O
increase	O
in	O
capital	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
made	O
by	O
a	O
cash	O
contribution	O
of	O
€12	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
available	O
Wengophone	B-Protocol
and	O
a	O
version	O
based	O
on	O
open	O
wengo	B-Protocol
developed	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
qutecom	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
Wengo	B-Protocol
launched	O
wengovisio	O
,	O
a	O
Flash-driven	O
VoIP	B-Application
client	O
that	O
enables	O
website	O
owners	O
to	O
be	O
called	O
by	O
their	O
readers	O
directly	O
on	O
their	O
website	O
,	O
without	O
any	O
software	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
