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November 27, 2008 6:00 PM PST

Fring cuts staff by 20 percent

by Steven Musil

Fring.com, a provider of voice over IP and instant-messaging applications, has laid off 20 percent of its staff, or about 10 people, according to a report Thursday on TechCrunch.

CEO Avi Shechter told TechCrunch that the company was doing well, and that the staff reductions were designed to ensure that the company had enough money to get through 2009. The Israel-based start-up, which had raised $13 million in previous funding rounds, told Tech Crunch that it had recently raised a third round but declined to discuss the amounts or investors.

Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. Before joining CNET News in 2000, Steven spent 10 years at various Bay Area newspapers. E-mail Steven.
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by websterphreaky November 27, 2008 11:35 PM PST
Who gives a Fring!?

Another Internet Bubble company that NOBODY knows and NOBODY cares about.
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by carlosgfranco November 28, 2008 12:18 AM PST
have you ever even used it? it's a great product. i have a skype-in number in the US and receive calls anywhere in the world on my Nokia E65 thanks to fring!
by emacs19 November 28, 2008 12:30 AM PST
Its a great product!
by sinisterdevilster November 30, 2008 5:29 AM PST
That is sad
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