EFax
eFax is an Internet fax service owned by j2 Global for the sending and receiving of fax documents in digital format rather than via a traditional paper fax machine. A trademark was registered on May 7, 1996 granting Efax Corporation exclusive rights for use of the term "eFax" in connection with Internet faxing services. Efax and its trademark were acquired in 2000 by j2 Global Communications.
History[edit]
eFax.co.uk[edit]
The first service branded as eFax was created by British-born entrepreneur Mark Oglesby in early 1997, providing a service to integrate email with existing fax technology. Oglesby eventually sold his eFax.co.uk domain to eFax.com, which at the time was owned by JetFax.[1]
JetFax and eFax.com[edit]
Separately, eFax (trading under the domain name efax.com) began as a service of JetFax, Inc., which in the 1980s and 1990s manufactured and sold JetFax fax machines. JetFax was founded by Lon Radin and Rudy Prince in 1988, and claimed to be the first company to develop the laser fax machine, replacing the heat-treated fax machines prominent in the 1980s.
On February 8, 1999, JetFax changed its name to eFax.com, Inc. and began to offer the eFax online fax service. During the dot-com bubble, the company's stock increased significantly, but fell during the bust and became insolvent.
JFAX and j2 Global[edit]
JFax was founded in 1995 by Jaye Muller, a German rap musician, and Jack Rieley, an American music producer. The decision to launch the service was inspired by Muller’s experiences in missing important faxes and voice mail messages while touring. The company went public in 1999 amid the dot com boom. In late 2000, JFAX acquired eFax.com[2][3], which had offered a similar electronic fax service. The transaction was reported to be worth about $23.4 million. Upon the purchase, the company changed its name to j2 Global Communications, Inc. and then in 2011 to j2 Global, Inc.
While technology such as email has contributed to the reduced demand for fax services, faxes are still widely used by industries such as finance, law and health care[4].
Microsoft began including eFax software in Windows XP. In August 2012, Microsoft introduced the eFax app for Microsoft Word 2013. Mac compatible versions of the software are also available.
eFax Service[edit]
eFax contracts with phone companies to obtain unused phone numbers, which it then leases to its customers for use with the faxing service. Faxes sent to these phone numbers are directed to eFax’s servers, which then redirect them to the customer via email. Customers can also send faxes to traditional fax machines in the same way.
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- ↑ https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/193162/We-ve-moved-from-our-4-bed-detached-to-an-80-room-stately-home
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/15/technology/jfaxcom-buying-efaxcom-in-stock-swap.html
- ↑ Coopersmith, Jonathan. Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 193, 199. Search this book on
- ↑ http://fortune.com/2013/05/15/why-the-fax-machine-refuses-to-die/
