Bandwidth.com (News - Alert), a CLEC and supplier of VoIP and SIP Trunking, has announced availability of wholesale voice origination on the FlexNetwork, its nationwide, all-IP voice network.
The FlexNetwork is for Voice 2.0 innovators. It features the latest IP voice technology, full geographic redundancy for mission-critical applications, and an API for companies to integrate into the FlexNetwork’s number management system. Also, Bandwidth.com works with FlexNetwork customers with new functionality, such as SMS capability.
“Innovations in voice are largely coming from software companies who see the world much like we do: that voice is simply an IP application that can be mashed-up in many new and interesting ways to benefit end users,” stated T.R. Missner, CTO of Bandwidth.com and architect of the FlexNetwork, in a release.
“We are excited to be seen as a network partner for voice innovation by the best and brightest in the industry,” Missner added.
Services such as Voxeo (News - Alert), Ifbyphone, OnState and Yext have adopted FlexNetwork as nationwide rate-centers have come on-line in last in one year. Now, the network is ready to deliver almost 4 billion minutes of voice service in 2009, with well over 1 million phone numbers.
“Ifbyphone’s mission is simple: we automated phone calls,” commented Irv Shapiro (News - Alert), CEO of Ifbyphone. “With our platform, customers can route and track inbound calls, automate outbound calls, and create complete IVR experiences -- all from an easy, web based portal. The FlexNetwork is a low-cost, flexible network that allows us to focus on our application platform.”
“OnState’s (News - Alert) OnDemand Business Presence communications allow companies to improve customer collaboration by intelligently connecting customers to the employee who can best serve them at any moment,” added Pat Kelly, CEO of OnState Communications. “With Bandwidth.com’s FlexNetwork, we can offer a complete cloud-based call center solution.”
“Yext is the next yellow pages, helping local businesses get found. With Yext Calls, our nearly 20,000 small business customers are listed across the Internet and they only pay for new customer phone calls that we deliver,” said Howard Lerman, CEO of Yext. “We need cost-effective coverage across the US, and the FlexNetwork’s nationwide footprint helps us deliver.”
“Voxeo helps enterprises unlock the potential of their communication applications to improve service, lower costs and provide a superior customer experience,' said Jonathan Taylor, Voxeo CEO. 'Our hosting and premise platform solutions, powered by the open standards of SIP, VoiceXML (News - Alert) and CCXML, are used by over 100,000 customers and developers to create and deploy any voice, SMS, IM or mobile web application they desire. Bandwidth.com shares Voxeo's 'All-IP' worldview and as a result is an important voice network partner for us.'
Ifbyphone CEO/CTO Irv Shapiro will be leading a session entitled “Value in the Clouds: The Evolution of the Telephone Industry,” to be held 2-2:45 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 21, during ITEXPO East 2010 in Miami, Fla.