VoIP Monitor - Mergers and Acquisitions

Voip-Pal.Com Acquires Five Major VoIP Patents Through Acquisition of Digifonica Limited Gibraltar

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:58:08 GMT

Voip-Pal.Com is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Digifonica Limited Gibraltar ("Digifonica Gibraltar"), owners of a vast and varied VoIP patent portfolio containing revolutionary proprietary digital voice technologies. Digifonica Gibraltar is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Voip-Pal.Com.

The acquisition immediately advances Voip-Pal.Com as a technical leader in the VoIP services market which had revenues of $58 Billion in 2011 and is experiencing double digit year-over-year growth. The patent portfolio will greatly enhance shareholder value and immediately contribute to significant revenue growth for Voip-Pal.Com as the number of mobile VoIP subscribers is projected to reach 410 million by 2015.

By completing this transaction, Voip-Pal.Com has acquired 100% ownership of a completely unique set of network based technologies and processes that will enhance subscriber and carrier functionality resulting in a substantial increase of average revenue per user. The technologies are predominantly software based, and capable of scaling over multiple network servers, in multiple countries worldwide, creating virtual network coverage that can span the entire globe, or a single neighborhood – at the need and budget of the carrier. Further, the patent portfolio provides solutions that will enable clients to meet or exceed forthcoming regulatory and legal requirements.

"Revenues from this newly acquired patent portfolio will be derived from applying the technology to our own operations, future royalties through licensing agreements, and a white label program," states Dennis Chang, President of Voip-Pal.Com. "A conservative estimate shows that potential royalty income alone from the Digifonica Gibraltar patents may exceed $200 million per year for Voip-Pal. Full descriptions, advantages and revenue estimates for each newly acquired patent will be released as they are individually integrated into Voip-Pal.Com's Cloud Server."

Avaya Acquires Sipera

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:51:05 GMT

Avaya announces it has acquired Sipera, a worldwide provider of Unified Communications solutions, including Session Border Control functionality and a range of UC security applications. Sipera will become a fully integrated part of Avaya.

Sipera strengthens Avaya's UC portfolio with a set of fit-for-purpose, enterprise-class SBC capabilities for SIP trunking that offers customers and channel partners flexibility, security and value. The company's open, standards-based solutions work in both Avaya and non-Avaya networks. Combined with Avaya Aura, Sipera's solutions will provide customers with secure VoIP, SIP trunks, videoconferencing, cloud-based communications, instant messaging, and collaboration tools for workers in any location using any business or consumer device.

Sipera provides application-layer security that is intuitive, easy-to-manage and can lower the total cost of ownership of UC and Contact Center deployments. Security features include a patent-pending remote worker solution that helps deploy VPN-less solutions and advanced toll fraud protection.

Voip-Pal.Com Acquires CallArc.com

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:07:21 GMT

Voip-Pal.Com and Bleam Technology Ventures announce that the two companies have reached an agreement for Voip-Pal to acquire Bleam Technology and its product and services including CallArc.com. Bleam Technology owns and operates CallArc.com, a mobile VoIP calling service. CallArc.com offers an alternative to expensive long distance and international calls by engaging callers with advertisers.

"We are delighted to welcome Bleam Technology into the Voip-Pal family," announces Dennis Chang, President of Voip-Pal. "Bleam and its CallArc services represent an established VoIP service which is in perfect synergy with Voip-Pal's products and services and our future plans. Along with Bleam's 43,000 loyal subscribers, we inherit a team of technical experts that will help develop Voip-Pal's model to the next level."

Callers can take a short survey online, engage with advertiser's incentivized offers and earn instant credit for long distance calls. CallArc has partnered with leading internet affiliate networks including brand names like Allstate, McDonalds and Netflix among others.

The CallArc service is available to callers worldwide and calls can be initiated on mobile apps such as iPhone and Android, PC app, Web Dialer and even landline phones. Calls can be made using any SIP enabled device or App. Simply sign up for the service, Get Free Calling Credit, log-on to CallArc service from the device or application, and make long distance call to any mobile device worldwide. Alternatively call into your local access number and enjoy quality call on the landline or the mobile phone.

"We are excited to partner with Voip-Pal," states Francis Assif, CEO and Co-Founder of Bleam and CallArc. "We look forward to working with the team and the management at Voip-Pal to integrate our Calling Services and become part of Voip-Pal Com Inc. By combining the product and services from both company subscribers can now enjoy the best breed of services such as PointsPhoneGuard AntiVirus protection on the smartphones and access to various products and services. Over the past year CallArc has built solid a mobile VoIP platform from the ground up. Our partner roster includes leaders in the field such as IDT, CPAleads, SponsorPay and BlamADS Networks. We engage advertisers and consumer with incentivized offers for instant calling credits. Our Services is available to callers worldwide. CallArc has 43,000 loyal subscribers and the average revenue per user (ARPU) is the highest in the industry making the company profitable and debt free within 6 months of launch of the services. We are excited to be part of Voip-Pal as we introduce exciting features in the coming months. "

To preview Voip-Pal's new PointsPhoneGuard Ad on YouTube, please click on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fha6g4x5QFc

Flint Telecom Update on Ongoing VoIP Provider Acquisitions

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:08:42 GMT

Flint Telecom updated its shareholders and potential investors on the status of previously announced letters of intent to acquire three U.S. based VoIP and telecom service providers.

On March 3, 2011 Flint announced a completed letter of intent to acquire a regional VoIP service provider with annual revenues in excess of $2 million currently growing at 50% per year with positive net income. On April 4, 2011 Flint announced a completed letter of intent to acquire a second service provider recording annual revenues of approximately $1.5 million per year and also generating positive net income. At the time of the announcements it was anticipated that these transactions would close within 60 days. This has not yet occurred due to Flint management's focus on successfully completing its Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which went effective on June 10, 2011. On June 13, 2011, Flint announced an additional letter of intent to acquire the assets of a third telecom service provider with current annual revenues of $3 million and 10% net income. All of the above providers have existing customers, sustained revenue streams and positive net income from delivering next generation VoIP and data services to small and medium sized enterprises within the United States. With its first Form S-1 registration process now completed, management will refocus on completing these acquisitions as soon as possible and continue to expand the pipeline of additional acquisitions planned for 2011.

All three pending acquisitions continue to be contingent upon the successful completion of Flint's due diligence process, which it expects to finish within the next thirty days. When closed, the three acquisitions are expected to be immediately revenue and margin enhancing to Flint with combined annual revenues in excess of $6.5 million per year and net income of approximately 10% all of which that are growing year-on-year. Once fully consolidated, Flint management expects that the operating costs will be further reduced due to shared common services and network cost reductions that will deliver higher net incomes than are generated individually. The consideration for these acquisition are structured with some cash being paid at closing, combined with deferred cash payments with stock and performance related earn-out elements to make the acquisitions as cash neutral to Flint as possible overall. Details of each transaction will be announced as definitive agreements are executed.

KeyOn Acquires Nationwide VoIP Operations of CommX

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:25:55 GMT

KeyOn announces the asset acquisition of VoIP operations of the entities doing business as CommX. KeyOn Communications’ largest and controlling shareholder is California Equity, an entity controlled by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Dr. Soon-Shiong, having built and sold two multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical companies in the past few years including Abraxis BioScience to Celgene Corporation, is a physician, scientist and philanthropist who has made clear his intention to develop a comprehensive “health information highway system” throughout the United States.

It is expected that CommX will add over $3 million in annualized revenues and will immediately make a meaningful contribution to EBITDA. CommX has experienced strong annual organic growth over its history and averaged 15% over the 12 months ended 2010. For the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the two acquisitions completed in the quarter and CommX’s results for the quarter, KeyOn would have revenues of approximately $3.4 million and a narrowed Adjusted EBITDA loss of $270,000.

The strategic acquisition of CommX provides KeyOn with a vertically integrated platform to upsell VoIP services to its more than 20,000 wireless broadband subscribers. Moreover, acquiring the CommX operations will give KeyOn ownership of an intelligent, VoIP softswitch, creating higher overall margins in selling VoIP services. Management anticipates that KeyOn should experience a lower cost of new customer acquisition in selling VoIP given its existing relationship with potential customers as their broadband provider.

According to Infonetics Research, in 2010 VoIP services revenue grew to $50 billion, up from $35 billion in 2008, a 21% annual growth rate. Infonetics also forecasts the combined residential/SOHO VoIP services market will grow to $74.5 billion in 2015.

Flint Telecom Completes Letter of Intent to Acquire Third Telecom Service Provider

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:22:15 GMT

Flint Telecom has completed a Letter of Intent to acquire the assets of a telecom company providing services to small and medium enterprises and other groups in the United States. Under the terms of the non-binding letter of intent, Flint Telecom will acquire all of the customers, equipment, contracts and operating licenses on completion of definitive agreements and required regulatory filings.

The assets being acquired are currently generating positive net income of approximately 10% on annual revenues in excess of $3 million. When consolidated with other announced and pending acquisitions, operating costs should be further reduced due to shared common services and network cost reductions that are expected to further improve net income.

Under the terms of the letter of intent, definitive agreements are planned to complete within 45 days following standard due diligence at which point Flint Telecom will have to provide a $100,000 non-refundable deposit to move to closing. The agreed purchase price for the assets is $1 million in cash with a further $250,000 at closing with the remaining balance spread over 14 months from closing.

In 2010, Fierce VoIP magazine quoted an In-Stat report stating that VoIP penetration will double by 2013 to 79 percent from about 33 percent of companies in 2009. Broadband IP Telephony revenue will also double by 2013, In-Stat said, fueled by single user applications as well as the mobile workforce.

Vincent Browne, Chairman and Chief Executive of Flint Telecom Group, said, "This continues our stated acquisition strategy to achieve our target of ten acquisitions this year, creating a highly profitable business unit delivering integrated voice, data and wireless services to small and medium sized enterprises with profitable annual revenues in excess of $20 million. This deal comes on the back of our first Form-S1 filing, in conjunction with our Kodiak Capital equity line, being made effective. With that milestone achieved, we can now show prospective acquisitions and customers that we have access to sufficient capital over the next two years to fund operations and strengthen our balance sheet. It will also free up management resources to concentrate on completing this and previously announced letters of intent that have been delayed due to the current Form-S1 filing process."

West Corporation Completes Acquisition of Smoothstone IP Communications

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:53:46 GMT

West Corporation announces the completion of its acquisition of Smoothstone IP Communications, adding to its market-leading unified communications portfolio. Smoothstone is now part of InterCall in West’s Unified Communications operating segment.

Smoothstone is a leading provider of cloud-based communications for the enterprise. They deliver highly flexible and scalable solutions for clients’ next-generation IP telephony needs. Infonetics, the international market research and consulting firm, recently ranked Smoothstone among the leaders in its third annual North America Business VOIP Services Leadership Scorecard. Smoothstone enjoys a unique position among the companies ranked in the study as the only industry player focused on the enterprise market. The report noted that Smoothstone’s continued growth has been fueled “due to a strong focus on execution and its success in driving new customers onto its hosted VOIP platform, resulting in the second largest installed base of seats in 2010.”

“We are excited to be joining West and believe that together we can accelerate Smoothstone’s growth,” said Jeff Wellemeyer, co-founder and president of Smoothstone. “The combined companies have unprecedented experience in deploying unified communications solutions from mid-market companies to the largest enterprises. Both also have deep expertise in the deployment of both Cisco and Microsoft environments.”

“The acquisition of Smoothstone positions us as the leader in the enterprise unified communications marketplace,” said Todd Strubbe, president of West’s Unified Communications operating segment. “Together, we are able to help our clients speed the deployment of unified communications applications and services while helping to minimize the costs, complexities and risks of deploying new technology in dynamic business environments.”

The Smoothstone product portfolio will be available to West’s large base of clients, adding cloud-based IP telephony to a growing list of unified communications solutions. Smoothstone will continue to offer its full portfolio of applications and services, and will continue in its mission to help leading enterprises transform the way they communicate.

Microsoft's Skype Acquisition

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:10:26 GMT

Microsoft agreed to buy Internet phone company Technologies for $8.5 billion in cash. That's a lot of money for a firm whose business has yet to become profitable, especially if compared to the $2.6 billion (in cash and stock) that the selling side - Silver Lake et al - paid eBay for 65% of it in 2009, and the $5-$6 billion the owners had sought from other potential suitors including Google, Cisco Systems, and Facebook. The deal is subject to regulatory approval.

Microsoft plans to integrate Skype’s functions to its Xbox and Kinect game consoles, outlook email program, and Windows smartphones but will continue to support it on other software platforms.

Product-wise, this could be a nice fit. Microsoft has several areas in both consumer and enterprise sectors that will benefit from a top-notch VoIP, video and sharing solution. All of the synergies may never realize, but even the promise of them goes a long way explaining why the price may not seem that right. Skype may strengthen Microsoft’s Lync, which ties together email, instant messaging, and voice communications into a single offering.
Whatever happens, Skype is still multiple times a better fit for Microsoft than it was for eBay, whose own purchase in 2005 was based on the assumption that it would boost its auction business. Who wouldn't enjoy calling to strangers, eh?
A preinstalled, well integrated Skype client could be a potent differentiator for Windows Phone devices vs. Androids, iPhone and BlackBerry. Thus far there aren't many, at least in the positive sense of the word.
As a third-party app, Skype has worked well on Windows Phone's rivals. So one interesting issue will be to see whether Microsoft will make it exclusive for WP handsets. That would probably unnecessarily hinder Skype's push into the mobile domain, and erode its brand and user base, so a likelier option will be that Nokia and other manufacturers using WP will instead gain some premium features. Video calling might well be one.
Telcos won't be happy to see another over-the-top front opening, but they have surely seen it coming. Just witness Telefonica's (Jajah) and Deutsche Telekom's (Bobsled) moves in this space - they're trying hard to make VoIP working for them rather than only against them. But having said that, if they wished that the Nokisoft tie-up would result in a leading yet still operator-friendlier ecosystem they will be disappointed.

Microsoft to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:01:27 GMT

Microsoft announces that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire , the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both Microsoft and .

The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time video and voice communications, bringing benefits to both consumers and enterprise users and generating significant new business and revenue opportunities. The combination will extend Skype's world-class brand and the reach of its networked platform, while enhancing Microsoft's existing portfolio of real-time communications products and services.

With 170 million connected users and over 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations in 2010, Skype has been a pioneer in creating rich, meaningful connections among friends, families and business colleagues globally. Microsoft has a long-standing focus and investment in real-time communications across its various platforms, including Lync (which saw 30 percent revenue growth in Q3), Outlook, Messenger, Hotmail and Xbox LIVE.

Skype will support Microsoft devices like Xbox and Kinect, Windows Phone and a wide array of Windows devices, and Microsoft will connect Skype users with Lync, Outlook, Xbox Live and other communities. Microsoft will continue to invest in and support Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms.

"Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the world," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. "Together we will create the future of real-time communications so people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues anywhere in the world."

Skype will become a new business division within Microsoft, and Skype CEO Tony Bates will assume the title of president of the Microsoft Skype Division, reporting directly to Ballmer.

"Microsoft and Skype share the vision of bringing software innovation and products to our customers," said Tony Bates. "Together, we will be able to accelerate Skype's plans to extend our global community and introduce new ways for everyone to communicate and collaborate," Bates said.

"Tony Bates has a great track record as a leader and will strengthen the Microsoft management team. I'm looking forward to Skype's talented global workforce bringing its insights, ideas and experience to Microsoft," Ballmer said.

Speaking on behalf of the investor group that sold Skype to Microsoft, Egon Durban, managing director of Silver Lake, said: "We are thrilled with Skype's transformation during the period of our ownership and grateful for the extraordinary commitment of its management team and employees. We are excited about Skype's long-term future with Microsoft, as it is poised to become one of the world's most dynamic and comprehensive communications platforms."

Founded in 2003, Skype was acquired by eBay in September 2005, and then acquired by an investment group led by Silver Lake in November 2009. Skype has made impressive progress over the past 18 months under Silver Lake's leadership, increasing monthly calling minutes by 150 percent, developing new revenue streams and strategic partnerships, acquiring the intellectual property powering its peer-to-peer network, and recruiting an outstanding senior management team.

Other members of the selling investor group led by Silver Lake include eBay International AG, CPP Investment Board, Joltid Limited in partnership with Europlay Capital Advisors; and Andreessen Horowitz.

The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The parties hope to obtain all required regulatory clearances during the course of this calendar year.

Momentum Telecom Acquires CommPartners

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:08:49 GMT

Momentum Telecom announces that it has acquired CommPartners – a VoIP services provider based in Las Vegas – through an asset liquidation process resulting from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Momentum was the highest bidder of several companies considering the acquisition of CommPartners’ assets.

CommPartners currently supports approximately 200 reseller customers and more than 27,000 hosted seats and SIP trunks. At its peak, the company reported annual revenues of $77 million. CommPartners has primarily serviced data VARs and other resellers that provide hosted IP telephony to small and medium-sized businesses, closely mirroring Momentum’s focus on providing hosted solutions to cable company and municipality subscribers throughout the U.S.

CommPartners will be absorbed into Momentum and be rebranded as details of the ownership change are worked out. The Las Vegas office will remain open and Momentum will maintain CommPartners’ core IP infrastructure and later integrate CommPartners’ platform with Momentum’s platform which is currently hosted in Atlanta, GA. Sales support, account management, Tier 2 and Tier 3 technical support will be maintained in Las Vegas to create a strong regional presence. Momentum has been delivering hosted IP telephony service since 2005 and is CLEC certified in 45 states, and with the acquisition now exceeds 100,000 lines – making it one of the largest wholesale providers of digital IP telephony services.

For Momentum’s existing customers, with the current Atlanta-based colocation providing multiple layers of redundancy – and operating at the highest levels of availability – adding additional measures of backup in the western half of the U.S. is advantageous. The addition of CommPartners’ Broadsoft platform in Las Vegas enables Momentum to deliver a carrier class level of geo-redundancy.

West Corporation to Acquire Smoothstone IP Communications

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:08:57 GMT

West Corporation and Smoothstone IP Communications jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby West will acquire Smoothstone. The acquisition adds to West’s expanding unified communications business, which includes InterCall.

Smoothstone develops and delivers highly flexible and scalable solutions for clients’ next-generation IP telephony needs. As enterprises upgrade their voice and data infrastructure, Smoothstone offers software-driven applications that exist in the cloud and are delivered through a software-as-a-service model. Smoothstone applications and services reduce the costs, risks and uncertainties of deploying new IP technology. Smoothstone’s solutions combine to bring the benefits of unified IP communications to enterprises quickly and reliably.

Smoothstone was the recipient of Frost & Sullivan’s 2010 award for Competitive Strategy Innovation in Hosted IP Telephony and UC Services for North America. This prestigious award recognizes Smoothstone’s best-in-class strategy to manage growth, innovation and leadership in the dynamic IP communications market. Frost & Sullivan commented on the award by stating: “Smoothstone’s innovative competitive strategy has allowed it to service its customers in a very efficient and cost-effective manner. Through its unique technological platform and customized bundling solutions, as well as an extensive partner program, Smoothstone is poised to capture a growing share of this market.”

West will pay approximately $120 million to acquire Smoothstone. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011 after satisfaction of certain closing conditions, including customary regulatory approvals. Upon completion of the acquisition, Smoothstone will become a part of West’s Unified Communications operating segment. The Smoothstone product portfolio will be available to West’s wide base of clients, adding cloud-based IP telephony to a growing list of West’s unified communications solutions. Smoothstone will continue to offer its full portfolio of applications and services and will continue in its mission to help leading enterprises transform the way they communicate.

Other benefits of the Smoothstone solution include:

Faster deployment times compared to traditional, on-premises deployments
Ongoing technology refresh that keeps up with a rapidly evolving UC market
Ease of integration into business processes and enterprise applications
Elimination of the burden of managing communications infrastructure and services, allowing resources to be focused on more strategic initiatives

Level 3 to Acquire Global Crossing

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:44:35 GMT

Level 3 and Global Crossing announce they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Level 3 will acquire Global Crossing in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. The combined company will operate a unique global services platform anchored by fiber optic networks on three continents, connected by extensive undersea facilities. The combined network will serve a worldwide customer set with owned network in more than 50 countries and connections to more than 70 countries. This transaction will create a company with pro forma combined 2010 revenues of $6.26 billion and pro forma combined 2010 Adjusted EBITDA of $1.27 billion before synergies and $1.57 billion after expected synergies.

Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the agreement, Global Crossing shareholders will receive 16 shares of Level 3 common stock for each share of Global Crossing common stock or preferred stock that is owned at closing. Based on Level 3’s closing stock price on April 8, 2011, the transaction is valued at $23.04 per Global Crossing common or preferred share, or approximately $3.0 billion, including the assumption of approximately $1.1 billion of net debt as of Dec. 31, 2010. Global Crossing has approximately 79 million basic and preferred shares outstanding and approximately 83 million shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis, giving effect to outstanding stock awards, but excluding performance-based stock grants.

The transaction will create a company with a unique capability to meet local, national and global customer requirements in a wide range of markets. By combining the strengths of each company, the new entity will offer enterprise, government, wholesale, content, and web-based customers a comprehensive portfolio of end-to-end data, video and voice solutions.

Flint Telecom to Acquire Second VoIP Service Provider as Part of Telecommunications Growth

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:25:05 GMT

Flint Telecom has completed a Letter of Intent to acquire 100% of an additional VoIP services company providing services to small and medium enterprises in the United States. Definitive agreements will be completed by end of April and following successful completion of the necessary due diligence the transaction is expected to close in the Flint's last financial quarter on June 30, 2011.

The company being acquired is profitable with annual revenues in excess of $1.5 million. When consolidated with the other pending acquisitions, operating costs will be reduced due to shared common services and network cost reductions that are expected to improve the acquired company's net income by about a third.

Fierce VoIP magazine quotes the recent Federal Communications Commission study showing VoIP usage by businesses and consumers increased 21 percent between 2009 and 2010. The FCC's Local Telephone Competition report indicates that IP communications is on the rise with 21 million end-users taking advantage of VoIP subscriptions from cable, traditional telcos or VoIP providers. The report noted that there were 162 million wireline retail local telephone service connections as of the end of 2008. Of that figure, 21 million were VoIP subscribers. With the FCC's plans for the all-IP network, these numbers may be shifting more in the coming years.

Flint Telecom to Acquire Turnkey VoIP Provider as Part of Ongoing Acquisition Growth Strategy

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:02:38 GMT

Flint Telecom has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire 100% of a turnkey VoIP company providing services to Small and Medium Enterprises in the United States. Following successful completion of the necessary due diligence, which is already underway, the transaction is expected to close within the next 60 days.

Completion of the acquisition will bring immediate and profitable annual revenues to the group in excess of $2 million; the target company is currently growing at over 50% per year. When consolidated with other pending acquisitions in the VoIP market, the operating costs will be reduced due to shared common services and network cost reductions, so generating more positive income from the existing revenue streams.

The market for VoIP services in the U.S. continues to grow rapidly as it has become more mainstream with the Telecoms Industry Association seeing the VoIP share of residential and business phones lines reaching 37% and 10% respectively by 2015.

D2 Technologies Acquires Webia Technologies

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:45:45 GMT

D2 Technologies has acquired Webia Technologies through an all-stock transaction. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with development centers in Taiwan and Shanghai, China, Webia was one of the first software vendors to introduce set-top box media player platforms based on Google’s Android OS. Webia also unveiled the world’s first Android TV solution at Broadband Taiwan 2010.

Through this acquisition, D2 deepens its industry-leading expertise in embedded multimedia communications applications. Its mCUE converged communications client already offers OEMs and ODMs an advanced platform for Android OS-based devices such as tablets, IP media phones, connected TVs and mobile handsets, delivering the media-rich features and the popular social networking communications services such as Skype, GoogleTalk and Yahoo! Messenger that consumers demand. Through the acquisition of Webia, D2’s mCUE is now even more ideally designed for connected TVs and set-top boxes.

Bandwidth.com Acquires dash Carrier Services

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:23:36 GMT

Bandwidth.com announces the acquisition of dash Carrier Services, a North American-based provider of tier-one emergency services and wholesale carrier voice solutions. The acquisition provides Bandwidth with a definitive competitive edge, as it will now tightly couple additional advanced services, such as E911 calling, with its core voice and SMS offerings to deliver a stronger experience for customers who would otherwise need to cobble together these services in much less efficient ways.

Voice 2.0 innovators will increasingly need to add services like E911 calling as VoIP adoption continues to accelerate, and Bandwidth.com can directly address this need through its now expanded portfolio of solutions. Looking beyond voice, Bandwidth.com is also poised to address the next generation of E911, including new mediums (such as IM and SMS) and real-time location-based call delivery.

This deal marks the latest in a series of major milestones for Bandwidth.com as the company continues to expand rapidly, including signing a landmark commercial deal with the Verizon wireline companies for the exchange of VoIP traffic, serving up several billion voice minutes on its IP network in 2010, and becoming the sixth-largest provider of phone number based services in the United States this year.

The acquisition was an all-cash deal, and the combined entity is forecasted to reach over $100 million in revenues this year. Both companies are profitable and experiencing tremendous top and bottom-line growth. dash CEO Justin Nelson will remain as an advisor to the company.

KeyOn Closes Acquisition of Wireless Broadband Assets in East Central Texas

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:01:59 GMT

KeyOn announces the closing of the acquisition of certain wireless broadband networks and subscribers in East Central Texas from ERF Wireless. The acquired networks have demonstrated historically consistent revenues and currently generate positive EBITDA. It is expected that KeyOn will receive the benefits of the EBITDA immediately. KeyOn currently operates networks in Texas adjacent to some of the networks being acquired and expects to expand its presence around those networks.

This acquisition will represent the ninth acquisition of network assets and subscribers since the inception of Rural UniFi in the fourth quarter of 2009 and is the Company’s thirteenth acquisition overall.

Dialog Semiconductor to Acquire SiTel

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:57:13 GMT

Dialog Semiconductor is pleased to announce that it has completed a transaction to acquire SiTel Semiconductor, a leader in short-range wireless, digital cordless and VoIP technology.

Acquisition Highlights:

Adds short-range wireless connectivity and VoIP to Dialog's existing technology portfolio
Adds major global customers in the portable device market
Significantly expands Dialog's addressable market targeting high growth wireless personal portable devices - unit shipments of over 100 million in 2010
An established, cash-generative and profitable business with unaudited 2010 revenue of $116.9 million, of which approximately 90% were standard products.
Enterprise value of $86.5 million
Expected to be accretive in Q3 2011
Net cash paid of $84.5 million

IP5280 Announces Acquisition of RockyNet Hosted VoIP Business Customer Base

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:21:41 GMT

IP5280 Communications announces the acquisition of the VoIP and Internet services business accounts of RockyNet. The acquisition of RockyNet’s IP telephony customers increases IP5280’s customer base by over 15% and solidifies IP5280’s position as the largest business IP telephony communications provider in the Rocky Mountain region. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; however, the acquisition is immediately accretive to IP5280 and bolsters 2011 revenue and EBITDA.

Also announced, the companies have joined forces to serve businesses’ demand for cloud-based communications through a commercial agreement which enables the companies to leverage their strengths in the joint design, delivery and operations of IP services to business customers throughout the region. Both companies are recognized innovators in IP communications, and the new partnership allows both to focus and to specialize on their strengths, while arming them with broad cloud communication functionality, such as voice, managed application services, server virtualization, security and service delivery.

A key piece of the IP5280 asset purchase is RockyNet’s IP Call-Control platform that will be integrated into the IP5280 CLOVER, the company’s cloud-based computing platform. CLOVER’s patent-pending architecture leverages a network of best-of-breed feature servers – including Broadsoft, Microsoft OCS and open source – to deliver optimal performance, increased redundancy and enhanced customization capabilities at a lower cost point. RockyNet customers will be seamlessly integrated into the IP5280 CLOVER network architecture.

To further ensure a smooth transition of the customers and continued satisfaction of IP5280 customers, RockyNet’s Sheri Harrington and Seth Justice will immediately assume prominent roles in the technical operations team of IP5280.

Broadvox and Cypress Communications Complete Merger

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:52:23 GMT

Leading VoIP and Unified Communications service providers Broadvox and Cypress Communications announce the completion of their merger. The merged company will be identified as Broadvox, while retaining Cypress as a distinguished brand of the Broadvox service offerings.

This merger reflects the strategy of both companies to provide customers with high-quality, innovative and cost-effective communication services with unsurpassed customer service.

“The merger between Broadvox and Cypress combines complementary product portfolios well-suited to compete in today’s emerging Unified Communications marketplace,” stated Brent Kelly, Senior Analyst and Partner at Wainhouse Research. “The combined company offers a broader range of services that spans carriers, premises-based solutions, and hosted UC for SMB and enterprise customers.”

"We are excited about bringing Broadvox and Cypress together to deliver hosted Unified Communications and SIP Trunking to SMBs and Enterprise customers,” stated Andre Temnorod, Chairman and CEO at Broadvox. “Broadvox now boasts one of the nation’s largest VoIP networks, providing 24x7 support and service to more than 10,000 business customers and hundreds of thousands of users.”

Andre Temnorod, co-founder of Broadvox, will remain Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Eugene Blumin, co-founder of Broadvox, will remain Chief Operating Officer. Joining the Broadvox management team are Scott Drake, Chief Financial Officer, and Frank Grillo, Executive Vice-President of Product Marketing and Implementation Services. The company will maintain its headquarters in Dallas with operations in Atlanta and Cleveland, and will have approximately 250 employees and revenues in excess of $100 million.

Skype to Acquire Qik

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:33:10 GMT

has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Qik, a provider of mobile video software and services that enable individuals to capture, instantly share and preserve great moments on video from anywhere. Qik has 60 employees, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California and has an office in Moscow, Russia. The transaction is expected to close in January 2011. Terms of the acquisition will not be disclosed.

Qik was founded in 2006 and offers innovative and flexible solutions to capture and share video with anyone across mobile devices, the web, and desktop platforms. Videos can be shared in real time or stored so moments can be viewed later, allowing for video messaging, sharing and archiving. The Qik service is available on over 200 mobile phones across the Android, iPhone, Symbian, Blackberry and Windows Mobile platforms, and comes pre-loaded on a wide variety of mobile handsets through partnerships with leading handset manufacturers and carriers.

Both Skype and Qik have a common purpose of enriching communications and sharing with video, across any device. The acquisition of Qik helps accelerate Skype’s leadership in video by adding recording, sharing and storing capabilities to Skype’s product portfolio. Through this acquisition, Skype will also be able to leverage the engineering expertise that is behind Qik’s Smart Streaming technology, which optimizes video transmission over wireless networks.

“The Qik team has delivered exceptional video experiences for its mobile partners and millions of end users across a range of devices,” said Tony Bates, Skype’s Chief Executive Officer. "Skype’s software enables an estimated 25 percent of the world’s international long distance voice calling minutes*, and approximately 40 percent of those Skype-to-Skype calls are happening over video. Qik’s deep engineering capabilities and strong mobile relationships will be an impressive complementary fit with Skype.”

Together, Skype and Qik will focus on providing a richer, more integrated experience that will allow people globally to share experiences in real-time video across different platforms, as well as, store those moments so they can be viewed anytime later.

"Qik has worked very hard to solve complex problems that allow millions of people everyday to take advantage of sharing their lives with those people who are most important to them,” said Vijay Tella, Chief Executive Officer of Qik. “Joining Skype allows Qik’s team to unite with Skype’s talented team to develop new and innovative products for our customers and partners.”

GENBAND to Acquire Cedar Point Communications

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:46:51 GMT

GENBAND has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cedar Point Communications, a worldwide leader in IP switching solutions for cable providers. The transaction is expected to close in January 2011, and is subject to customary approvals and closing conditions.

By acquiring Cedar Point, GENBAND will increase its existing market-leading position in cable VoIP and will add Cedar Point’s IP switching solutions to its product portfolio. With 7.5 million lines in service globally, Cedar Point will also add major tier 1 customers to GENBAND’s broad customer base.

Cedar Point solutions support residential and business services across a diverse customer base that includes leading cable system operators such as Comcast, Liberty, Charter and Kabel Deutschland. In addition to cable, Cedar Point serves CLECs, wireless operators and universities.

GENBAND’s solutions enable cable operators to provide secure, scalable and competitive multimedia services to both residential and enterprise customers with a portfolio that includes Applications, Call Control, Media Gateways, Traffic/Policy Management and Session Border Controllers.

IA Global Closes Acquisition of PowerDial Systems and PowerDial Services

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:20:47 GMT

IA Global announces the closing acquisition of PowerDial Systems and PowerDial Services from Innovative Software Direct, a U.K. company listed on the PLUS Market.

UK–based PowerDial is an IT company providing VOIP and Asset and Annuity solutions covering all aspects of convergence, including voice, data, wireless and cable. They provide physical networks, onsite IT equipment, and applications that control the performance and integrity of networks and the data on those networks. In FY2009, PowerDial reported revenues of $2.7 million and expects to grow in FY2010 and beyond. PowerDial was acquired for 2,400,000 shares of IAGI common stock at $1.00 per share, with additional shares available for meeting certain performance metrics, for raising funds for acquisition of additional VOIP, IT or telecom companies and for the settlement of an ISD note payable.

Vantage Communications Acquires Hosted VoIP Provider Digital Ingenuity

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:41:32 GMT

Vantage Communications has acquired the assets, technology and customer base of Digital Ingenuity, a long established Philadelphia based VoIP Provider. In addition to furthering its nationwide leadership role with the acquisition of several internationally recognized customers, Vantage will further reinforce its presence in the Philadelphia market, adding to its ever growing customer base in the region. Digital Ingenuity customers will receive the same great service enjoyed by Vantage customers like the Drexel University Science Center, Brown and Brown, and hundreds of legal and medical practices in Philadelphia.

Vantage will also expand its vertical leadership in the Education, Medical and Insurance industries through clients gained during the acquisition.

Broadcom Corporation to Acquire Gigle Networks

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:57:49 GMT

Broadcom has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gigle Networks, a privately-held company that develops system-on-a-chip solutions for home networking over power lines.

When combined with Broadcom's world-class portfolio of wired and wireless solutions for the home, Gigle Networks' technology will widen the breadth of Broadcom's intellectual property and enable the design of more highly integrated SoCs that allow whole-home network coverage in a wide variety of global deployment scenarios. By adding powerline to its technology portfolio, Broadcom will be able to provide additional functionality to its customers in broadband home segments including set-top box, broadband carrier access and wireless router.

Powerline networking uses existing electrical wiring to create an in-home network, enabling a cost-effective and efficient method to connect multiple devices and distribute digital content throughout the home. Gigle Networks' powerline networking technology is HomePlug AV certified and is designed to be compliant with the IEEE 1901 standard for high speed powerline communications. Gigle Networks is a member of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, an organization responsible for establishing standards and testing devices for compliance and interoperability. HomePlug AV and IEEE 1901 solutions complement other networking technologies for the connected home. For example, a combined home network of powerline networking, MoCA and Wi-Fi enhances advanced applications like high definition video streaming, enabling a whole-home connected environment. The acquisition will also accelerate Broadcom's time to market for G.hn, a new draft specification for existing-wire home networking, developed under the International Telecommunication Union.

In connection with the acquisition, Broadcom expects to pay approximately $75 million to acquire all of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other rights of Gigle Networks. The purchase price will be paid in cash, except that holders of unvested employee stock options will receive Broadcom equity awards. Additional consideration of up to $8 million in cash will be reserved for future payment to the former holders of Gigle Networks capital stock and other rights upon satisfaction of certain performance goals. A portion of the cash consideration payable to the stockholders will be placed into escrow to cover indemnity obligations. Excluding any purchase accounting related adjustments or fair value measurements that are not estimable at this time, Broadcom expects the acquisition of Gigle Networks to be dilutive by approximately $0.01 per share in 2011. The shareholders of Gigle Networks and the boards of directors of the two companies have approved the acquisition. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010 and remains subject to customary closing conditions.

M5 Networks Acquires Hosted VoIP Provider Geckotech

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:29:04 GMT

Versature to Acquire Octopus IP Phone Service Business

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:03:23 GMT

Versature has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the phone service business of Octopus IP Communications Ltd. Versature's subscriber base will immediately increase by 20% with the addition of these customers.

Adding the Octopus IP client base will enable Versature to accelerate it's already impressive growth, just recently announcing 100% year-over-year subscriber growth for it's Hosted PBX Business services. Former Octopus IP customers will now have access to some exciting new features such as call queues, automated call distribution, smartphone (iPhone, Android) integration and agent login/logout, which were not available to them in the past. Versature's customer base consists of over 300 businesses from across the country.

Versature has added 3 new staff members so far in 2010, and expects to immediately hire additional staff as a result of this transaction. Versature is an excellent example of the good-news telecom story that is percolating in Ottawa, somewhat overshadowed by the break-up of our local fallen giant, Nortel. Surviving and thriving in the Telcom2.0 world requires a greater focus on computer networking expertise as the industry transitions to a more network-centric model. Versature is one of many local firms that are well positioned in that regard.

Versature's president, Mr. Paul Emond, was profiled in the latest edition of "The Business Edge News Magazine", published on October 22, 2010. The article can be found by visiting http://www.businessedge.ca.

ShoreTel Acquires Agito Networks for 11.4 Million

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:37:59 GMT

ShoreTel announces it has acquired Agito Networks for approximately $11.4 million. The Agito solution expands ShoreTel’s vision of setting the user free to communicate on any device (desk phone, mobile phone, computer), at any location (office, home, remote) by allowing individuals to use any network (cellular or Wi-Fi), simply and cost effectively. With this acquisition, ShoreTel redefines the meaning of the “mobile worker” and changes the rules in giving mobile device users the freedom to work anywhere, even beyond the wireless network. The Agito technology puts the full power of the desk phone in the user’s pocket, arming them with some of the most sophisticated voice and UC features available today, including enterprise call-control capabilities, voice over WLAN with superior voice quality, as well as presence and location. The solution provides productivity gains for the end user and the IT staff with its heterogeneous PBX and UC support for other vendors, including Cisco, Avaya and Microsoft, as well as legacy TDM PBXs.

The transaction further strengthens ShoreTel’s cost-saving proposition by reducing mobile and long distance costs and allowing business to use smartphones as PBX extensions. Enterprises of all sizes are seeing a growing segment of their workforce elect smartphones as their primary communications device of choice. With the Agito solution, ShoreTel will offer native support for leading smartphones and tablets including BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, Nokia, and Windows-Mobile smartphones, reducing integration complexities for enterprise IT — a first in the area of enterprise mobility.

BENEFITS OF TRANSACTION

Freedom of Choice: Workers are on the move and their communications need to keep up with them. Mobile devices and smartphones are quickly becoming the device of choice. Together, ShoreTel and Agito technology give businesses and their employees a powerful solution to boost productivity inside and outside of the office.
Cost Savings & Productivity Gains: The Agito solution delivers value to businesses of all sizes, including significant cost savings of up to 80 percent on mobile and international usage. Desk phone and UC capabilities, such as presence and location are extended to the smartphone for productivity gains for the mobile worker.
Heterogeneous PBX Support: The acquisition of Agito expands upon ShoreTel’s 360 Legacy Migration Program to include mobility. By leveraging Agito’s broad smartphone interoperability and demonstrated support of Avaya, Cisco, ShoreTel and other enterprise IP PBX systems, ShoreTel can provide mobility solutions ideally suited to heterogeneous environments.
Secure and Seamless: Agito Networks’ patent pending solution is designed to securely deliver industry-leading capabilities on any cellular network and Wi-Fi networks—transparently to the user, with seamless handoff between networks during active calls.
Brilliant Simplicity: The innovative Agito technology complements the award-winning ShoreTel Communicator Mobile dashboard, and meets ShoreTel’s stringent requirements for ease of deployment by IT and ease of use by non-technical business users.
Transaction Details: ShoreTel has acquired all of Agito’s intellectual property, customer base, distribution network and has hired certain employees in the all-cash deal.
Expanded Enterprise Customer Base: The Agito technology and distribution channel allows ShoreTel better access to Fortune 1000 customers.

VoIP and Unified Communication Providers Announce Merger Agreement

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:21:16 GMT

Broadvox and Cypress Communications announce the signing of a merger agreement. Award-winning hosted unified communications provider Cypress Communications is known for helping to define the unified communications as a service category and has been providing hosted communications to small and mid-sized businesses and enterprises for more than 25 years. As a worldwide communications leader, Broadvox has nearly a decade of experience in providing SIP Origination and Terminating services to carriers. In 2007, Broadvox began offering SMBs and SMEs various SIP Trunking products and this year expanded the offering with virtual PBX hosted services.

While both companies deliver a hosted VoIP and hosted unified communications solution, neither customer base is expected to be affected by the merger. Customers using Cypress’ C4 IP product and those using Broadvox’s GO!VBX will see no changes in their current feature sets, phones, or technology platforms. The Cypress C4 IP solution is ideally suited for enterprises, while GO!VBX primarily targets SMBs.

Cypress will gain access to Broadvox’s network backbone for direct origination and termination of voice traffic to more effectively serve the needs of its expanding customer base. Broadvox will benefit from the increased utilization of its network backbone and the ability to enhance its carrier, SMB and SME offerings with the Cypress Communications’ unified communications suite of services.

The Breckenridge Group, Inc. and Iridius Capital Group acted as financial advisors in this transaction and King and Spalding and Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP acted as legal advisors. The closing date of the merger is subject to certain terms and conditions customary for transactions of this type, including regulatory approvals. Finalization of the transaction is expected within 60-90 days. Because the two companies are privately held, no other merger details will be made available.

Qualcomm Acquires iSkoot Technologies

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:20:24 GMT

Qualcomm has acquired iSkoot, a San Francisco-based pioneer of providing services at the intersection of mobile and the internet. iSkoot works with leading device manufacturers and U.S. mobile operators to bring popular social networks and new internet services to mobile handsets in an intelligent manner that reduces data bandwidth usage on the network and saves battery life on phones.

iSkoot is now a subsidiary of QuIC, Qualcomm’s subsidiary focused on enabling and optimizing open source software with Qualcomm technologies, and will focus on three areas: continued support of its current customers; integrating its offerings with Qualcomm’s products; ,and developing open source data management contributions for mobile devices.

iSkoot began in 2005 with the simple premise that internet services would be even better if they worked on the handsets most people use today and over wireless networks most people can access.

iSkoot’s Kalaida Platform is architected to move data-intensive tasks through iSkoot-managed proxy servers. The proxy servers intelligently transcode and aggregate the traffic such that the actual frequency and size (number of megabytes transmitted) of data transmissions is greatly reduced. By this method, Kalaida brings the power of cloud computing to consumer mobile devices and gives operators the ability to deliver compelling interactive experiences with minimal impact on network and handset performance.

Since its inception, iSkoot has mobilized many of the internet’s most popular services, like social networks, consumer email and IM. Leading U.S. operators offer iSkoot services, such as a free mobile app that aggregates access to social networks, customizable news feeds and consumer email services within a single application.

Phone Power Announces Acquisition of VOIP.com

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:42:50 GMT

Phone Power has acquired VOIP.com, a Voice Over IP service provider headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. Phone Power has built a solid reputation in providing cutting-edge communications solutions to both residential and business customers. This is the third acquisition for Phone Power in the last twelve months. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition grows the Phone Power customer base over 25%.

“VOIP.com is an excellent fit for Phone Power as we continue to grow,” said Ari Ramezani, CEO of Phone Power. “We are very pleased to welcome VOIP.com customers into the Phone Power family. We look forward to utilizing our combined synergies to provide all of our customers the most advanced features that technology has to offer and a world class customer service experience. The VOIP.com brand will contribute significantly to the company’s organic growth potential.”

Moving forward, the VOIP.com brand will co-exist independently with the Phone Power brand. Phone Power plans to manage the VOIP.com brand by continuing to invest in marketing, infrastructure and customer support. VOIP.com clients will gain access to Phone Power’s advanced features such as their free softphone, mobile apps, and free international calling.

Calix to Acquire Occam Networks

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:45:07 GMT

Calix and Occam Networks announce that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Calix to acquire Occam Networks in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $171 million, which is approximately $7.75 per outstanding share of Occam Networks stock.

Upon the completion of the acquisition, each outstanding share of Occam Networks common stock (other than those shares with respect to which appraisal rights are available, properly exercised and not withdrawn) will be converted into the right to receive (a) $3.8337 per share in cash, without interest plus (b) 0.2925 of a validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Calix common stock. After the completion of the acquisition is, former Occam Networks stockholders will own between 16.5 percent and 18.9 percent of the outstanding shares of Calix’s common stock based on the number of Calix shares outstanding as of September 15, 2010.

Additionally, after the completion of the acquisition, one non-management member of the current Occam Networks Board of Directors is expected to be appointed to serve on the Calix Board of Directors.

The combined organization of Calix and Occam Networks is expected to provide communications service providers across North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, and select global markets with an enhanced portfolio of advanced broadband access systems, and accelerate innovation across the expanded Calix Unified Access portfolio. The acquisition is expected to result in more access options over both fiber and copper for communications service providers to deploy, which could expedite the proliferation of advanced broadband services to both residential and business subscribers, including such services as high-speed Internet, IPTV, VOIP, Ethernet business services, and other advanced broadband applications.

Calix expects to complete the acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2010 or first quarter of 2011, subject to Occam Networks stockholder approval, receipt of required regulatory clearance and the satisfaction of certain other customary closing conditions. Occam Networks stockholders representing approximately 27 percent of Occam Networks’ outstanding common stock have signed an agreement to vote their shares in favor of this transaction. It is anticipated that the acquisition will be accretive to Calix’s non-GAAP earnings per share in the second quarter of 2011.

VocalTec and YMAX/magicJack Announce Merger

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:06:56 GMT

VocalTec and YMAX Corp., the creator of magicJack and other products and services have successfully merged and will be traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol: CALL. VocalTec stock will seize to be trading using the symbol (NasdaqCM:VOCL) after close of business today July, 16th 2010. It will commence trading using the symbol (Nasdaq: CALL) on Monday, July 19th, 2010. The parties believe that the combined company has an enterprise value of $245 million and a per share value at least $17.50. The previous holders of VocalTec will have 1,173,294 shares of common stock following the merger. VocalTec expects to have revenues ranging from $110 million to $125 million this year. With over $40 million cash/securities on hand and no debt, VocalTec expects to show a profit in the current quarter. For additional information on this announcement we recommend that investors read the entire press release and the VocalTec press release describing the stock split and review the form 6-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that we expect to be filed on or before Monday, July 19th, 2010, described below.

The combined companies have the use of over 30 patents, some dating to when VocalTec invented VOIP. In the current legal world we live in, this protection is crucial. The company believes that its patents, technology, and inventions are prior art to other existing patents and may also expose patent invalidity. The combination of patents and softphone/softswitch technology were the primary drivers of the merger. The combined company is much stronger now.

YMAX brings the success of the magicJack in the form of brand equity, distribution and advertising across many outlets and over 6,500,000 magicJacks sold since 2009. The largest reaching CLEC in the United States in terms of area codes available and certification in number of states, it has its own chip development and application server/softswitch company. VocalTec also adds softswitch, application servers and the softphone to the mix. The combined company will have cost reductions through different synergies.

VocalTec's advantages over its competitors, including Skype, include:

1.A softphone, sharing a user's favorite numbers, available across many platforms:

a.A computer
b.A computer with a magicJack connected enabling the use of a regular telephone (corded or portable) with the ability to be the second line in a house or the primary number
c.A computer with a femtocell-enabled magicJack allowing calls from a user's cell phone to go through a home computer and achieving superior call quality in your house while saving valuable cellular plan minutes (to be available later this year)
d.Via mobile applications on iPhone and iPad mobile digital devices and mobile devices running the Android and Blackberry mobile technology platforms (beta versions today, formal release in Q4 of 2010)

2.Free phone numbers given out to all our customers and easily dialed from any telephone
3.Free telephone services for magicJack to magicJack calls
4.Free telephone calls from our softphone users to anybody in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
5.Underlying network carrying these calls is a dedicated telephone network with over 130 very powerful servers, session border controllers and application servers. This network has proven to have 99.99% uptime in the last year
6.Free voicemail, directory assistance, and local and long distance calling in the U.S. and Canada
7.User contacts stored on our network so where ever they might use the softphone, the contact list will be downloaded to the app
8.We believe we have the best VOIP call quality using in the U.S.
9.magicJack received the 2009 Most Innovative Product of the Year award from RadioShack
10.The ease of use of the magicJack and softphones particularly when traveling

Ido Gur, who will remain in charge of VocalTec's Israeli operations, states, "I am excited about the potential to become the worldwide, leading provider of VOIP and softphone applications using SIP. I strongly believe that the synergies enabled by this business combination will allow us to achieve this target. I trust the leadership and of Dan Borislow to make this a reality."

Speakeasy to Combine with Megapath and Covad

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:47:23 GMT

Speakeasy has entered into an agreement to combine its business with Covad Communications Company and MegaPath Inc. in a deal that will create the first managed services local exchange carrier able to provide a full range of IP voice, security, VPN and Internet services nationwide. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2010, contingent upon closing of the previously announced transaction between MegaPath and Covad. Financial terms will not be disclosed.

This transaction will combine Speakeasy’s market-leading small business voice and data services with MegaPath’s wide selection of products and value-added services for distributed enterprises, and make them available over Covad’s intelligent, nationwide broadband network.

Through a combination of direct sales and a national network of more than 8,000 IT consultant partners, Speakeasy has experienced significant customer growth, with more than 30,000 small business customers nationwide. Best Buy acquired Speakeasy in 2007 and will continue to be a minority investor going forward.

Prior to the close of this transaction, the companies will continue to be led by their respective management teams. Upon closing, the companies plan to continue to serve the market through two divisions: a wholesale operating division and a direct, commercial division. Craig Young, current CEO of MegaPath, will become executive chairman of the combined businesses; reporting to Craig will be Pat Bennett who will continue as CEO of Covad Communications, and Bruce Chatterley, current CEO of Speakeasy, who will be president of the commercial unit in charge of all non-wholesale customer sales and marketing division.

Sparkplug Expands Its Business Broadband and VoIP Presence in Arizona with Acquisition

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:59:49 GMT

Sparkplug will be expanding its wireless broadband presence in Arizona through the acquisition of certain business assets from MetroBridge Networks. Under the terms of the newly signed definitive agreement, Sparkplug will acquire MetroBridge's assets operating in Phoenix, Ariz., including all customer contracts, network infrastructure and related assets. This acquisition will contribute immediate positive EBITDA to the company and provide deeper coverage in Mesa and South Phoenix. It will also increase Sparkplug's Points of Presence in the Valley by 33 percent and bolster its customer base by 13%.

The acquisition is expected to close by the end of second quarter 2010, contingent upon customary conditions.

MetroBridge’s Phoenix customers can expect the same enterprise-grade wireless broadband service delivery, plus new-to-market hosted VoIP, IP trunking solutions and Sparkplug’s newly available bundled packages.

Google to Acquire Global IP Solutions for 68.2M

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:33:16 GMT

Google and Global IP Solutions have entered into a transaction agreement under which Google Acquisition Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, will make a recommended voluntary public cash offer to acquire all the issued and to be issued shares of GIPS for NOK 13.0 (USD 2.12) in cash per share, or an aggregate price of approximately NOK 421 million (USD 68.2 million) based on the currently issued and outstanding share capital of GIPS.

“The Web is evolving quickly as a development platform, and real-time video and audio communication over the Internet are becoming important new tools for users,” said Rian Liebenberg, Engineering Director at Google. “GIPS’s technology provides high quality, real-time audio and video over an IP network, and we’re looking forward to working with the GIPS team at Google to continue innovating for the Web platform.”

“This is an exciting milestone for GIPS as we join Google with a shared vision to transform and accelerate IP communications,” said Emerick Woods, Global IP Solutions CEO. “With Google’s global reach, scale and widely recognized leadership, we are confident that our existing customers will continue to be fully supported while we continue to enhance and extend our products and technology at Google.”

The offer price represents a premium of 142.1% over the closing share price of GIPS stock (adjusted for the rights issue in GIPS completed in March 2010) on January 11, 2010, the last trading day prior to GIPS making a public announcement of strategic interest from a potential buyer, a premium of 170.8% over the subscription price per share of GIPS stock in the last rights offering completed in March 2010 and a premium of 27.5% compared to the closing share price on 14 May, 2010, the last trading day prior to the offeror’s public announcement of its intention to make the offer. Furthermore, the offer price represents a premium of 54.6% compared to the adjusted volume weighted average market price for the last three month period prior to the announcement of the transaction.

The completion of the offer will be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the offeror of customary conditions, including acceptance of the offer by the holders of at least 90% of the GIPS share capital on a fully diluted basis. The transaction is not currently expected to require approval by competition authorities in any jurisdiction. The offer will not be subject to any financing condition and will be funded from Google’s existing cash resources.

Following the successful completion of the offer, the offeror intends to cause GIPS to submit an application to delist the GIPS stock from the Oslo Stock Exchange and to initiate compulsory acquisition proceedings with respect to the remaining minority shareholdings in GIPS in accordance with Swedish law.

An offer document setting forth in detail the terms of the offer is expected to be published and distributed to all GIPS shareholders on or about 20 May, 2010, following review and approval by the Oslo Stock Exchange. The expiration date of the offer is expected to be on or about 4 June, 2010, as it may be extended by the offeror in accordance with the offer document and applicable law. In the event the conditions to the offer are not satisfied or waived by the offeror prior to 31 August, 2010, the offer will lapse. Concurrently with the offer and conditional upon its successful completion, GIPS intends, in collaboration with the offeror, to submit a cash offer to the holders of all outstanding GIPS stock options, whether vested or unvested, at a price based on a Black-Scholes valuation.

Based on the information provided on the date hereof, the board of directors of GIPS has made a resolution to recommend the offer. The statutory required statement from the board of directors of GIPS will be included in the offer document. Certain GIPS shareholders, including Kistefos Venture Capital AS and Kistefos Venture Capital II DA, have irrevocably committed to accept the offer with respect to approximately 50% of the outstanding shares and votes of GIPS.

GIPS has entered into a transaction agreement with Google which, among other things, regulates the offer process, imposes restrictions on certain actions by GIPS outside the ordinary course of business and contains non-solicitation provisions. The transaction agreement also provides that the board of directors of GIPS may only withdraw its recommendation on certain terms and conditions.

SEB Enskilda is acting as Google’s sole strategic and financial advisor in the transaction and as the receiving agent for the offer. ABG Sundal Collier Norge ASA is acting as financial advisor to the GIPS board of directors.

CenturyLink and Qwest Agree to Merge

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:26:53 GMT

CenturyLink and Qwest announce that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire Qwest in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Qwest shareholders will receive 0.1664 CenturyLink shares for each share of Qwest common stock they own at closing. Upon closing of the transaction, CenturyLink shareholders are expected to own approximately 50.5 percent and Qwest shareholders are expected to own approximately 49.5 percent of the combined company.

Based on the closing stock price of CenturyLink on April 21, 2010, the per share consideration to be received by Qwest shareholders would be equivalent to $6.02 of CenturyLink stock, which represents a premium to Qwest shareholders of approximately 15 percent over Qwest’s closing stock price on April 21, 2010. Based on the closing stock price of CenturyLink on April 21, 2010, the transaction reflects an enterprise value of Qwest of approximately $22.4 billion, including the assumption of $11.8 billion of Qwest net debt outstanding as of December 31, 2009.

The parties expect the transaction to be accretive to CenturyLink’s free cash flow per share, excluding integration costs, immediately following the close of the transaction. Leveraging CenturyLink’s proven integration experience, the transaction is expected to generate annual operating and capital synergies of approximately $625 million when fully recognized over a three- to five-year period following the close of the transaction.

This combination will result in a company whose enterprise business will be a significant contributor to its growth which, along with the consumer business, will allow it to offer innovative broadband products and services over its advanced networks. As of December 31, 2009, CenturyLink and Qwest served local markets in 37 states

Covad and MegaPath Announce Merger Agreement

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:59:55 GMT

Covad and MegaPath announce an agreement to combine the operations of Covad and MegaPath. Pending federal and state regulatory approvals, the transaction will create one of the largest managed service local exchange carriers in the United States. The combined businesses will have the largest Ethernet, DSL and T1 footprint in North America and be the only MSLEC capable of providing a full range of Internet, voice, security and VPN services nationwide.

Covad offers IP broadband services in more than 4,400 central offices nationwide through its commercial and wholesale distribution channels. Covad wholesale partners include leading providers such as AT&T, Verizon Business and Sprint; MegaPath delivers value-added communication services, including hosted VoIP, managed security, MPLS VPNs for connecting multiple sites, and SSL VPNs for connecting remote users and business partners. MegaPath distributes its services via a large direct sales force and channel sales partnerships, and has over 19,000 direct SMB and enterprise customers.

By combining Covad’s robust network infrastructure with MegaPath’s wide selection of products and value-added services, the transaction promises to provide the companies’ partners and customers with a superior selection of cost-effective IP voice, data communications and security solutions.

The combined businesses will be owned by Platinum and MegaPath investors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to federal and state regulatory approvals and is expected to close by the end of Q3 2010.

Nortel Gets Courts Nod of Approval for Sale of its VoIP Business to Genband

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:18:31 GMT

GENBAND announces that its agreement with Nortel to acquire substantially all assets of Nortel's Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions Business has been approved by bankruptcy courts in Canada and the United States.

GENBAND announced on Dec. 23, 2009 that it will purchase substantially all CVAS product platforms, all patents predominantly used and other IP exclusively used in Nortel’s CVAS business, including softswitching, gateways, SIP applications and TDM products and services. The agreement also provides for the transition of substantially all of Nortel's CVAS customer contracts to GENBAND. GENBAND anticipates closing the sale in the second quarter of 2010, which is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The approved acquisition, upon closing, will combine GENBAND’s next-generation media, session and security gateway technologies and Nortel CVAS’s softswitch, media gateway and application technologies, offering service providers a best-in-class, end-to-end switching and global services portfolio.

GENBAND Selected to Acquire Nortel’s CVAS Assets

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:29:02 GMT

GENBAND will acquire substantially all assets of the Nortel Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions Business. The acquisition is subject to court and certain regulatory approvals in Canada, the United States and other jurisdictions, as well as other closing conditions.

The acquisition will combine GENBAND’s next-generation media, session and security gateway technologies and Nortel’s softswitch, media gateway and application technologies, offering service providers a best-in-class, end-to-end switching and global services portfolio.

Once the transaction is approved by the courts and closed, GENBAND will have enhanced its research and development, sales, and support operations spanning the globe. The company will have products deployed with over two-thirds of the world’s top 100 service providers and will cover broad markets including fixed, mobile, cable and broadband operators. GENBAND will continue its commitment to existing business partnerships with plans to expand product, service and support relationships following the close of the Nortel CVAS transaction.

GENBAND has teamed with One Equity Partners and other existing shareholders to secure the Nortel assets.

NET Acquires Evangelyze's SmartSIP Product Line and Customer Base

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:14:04 GMT

Network Equipment Technologies has acquired Evangelyze Communications's SmartSIP product line and customer base. According to NET, the SmartSIP product line includes both the SmartSIP and SmartVoIP products. SmartSIP enables UC presence and interoperability for SIP phones while providing integration for Microsoft's Office Communications Server with IP-PBXs and integration for ITSP voice providers.

SmartSIP product development and support will be led by NET's Eatontown, New Jersey, engineering team, which came with the company's acquisition of Quintum Technologies.

Rebtel Acquires Talkster Service

VoIP Monitor — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:43:31 GMT

Rebtel has acquired Free World Dialing, an award-winning consumer calling service from Talkster. Talkster's Free World Dialing customers will now have access to Rebtel's Free Calls solution, the only VoIP service offering unlimited free international mobile calls between 51 countries.

Launched in October 2007 at the CTIA Wireless Entertainment and I.T. exposition, Talkster's Free World Dialing service was immediately hailed as a breakthrough new service, winning "Best In Show." Since then Free World Dialing continued to win widespread recognition along with a number of industry awards, including Mobile Star's Best Consumer VoIP App and Communications Solutions Product of the Year. Rebtel has acquired the full rights to the Free World Dialing service and its customers for an undisclosed sum. Under the agreement, Rebtel now carries all of Talkster's international calls.

In addition to Rebtel's Free Calls solution, former Talkster customers have access to other services from Rebtel, which make it possible to use any phone in 51 countries to call anywhere in the world for free or for just pennies per minute. The acquisition also allows Talkster customers to use Rebtel Computer Calls to make free or super-cheap calls from any country to anywhere in the world, as well as Rebtel SMS for low-cost international text messaging.

Rebtel is growing rapidly and now serves more than 4 million registered customers worldwide, and adds more than 100,000 new users each month. Revenue in 2009 was close to $20 million and grew 75% versus 2008. Rebtel expects to grow at a similar rate in 2010.

The acquisition of Talkster's Free World Dialing comes just months after Rebtel's similar acquisition of the Gorilla Mobile service, a U.S.-based VoIP company that provided low-cost calling primarily to Asia.

Telefónica Acquires JAJAH for $207 Million in Cash

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:58:28 GMT

Telefónica announces the acquisition of the leading communications innovator JAJAH for the value of $207 million in an all-cash transaction. The agreement is subject to formal clearance by CNC, the Spanish competition authority.

The purchase of JAJAH – based in Silicon Valley, California, and Israel – significantly enriches Telefónica’s capabilities to offer cutting-edge communications services for customers online – whenever, wherever and however they want.

JAJAH services are used in around 200 countries by millions of people and are integrated into everyday instant messaging and social media applications, as well as through its own JAJAH directto-consumer offer. Its business solutions, which provide seamless IP communications services across the organisation, regardless of location or device, are used by thousands of small-to-medium and large enterprises across the world.

Matthew Key, Chairman and CEO of Telefónica Europe, said: “The acquisition of JAJAH broadens the scope of our communications offering and opens up new capabilities in the voice communication space. People using social networking sites such as Twitter now have an even wider range of communications channels available – and have the option of speaking directly to each other as well as communicating by text or keyboard.”

JAJAH has a successful range of innovative consumer, small business and enterprise solutions, combining Internet technology with telephony to create user-friendly, high quality communications services.

Trevor Healy, CEO of JAJAH, said: “This is a very exciting union of a young, innovative company with one of the largest integrated communications companies in the world. Together, we look forward to creating the next generation of communication.”

JAJAH will continue to operate under its current brand reporting into Telefónica Europe, which will be the first of Telefónica’s regional business divisions to offer seamless JAJAH services to customers wishing to extend their communications experience. Telefónica Europe was advised in the transaction by KPMG, and JAJAH was advised by CFP Corporate Finance Partners. Deutsche Bank acted as advisor in closing procedures.

VocalTec Acquires All Assets of Outsmart

VoIP Monitor — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:31:05 GMT

VocalTec has acquired substantially all of the assets of Outsmart. The Outsmart assets acquired by VocalTec included Outsmart's technology and intellectual property, as well as its primary customer and partner contracts. The engagement by VocalTec of certain Outsmart personnel is intended to enable the continued development and support and an uninterrupted transition to all Outsmart customers and partners.

Outsmart’s mobile VoIP and Intelligent Network products are a strategic addition to VocalTec’s existing portfolio of VoIP solutions. The combined portfolio positions VocalTec as a provider of VoIP solution and applications to both fixed line and mobile service providers.

Official: Google Acquires VoIP Firm Gizmo5

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:04:52 GMT

Google said on Thursday that it has acquired California-based VoIP company Gizmo5 for an undisclosed sum. Reports said that the purchase price was approximately USD30m.

This acquisition will further broaden Google's range of communication services, adding technologies for voice, text and video communications.

Google confirmed that Gizmo5's engineers will be joining the Google Voice team "to continue improving the Google Voice and Gizmo5 experience".

Current Gizmo5 users will still be able to use the service but no new customers will be signed up for the time being.

States Approve Frontier’s Acquisition of Verizon Wireline Operations

VoIP Monitor — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:44:22 GMT

Frontier Communications announced its pending acquisition of Verizon Communications’ local wireline operations has received approvals from the California Public Utilities Commission, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, and the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. The transaction, announced May 13, 2009, includes Verizon’s local exchange businesses in 14 states, including parts of California, and certain customer relationships for long distance services, broadband Internet access and broadband video.

This week, on October 27, 2009, Frontier’s stockholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the merger agreement and related proposals.

Frontier has also received approvals from 10 of the 41 FiOS video franchise communities the company will serve in Washington state and Oregon. On September 1, 2009, the transaction received early termination of the waiting period required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.

In addition to the remaining local franchise approvals and the approvals of six other states, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must approve certain license transfers as well. The FCC review is in process.

After the transaction, Frontier will have approximately 7 million access lines in 27 states, 8.6 million voice and broadband connections, and approximately 16,000 employees, based on data as of December 31, 2008. The transaction is still expected to close during the second quarter of 2010.

BroadSoft Completes Acquisition of Packet Island

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:33:32 GMT

BroadSoft has completed the acquisition of privately held, Cupertino, California-based Packet Island, Inc. Packet Island is a pioneer of SaaS-based quality of service assessment and monitoring tools for VoIP and video networks and services.

This acquisition expands BroadSoft's solutions portfolio for service providers, enabling them to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy VoIP and video services with guaranteed end-to-end "carrier-grade" service delivery. Service providers can now ensure significantly enhanced QoS assessment and monitoring capabilities of their communications services.

Packet Island Founder Praveen Kumar is now the BroadSoft PacketSmart Chief Technologist.

Sigma Designs to Acquire CopperGate Communications

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:22:16 GMT

Sigma Designs and CopperGate Communications have entered into a definitive agreement for Sigma to acquire CopperGate in a cash and stock transaction with an agreed value of $160 million, net of CopperGate’s cash at the closing of the transaction.

CopperGate is a leading provider of silicon-based modem solutions enabling distribution of broadband digital content over all three types of wires in the home: coax, phone and power. CopperGate solutions are deployed by service providers enabling the delivery of HDTV, VoIP and fast Internet services. CopperGate is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel with operations in the U.S. and Taiwan.

The combination of Sigma and CopperGate creates a leading provider of networked home entertainment semiconductor solutions. The companies have highly complementary technology platforms that form a portfolio of end to end solutions. The transaction further strengthens Sigma’s position and expands its footprint with key customers, in addition to enabling cross selling opportunities.

The combination of Sigma and CopperGate is also expected to yield several potential synergies including synergies from leveraging manufacturing know-how and combined wafer sourcing, further SoC integration and combined research and development.

The estimated amount of cash to be paid by Sigma on the closing date is approximately $92 million, plus the amount of cash and cash equivalents estimated to be held by CopperGate at the closing, net of CopperGate transaction expenses and debt outstanding at the closing. In addition, Sigma will issue shares of its common stock to CopperGate shareholders estimated at the time of signing to equal approximately 4.0 million shares.

Sigma has also agreed to pay up to an aggregate of $5.0 million in cash to specified CopperGate employees; provided that the eligible employee remains employed by Sigma and certain milestones are achieved. Sigma will also assume unvested stock options held by CopperGate employees that will become exercisable for approximately 0.5 million Sigma shares when vested in accordance with their existing vesting schedules.

The definitive agreement and the acquisition have been approved by the board of directors of each company. The closing of the transaction remains subject to closing conditions, including the approval of the shareholders of CopperGate and Israeli securities law matters. The holders of over 95% of the outstanding capital stock of CopperGate have executed the definitive agreement. Certain significant shareholders have also agreed to vote their shares in favor of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in 45 to 60 days. UBS Securities LLC is acting as Sigma’s exclusive financial advisor.

BroadSoft Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Packet Island

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:54:32 GMT

BroadSoft announces its intent to acquire privately held, Cupertino, California-based Packet Island, a pioneer of SaaS-based quality of service assessment and monitoring tools for VoIP and video networks and services.

The acquisition enables BroadSoft to address the critical need in the market of ensuring QoS, and quality of experience, for real-time communications. BroadSoft's expanded solutions portfolio will now enable service providers to offer significantly enhanced QoS assessment and monitoring capabilities of their communication services. These solutions enable service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy VoIP and video services with guaranteed end-to-end "carrier-grade" service delivery.

Packet Island's lifecycle management solutions enable customers to:

Assess networks before deploying VoIP and video services
Verify the deployments to establish a baseline
Continuously monitor and re-assess the service quality on a periodic basis
Provide troubleshooting tools to pinpoint problems in both the LAN and WAN

This approach, coupled with Packet Island's use of Deep Packet Inspection technology, allows service providers to dramatically reduce support costs and end-customer churn.

Once the acquisition is complete, all Packet Island employees will be retained and Packet Island founder and CEO Praveen Kumar will become BroadSoft's PacketSmart Chief Technologist.

Phone Power Announces Acquisition of Broadvox

VoIP Monitor — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:40:27 GMT

Phone Power has announced the acquisition of all residential Broadvox Direct VoIP customers. The transfer will occur in stages, starting on 9/15/09 and completing in early October. All services and rates will continue uninterrupted. This move has allowed Phone Power to expand its nationwide coverage into even more Tier 2 markets and Canada.

Broadvox chose Phone Power due to its track record for exceptional service and outstanding coverage throughout North America. “Broadvox and Phone Power have built a long and productive relationship over the years, and we are excited to welcome these new customers to the Phone Power family,” said Ari Ramezani, Phone Power CEO.