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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.

Phone Power Bypasses Class 4 Switching with Acme Packet

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:49:42 GMT

Phone Power has deployed Acme Packet’s Net-Net 4500 session border controllers as part of a highly scalable SIP routing solution that eliminates the need for Class 4 softswitches in their network. The SBCs are also used by Phone Power at its access borders to secure and extend the reach of its hosted VoIP services to a greater number of business and residential customers. By leveraging the broad scope of functionality delivered by the Net-Net SBC, Phone Power believes it can achieve double-digit revenue growth in 2010 and beyond.

Phone Power is a next-generation telecommunications company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. A privately-owned company founded in 2005, they provide telecommunications service to the continental U.S. and Canada, with all customer service based in the U.S. Phone Power offers a broad diversity of services ranging from single-line residential voice to corporate contact centers. Phone Power’s retail products are available nationwide through retailers such as Best Buy and Fry’s.

To avoid using expensive Class 4 switches to route calls, Phone Power employs Acme Packet’s Open Session Routing (OSR) architecture, leveraging the high-capacity, high-performance SIP session routing capability of the Net-Net 4500 SBC. The versatility of OSR is enabling Phone Power to quickly enter new markets with services designed to help the company meet their goals for revenue growth over the next eight quarters.

To ensure that Phone Power meets or exceeds service level agreement assurance goals, the Net-Net SBCs are configured to statefully load-balance SIP sessions across Phone Power’s array of voice application servers. The load-balancing design also optimizes each server’s utilization, resulting in capex savings for Phone Power. Call detail records for each session are sent from the Net-Net SBC to an internal platform for mediation, rating and reporting. The real-time reports include quality-of-service measurements by destination, and can automatically remove destinations from the routing table when their quality-of-service falls below preset thresholds.

Phone Power additionally uses Acme Packet to protect its subscribers against toll fraud, an increasingly frequent type of VoIP attack that is often cited as perhaps the most significant and costliest threat to VoIP services today. Phone Power is mitigating the threat of toll fraud in its network by having the Net-Net SBC monitor all active sessions, operating in conjunction with Phone Power’s proprietary heuristics engine to identify and proactively disconnect potentially fraudulent calls.

Phone Power Expands Brand into Best Buy Stores Nationwide

VoIP Monitor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:35:45 GMT

Phone Power announces that its VOIP phone service is on the shelves at Best Buy retail stores nationwide. Featuring a unique home-and-travel combo kit, the Phone Power combo pack includes a two-line home adapter as well as a USB travel adapter. Both devices use the same phone number and with no extra monthly service charge.

“Phone Power’s unlimited residential and small business service has been saving people money on their telephone service for years. Expanding that reach through Best Buy, the premiere distributor of electronics in North America, has validated our efforts,” said Jim Murphy, President of Phone Power. “We live in an increasingly mobile society. The ability to have two lines at home is nice… But people also find value in taking their number on vacation with the small travel adapter. It allows them to stay connected anywhere in the world.”

Pricing

Retail pricing for the Best Buy combo pack is $79.95 in-store or at BestBuy.com.
A $79.95 instant service credit is applied when the customer activates service on an eligible one or two year service plan.
Service plans start at $14.95 per month for unlimited calling in the US and Canada and include 1 hour Free International calling to select destinations.

Phone Power Adds Free International Calling to VOIP Phone Service

VoIP Monitor — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:58:04 GMT

Phone Power announces that their VOIP phone service is now offering 60 minutes of free international calling to 88 countries every month, including major calling destinations like Mexico, China, India, and most of Europe. This program extends to all new and existing customers on current residential and business plans. Existing customers will not need to do anything to activate this feature. Phone Power offers unlimited local and long distance calling starting at $14.95 per month.