Broadvox Communications

Broadvox.com
subsidiary of Onvoy LLC
Founded 2001
Headquarters Cleveland, Ohio
Key people
 Andre Temnorod CEO, Eugene Blumin COO
Products Telecommunications, SIP Trunking, VoIP
Number of employees
 100+
Slogan Experience Matters
Website

Broadvox is a VoIP service provider for business telecommunications. It offers voice and data network solutions for telecommunications, cable, and wireless carriers, as well as ISPs, ITSPs, Over-the-top (OTT) service providers, MVNOs, and various other business partners. Broadvox operates its own nationwide competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) facilities.[1]

Broadvox was founded in 2001 as a wholesale VoIP carrier and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with additional offices in Atlanta, GA and Dallas, TX.[2] In 2003, Broadvox began offering SIP origination and termination, which increased the companies quality of the voice transmission and expanded service offerings. In 2007, Broadvox added retail SIP Trunking to its product offerings for SMB, enterprise and carrier customers.

Google Voice

In October 2009, Documents were released by the FCC regarding Google Voice and details pertaining to growth and expansion of Google's Voice Product. Details also included network operations which listed Broadvox and other SIP Trunking Companies that help Google Voice infrastructure[3]

Products

Broadvox provides a variety of business VoIP products and services. The products include:

Network

Broadvox has a 10G carrier-grade network that carries over 20 billion annual minutes of voice and data. The company uses high density hardware and technology from Sonus Networks, Juniper Networks, and Cisco Systems. It also has core switching centers in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Denver, Toronto and Seattle.[4]

It is a Tier 1 network that has coverage in the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. In addition to a large network, Broadvox provides U.S. based customer service—including 24/7 Tier I and II carrier support. Broadvox was the first carrier to have a customized online user portal for provisioning and requesting phone numbers as well as reviewing account info.[5]

Acquisitions and takeover

On January 17, 2011 Broadvox announced an acquisition of Cypress Communications,[6] an Atlanta-based unified communications provider.[7] The combined company will maintain its HQ in Dallas and has approximately 250 employees with revenues in excess of $100 Million dollars.[7]

On January 6, 2014, Fusion acquired the Broadvox cloud services business, including all cloud-based voice, unified communications and SIP trunking products, for $32.1 million.[8] On September 3, 2015, Onvoy (which already operates as a CLEC and owns VoIP provider Vitelity) acquired the remaining Broadvox businesses.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Broadvox CLEC".
  2. ↑ "Broadvox Offices".
  3. ↑ "How Google Voice Is Growing". businessweek. 29 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Broadvox Network".
  5. ↑ "Broadvox Portal".
  6. ↑ "broadvox inks deal to acquire cypress".
  7. 1 2 January 2011 "Broadvox and Cypress complete merger" Check |url= value (help).
  8. ↑ "Fusion Acquires Broadvox's Cloud Services Business". Yahoo Finance. 6 January 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.vitelity.com/blog/2015/09/official-onvoy-national-powerhouse-acquisition-broadvox/

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