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Ribbit was a telecommunications company based in Mountain View, California.〔 It was acquired by BT Group on 2008-07-29 for $105 million. On August 10, 2011, Ribbit announced it was closing most of its external-facing operations and developer program within a couple of months. The company was subsequently integrated into BT's Technology, Service and Operations division. The company’s goal was to make voice communications a programmable feature, one that can be easily added to Web pages and software applications.〔Robert Poe, VoIP-News. “(Ribbit Takes Its Platform Public ).” November 17, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2009.〕 Its competitors included IntelePeer〔Matt Marshall, VentureBeat. “(IntelePeer raises $18M for telephony-Web platform ).” November 11, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2009.〕 and Jajah.〔Om Malik, New York Times. “(Why IntelePeer Snagged $18 Million in Funding ).” November 11, 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2009.〕 ==History== Ribbit was founded on February 23, 2006 by Ted Griggs, Crick Waters, Peter Leong, and Ramani Narayan.〔 The company received a total $13 million in funding from venture capitalists Alsop-Louie Partners, Allegis Capital and KPG Ventures.〔 Ribbit officially launched on December 17, 2007. BT Group then acquired the company on July 29, 2008 for $105 million.〔 The company made its platform for application developers public in November 2008.〔Robert Poe, VoIP-News. “(8 VoIP Trends to Watch in 2009 ).” January 5, 2009. Retrieved September 16, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ribbit (telecommunications company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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