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Voxbone is a cloud communications (IaaS) company based in Brussels (Belgium), London (United Kingdom), Los Angeles and San Francisco (California). Voxbone enables telephony applications such as conferencing and contact centers to receive phone calls, text messages and faxes in 52 countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lightreading.com/spit-%28service-provider-it%29/webrtc/voxbone-tweaks-its-network-for-webrtc-/d/d-id/708971?&_mc=SM_LR_Edit )〕 The company’s services are accessed through a Web portal or REST API. Voxbone services are delivered over a private IP network that interconnects with local phone networks in the countries where it operates. Voxbone customers include Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, NTT, Level(3) and Skype.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.skype.com/en/legal/skype-number/terms-france-voxbone/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lightreading.com/spit-%28service-provider-it%29/webrtc/voxbone-tweaks-its-network-for-webrtc-/d/d-id/708971?&_mc=SM_LR_Edit )〕 In 2011, the company launched a “global capacity-sharing model” to tackle the complex tasks and costs associated with planning and managing global voice traffic. Customers are charged according to their peak simultaneous sessions globally (vs. total minute usage per country, or geographical origin of calls, in traditional models).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://telusconsulting.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/%EF%82%A7voxbone-debuts-did-allocation-service-for-call-centers/ )〕 ==History== Voxbone was founded in Brussels, Belgium, in 2005 by Rodrigue Ullens and Francois Struman as Voxbone SA/NV.〔http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/be/Documents/Accountancy/EN/Fast50/Fast50Magazine/Fast50Magazine2013/be_%28en%29_fast50-magazine_voxbone.pdf〕 As a consultant for telecom operators, Ullens noticed the growing demand for phone numbers from other countries and decided to create the business.〔http://messagent.roulartamail.be/images/Bizz/2010/leader_of_tomorrow/images/Rodrigue_Ullens_FR.pdf〕 The founders’ mission was to offer simplified access to telephony resources through the cloud.〔http://www.intercomms.net/issue-18/cs-5.html〕 In August 2015 Vitruvian Partners LLP (“Vitruvian”), a leading independent European private equity firm, announced that it has (acquired a majority stake ) in Voxbone SA. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lightreading.com/services/voip-services/private-equity-firm-bites-on-voxbone/d/d-id/717736 )〕 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「Voxbone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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