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Key people at Voxbone.
Voxbone delivers cloud telecommunications services, providing a global IP voice network. It offers programmable capabilities including voice, network access, emergency calling, call termination, and messaging. The company's approach centralizes international telecom infrastructure, simplifying complex global communication for enterprises.
François Struman and Rodrigue Ullens founded Voxbone in Brussels, Belgium, in 2005. Their insight stemmed from the difficulties businesses faced in establishing global communication channels via traditional telephony. They aimed to streamline this process, enabling companies to easily integrate voice and messaging functionalities into their applications.
Enterprise-level organizations worldwide utilize Voxbone's services for scalable, reliable communication solutions. The platform empowers these businesses to deploy global communication features efficiently, bypassing extensive physical infrastructure. Voxbone's vision focuses on being the foundational layer for worldwide digital communications, simplifying complex telecom ecosystems.
Key people at Voxbone.
Voxbone is a cloud communications company that provides global Communication as a Service (CaaS), specializing in inbound VoIP services, virtual phone numbers in over 5,000 cities, SIP trunks, and two-way voice and messaging for businesses worldwide.[1][2] It serves carriers, ITSPs, calling card operators, call centers, conferencing providers, enterprises like Uber and Zoom, and cloud PBX/UCaaS/CPaaS operators, solving the challenges of international voice connectivity without local infrastructure, licenses, or complex traffic management through a peak simultaneous sessions pricing model.[1][2][3][5] Voxbone demonstrated strong growth with consistent double-digit year-over-year increases before its acquisition by Bandwidth on October 12, 2020, after which it integrated into Bandwidth's global cloud communications platform.[1][3][5]
Founded in 2005 in Brussels, Belgium, Voxbone was established with a straightforward mission to simplify global communications for businesses by offering compliant, quality coverage and easy access to telephony resources worldwide.[2][5][6] The founders aimed to tackle the complexities of international voice services, launching a pioneering "global capacity-sharing model" in 2011 that charged based on peak simultaneous sessions rather than per-minute or country-specific usage, reducing costs and management burdens.[2] Early traction came from enabling carriers and enterprises to extend voice networks globally without local presence; by 2015, Vitruvian Partners acquired a majority stake, fueling expansion, and pivotal growth was marked by serving high-profile clients like Uber, Zoom, and Telefonica amid double-digit annual growth.[2][5]
Voxbone rode the explosive growth of cloud communications, CPaaS, and UCaaS in the 2010s, fueled by remote work, global SaaS expansion, and demand for embedded voice/messaging in apps like video conferencing (e.g., Zoom) and ride-sharing (e.g., Uber).[3][5] Its timing aligned with the shift from legacy telecom to cloud-native services, addressing market forces like rising international traffic, regulatory hurdles for local numbers, and the need for scalable, API-driven comms amid IoT/AI integration.[1][2][3] By enabling operators to bypass country-by-country setups, Voxbone influenced the ecosystem, empowering global scalability for contact centers and developers, and its 2020 Bandwidth acquisition strengthened Bandwidth's position in the competitive CaaS market against players like Telnyx and Daily.[1][3]
Post-2020 acquisition, Voxbone operates as part of Bandwidth, enhancing its global footprint with offices in key hubs like Brussels, London, and Singapore, focusing on scaling voice, messaging, and emergency services via APIs.[1][3] Next steps likely involve deeper AI/networking integration and expansion in high-growth areas like CCaaS/UCaaS, propelled by trends in remote collaboration, 5G-enabled IoT, and compliant global comms.[3][4] Its influence could evolve by solidifying Bandwidth's leadership in developer-friendly, reliable cloud voice, capitalizing on sustained demand for borderless communications in a post-pandemic, hybrid-work world—echoing its founding mission to simplify global connectivity at scale.[6]
