Ribbit (telecommunications company)
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | February 23, 2006 |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, United States |
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Key people
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Ted Griggs, CEO |
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Number of employees
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90 |
| Parent | BT Group |
| Website | Ribbit.com |
Ribbit was a telecommunications company based in Mountain View, California. It was acquired by BT Group on July 29, 2008 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. Its competitors included IntelePeer and Jajah.
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.
Ribbit offered a platform that allowed application developers to interact with telephone networks. Through its APIs and soft switch (a software telephone switch) technology, developers could add voice communications and text messaging capabilities to Web pages and software applications using familiar programming tools. Ribbit's soft switch supported many voice , such as , Skype, and Google Talk’s .
Ribbit Platform was a multiprotocol, cloud-based environment for programmable communications. Developers, ISVs, and carriers could use Ribbit Platform tools and APIs to add voice, SMS text messaging, and other communications features to any Web page or application. Developers could directly access Ribbit’s global phone network using Flex, Flash, Java, PHP, .Net, Silverlight, and other familiar programming tools.
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