Dec 17
Ribbit Unveils a New Platform for Developing Telephony Services
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif — Dec 17, `07 — A new telephony startup came out of stealth today, aiming to become “Silicon Valley’s first phone company.” Ribbit, unveiled a new platform for developing telephony services and a new business model for serving the new global telephony market.
The company also unveiled some of the first applications from its partner and 600-plus developer community, including an integration with salesforce.com.
The Ribbit Platform: Liberating Voice from Its Current Confines
At the core of Ribbit’s technology offering is a sophisticated, open platform that enables developers to bridge the worlds of traditional telephony and the Web. The Ribbit SmartSwitch - evolved from a Lucent-tested CLASS 5 softswitch - and open Flash/Flex-based API (application programming interface) enables non-telephony developers to quickly build innovative, rich voice applications and integrate them into web sites, communities and applications.
By connecting voice from any Flash-enabled browser to the PSTN (public switched telephone network) and new VoIP (voice over IP) networks, over 750 million computers become the next generation of phones with developers deciding how they work. With an assortment of back-office and service delivery infrastructure, the platform also enables developers to not only build services, but sell them as well. More at Ribbit.