BlueFace
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland, Dublin , Ireland |
| Products | VoIP |
| Parent | Comcast Business |
| Website | www.blueface.com |
Blueface is a Unified Communications as a Service provider founded by Aaron Clauson,[1] Feargal Brady,[2] in 2004. In 2010, Alan Foy became Group CEO of the company.[1] Blueface provides call plans for business customers, for VoIP and geographical numbers.[2] [3] The company also sells SIP phones and mobile devices.
Blueface generates 94pc of its revenues through business-to-business communications.[4]
In January 2018, Blueface announced a $500 million merger with Star2Star Communications to form ‘StarBlue’, a top five unified communications company.[5]
In March 2018 Blueface launched a video conferencing service using browser based webRTC technology.[6]
In January, 2020, Comcast Business completed the acquisition of Blueface, investing in Blueface’s technology, product development and global innovation activities.
Awards
- Deloitte Fast 50 [7]
- Winner of Best Business to Business in Corporate Communication in the PR Awards for Excellence 2013 [8]
- TMC Magazine 2017 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award
- 2017 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist: Alan Foy [9]
Main products
- Unlimited and capped Blueface call plans for the Ireland/UK markets[3]
- WhiteLabel : “service similar to a franchise provided by Blueface that lets a company host a unique VoIP Gateway solution under their corporate brand”.[4]
- Blueface Call Conferencing application made in Silverlight
- 076 voip numbers, Virtual landline and fax numbers
- Blueface IVR (Interactive Voice Respond)
- Blueface mobile phones, as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator - MVNO using Three's network
- Mobile offering [10]
- Geographic numbers in front of 076 [11]
- International numbers [12]
- Hosted PBX offering [13]
- Blueface video conferencing
See also
References
- ^ "Aaron Clauson | CrunchBase Profile". crunchbase.com. 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Feargal Brady | CrunchBase Profile". crunchbase.com. 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Unlimited call plans press release". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- ^ "White Label press release". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
