Ribbit (telecommunications company)

Ribbit
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedFebruary 23, 2006
Headquarters
Mountain View
,
United States
Key people
Ted Griggs, co-founder, CEO; Crick Waters, [(co-founder, EVP)]; Peter Leong [(co-founder)], Ramani Narayan [(co-founder, VP)]
Number of employees
90
ParentBT Group
WebsiteRibbit.com

Ribbit was a telecommunications company based in Mountain View, California. It was acquired by BT Group on July 29, 2008, for $105 million.[1][2]

On August 10, 2011, Ribbit announced it was closing most of its external-facing operations and developer program within a couple of months.[3] 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.[4] Its competitors included IntelePeer[5] and Jajah.[6]

  1. ^ Schonfeld, Erick (2008-07-29). "BT Acquires Ribbit For $105 Million". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  2. ^ "BT acquires Ribbit". BT Group. 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  3. ^ Johnson, Bobby (2011-08-10). "Ribbit croaks, just three years after $105m BT deal". GigaOM. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  4. ^ Robert Poe, VoIP-News. “Ribbit Takes Its Platform Public.” November 17, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
  5. ^ Matt Marshall, VentureBeat. “IntelePeer raises $18M for telephony-Web platform.” November 11, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  6. ^ Om Malik, New York Times. “Why IntelePeer Snagged $18 Million in Funding.” November 11, 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2009.