Switch.co
Industry | Telephony |
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Founded | 2014 |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Key people | Craig Walker (businessman), CEO |
Number of employees | 60 |
Website |
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Switch.co is an enterprise business phone solution built by Switch Communications, Inc.[1] The product was released on October 1, 2014[2] by the team that built UberConference. The creator of Switch.co Craig Walker, is also known for being the creator of Google Voice and Yahoo! Voice.
Product
Company History
The company that developed Switch.co was funded by an initial investment of $3 million from Google Ventures and another $15 million in the fall of 2013 by Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures. Staff is spread across offices in San Francisco, CA, San Jose, CA, and Raleigh, NC.
The executive team of Switch Communications, Inc. include CEO Craig Walker (businessman), CRO Jeanne DeWitt,[3] VP Telephony John Rector, VP Engineering Brian Peterson, and VP Vincent Pacquet. Their first product to launch was UberConference at TechCrunch Disrupt,[4] the annual trade conference run by technology news source TechCrunch. UberConference was chosen as the best new product from a group of 30 startup entrants.
Switch.co is their newest product with a launch date of October 1, 2014.[5]
Features
Switch.co is the first phone system built specifically for Google Apps users. The product runs on a WebRTC platform. It incorporates traditional PBX features into a VoIP phone system.
Noteworthy Features:
- Attributed Call Transfer
- Auto-attendant and IVR
- Company Directory
- Google Apps Integration
- iOS & Android Apps
- International Outbound
- Local Phone Numbers
- Toll Free Numbers
- Call Switch
- Instant Messaging