Companies Honored for Innovation the Advancement of VoIP

WASHINGTON, DC – Nov. 8, 2006 – FierceVoIP (www.fiercevoip.com) today announced its Fierce15 list of the top VoIP companies of 2006. A widely anticipated tradition among the more than 16 FierceMarkets newsletters, the Fierce15 heralds industry leaders that have made an impact on the VoIP market.  Winners were selected across the entire VoIP landscape and were honored at the wVoIP Executive Summit this week in San Francisco.

Dan Rosenbaum, editor at FierceVoIP, evaluated numerous companies based on the quality of their products and services, the strength of their management teams and their potential for exciting new partnerships, innovation and industry advancement.

"VoIP has grown up quite a bit as an industry over the last year, and we at Fierce are happy to announce this year’s Fierce15 winners,” said Rosenbaum. "As the convergence of technology continues to evolve, VoIP will strengthen itself and companies such as these we are honoring today will remain as leaders in a strong market."

The Fierce15 celebrates the creative and innovative spirit of being “fierce,” even in the face of intense competition. A profile of each of the Fierce15 companies is available in today’s issue of FierceVoIP and on the FierceVoIP Web site at http://www.fierceviop.com.

The 2006 Fierce 15 winners are:

1. Airvana
2. Brix Networks
3. Convergin
4. Digium
5. Empirix
6. Firsthand Technologies
7. GrandCentral
8. Ingate Systems
9. Iotum
10. Jajah
11. NexTone
12. Nominum
13. Psytechnics
14. SIPPhone (The Gizmo Project)
15. Sunrocket

 

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