VoIP companies among the fastest growing in the Inc. 5000

The latest Inc. 5000 is out and among the list of the fastest growing companies are some of the businesses we highlight here are FierceVoIP. What I find most interesting about the way Inc. discusses these companies is that it looks at their last three years of growth. With the economy the way it has been in the last three years, you'd be hard pressed to imagine some of the impressive growth numbers these companies have put up.

VOX Network Solutions which offers design, maintenance and installation of converged voice and data services including IP telephony, unified communications as well as mobile services makes the list at #160. The Nortel partner was ranked #2 Best Place to Work in San Francisco, but according to Inc., most of those employees practice what they preach and telecommute. Back in December, the company launched a mobile VoIP app and recently it launched a service geared towards military families. The company has experienced 1736% growth over the last three years!

Coming in at #254 is Vocalocity--a company that experienced 1218% growth over a three year period. Acquired by ZivVa in 2006, the company has turned its VocalOS VoIP soft-switch technology into a hosted environment to develop voice applications rapidly. The VocalocityPBX runs atop of VocalOS solution. Over the last few months Vocalocity has had a number of funding rounds with the most recent bringing in $3.45 million. Vocalocity focuses on small businesses with 50 customers or less and offers all of its own VoIP technology so that they can handle all of their customer needs where some other companies might need outside technicians to service third-party devices.

Another company that we follow quite regularly that is featured in the Inc. 5000 is GENBAND at #690. Recently purchasing Nortel CVAS and launching its combined roadmap and GENius abstraction layer platform, GENBAND, the IP applications, switching and service solutions company, has made some big moves over the last year. GENBAND's IP solutions are deployed by two thirds of the world's 100 largest service providers. GENBAND saw 445% growth over the last three years.

It is great to see some companies in our industry posting huge numbers and making the Inc. 5000 list. It shows that the VoIP sector is still a place of innovation and growth. With these companies showing such success in even some of the worst of times, it's a great indicator of how well our industry at large is doing. Check out the Inc. 5000 here.--Mike