RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bandwidth Inc.
(NASDAQ: BAND), a leading global enterprise communications
platform and cloud-native carrier, today announced its
DuetSM solution was awarded "Most Innovative Product" in
the worldwide Unified Communications space from UC Today.
Described as the "UC industry's highest honor," the UC Awards are
hosted and presented by international news organization UC
Today. Judging was based on a company's ability to demonstrate
innovation, improved experience and execution, led by a panel of
industry experts including Zeus
Kerravala of ZK Research, Irwin
Lazar of Metrigy, Blair
Pleasant of COMMfusion, Tim Banting of Omdia, Stephanie Watson of MZA, Jon Arnold of J. Arnold & Associates,
Melissa Swartz of Swartz Consulting,
and Kevin Kieller of EnableUC.
"Bandwidth has set the standard for Most Innovative Product, a
fantastic achievement and very well deserved," said Rob Scott, UC Today's publisher and host
of the UC Awards 2021.
"This is great validation of our mission to continue leading
with innovative new solutions in a rapidly evolving global
communications market," said Noreen
Allen, Bandwidth's Chief Marketing Officer. "We're excited
to receive the top award in a category that was hotly contested by
the leaders in our space. Thank you to UC Today for setting
this standard of excellence."
When Bandwidth first launched its Duet solution for Microsoft
Teams in July 2020, it was the
market's first and only comprehensive solution for Direct Routing
and Dynamic E911 for customers of Microsoft Teams. According to
Nemertes Research, 69 percent of large enterprises using Teams want
to decouple the telecom from the software and utilize the Direct
Routing option. With software-driven SIP and Microsoft certified
E911, Bandwidth's Duet offering allows enterprises to control costs
as they simplify and accelerate the process of migrating their
telecom to Microsoft Teams with a single global provider while also
complying with emergency services and U.S. E911 regulations, such
as RAY BAUM's Act and Kari's
Law.
Bandwidth last week announced it will extend its Duet solution
to now include RingCentral's Message Video Phone (MVP)
Platform, enabling large global enterprise customers to
rapidly move their legacy, on-premises business communications to
the cloud with more flexibility and control.
Bandwidth's Duet solutions are built on top of the company's
reliable, software-powered SIP-native network, which has long been
the standard for PSTN connectivity behind leading UCaaS and CCaaS
platforms, including Microsoft's own Calling Plans as well as those
behind Google, Zoom, Genesys, RingCentral, Cisco, and more.
Bandwidth's reputation as an innovator was also a key
factor in the company being named a Leader for the second
consecutive time in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cloud
Communications Platform (CPaaS) 2021 Vendor Assessment (doc
#US46746221, May 2021) earlier this
year.
About Bandwidth Inc.
Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND) is a
global communications software company that helps enterprises
connect people around the world with cloud-ready voice, messaging
and emergency services. Backed by the largest directly-connected
network on the planet, companies like Cisco, Google, Microsoft,
RingCentral, Uber and Zoom use Bandwidth's APIs to easily embed
communications into software and applications. Bandwidth has more
than 20 years in the technology space and is the first and only
Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) provider offering a
robust selection of APIs built around our own global network. Our
award-winning support teams help businesses around the world solve
complex communications challenges every day. More information is
available at www.bandwidth.com.
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