18 Facts About Ooma

Ooma, Inc is an American publicly traded telecommunications company based in the Silicon Valley, California area.

Ooma offers communications services including Voice over IP calling for business, home and mobile users.

Ooma was founded by Andrew Frame, who previously worked for Cisco Systems, in 2004.

Ooma's initial product was a "VoIP in a box" device which used peer-to-peer VoIP technology to let users make phone calls over other Ooma users' landline services.

That same year, Ooma released its Telo system, which consisted of a base system to access unlimited calling and caller ID.

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Ooma received the gold consumer product of the year award as part of the Best in Biz Awards in 2011.

Ooma launched Ooma Linx in 2012, which used an AC outlet to connect any phone or fax machine to the Telo base station.

In December 2012, Ooma received the Internet Telephony Product of the Year award for its development of the Telo, HD2 handset and Linx.

Ooma launched the HD3 handset in December 2017 and the Ooma Telo 4G system with wireless internet connectivity in January 2019.

Ooma worked with West Valley City, Utah, in June 2014 to offer free telephone service to households through a fiber network.

In 2015, Ooma was named one of the fastest-growing private companies by San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Ooma acquired security camera startup Butterfleye in December 2017, custom business communications provider Voxter in March 2018 and business communications provider Broadsmart in May 2019.

Ooma held a Series B funding round in 2007 which raised $12 million.

Ooma raised $85 million from the 5 million shares offered.

Ooma allows customers with existing landline, cable- or DSL-based VoIP service, or mobile service to port their number to Ooma, provided their number is available and able to be ported.

Ooma Premier offers access to Google Voice extensions for customers with Google Voice accounts.

In 2020, Ooma introduced Ooma Connect, a base station and adapter that provides a wireless internet connection.

Ooma introduced Ooma Managed Wi-Fi that brings an enterprise-grade Wi-Fi solution to businesses at a more affordable price point coupled with managed services to facilitate the implementation and on-going monitoring and management.