Primus Telecommunications (News - Alert) Canada, the country’s largest alternative telecommunications service provider, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this month as a leading telecom provider. It was in 2004 that Primus started offering VoIP phone services to customers in Canada.
Over the years, Primus says that the company has witnessed significant interest by customers in the technology. From being just a fad 10 years ago, VoIP has come a long way in becoming a potent alternative to traditional phones in Canada. Called Digital Home Phone (News - Alert) for household customers and Business VoIP for companies, this technology has made rapid strides thanks to innovations in technology, cost effectiveness and other advantages.
Apart from the obvious cost savings, customers get various benefits which they usually do not get with traditional phones, such as the ability to call anyone from anywhere an Internet connection is available. They can also receive voicemails via emails. In addition to these benefits, customers of Primus get other add-on features such as its patented “Telemarketing Guard” technology that identifies, screens and blocks calls from telemarketers.
For its business customers, the company provides a vast range of local and hosted voice products. It includes local business phone lines, business VoIP, ISDN PRI, hosted PBX (News - Alert) small office, SIP Trunking, hosted call center and many other services.
“We are proud of our company's history in establishing and guiding a robust industry for VoIP services in Canada," said Michael Nowlan, CEO of Primus. "As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of this important milestone, we are even more committed to delivering an exceptional customer experience and innovative technologies to Canadian consumers and businesses across the country.”
Over the past decade the company has been registering impressive growth thanks to its innovative product line. For example, in a recent quarter, the company reported a 45.2 percent increase in consolidated net revenue of $282.5 million.
Edited by Rory J. Thompson