Grandstream Sets Sights on 2009

Grandstream Networks (News - Alert) designs and manufactures a series of innovative and affordable, IP voice and video products, including IP phones, IP video phones, a series of gateways, and an all-in-one IP PBX (News - Alert) appliance.

 

Most recently, the company announced the GXV3005 IP video phone, which features the same design and functionality as the GXV3000 with the addition of an FXO PSTN line port, which enables customers to receive video telephony service both over an IP network and their home landline.

 

Khris Kendrick, Sr. Director Business Development at Grandstream Networks spoke to TMCnet about his company’s successes in 2008 and his hopes for a brighter 2009.

 

KK: It was a very good year for Grandstream. We had record growth and maintained our dominance in the VoIP and Video market segment. We closed several large service providers that have standardized on our CPE devices. And Grandstream Networks Ranked Number 109 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s (News - Alert) 2008 Technology Fast 500. We predict similar momentum for 2009.

 

KK: Maintaining record growth in one of the worst economic times since the world declared that we have a global economy. We accomplished this by being very aggressive, strategic and innovative with our product launches in 2008. Such products include our new All-in-One IP-PBX appliance, Budget Tone 200 VoIP phone, GXP280 VoIP phone, 24-port FXS gateway and the GXV3005 Video phone with a FXO port.

 

KK: Continued innovation in the multimedia VoIP front. We will continue to dominate this area with exciting new products for the SMB and SME market. We believe that this market is underserved and we believe that we can achieve the number one status here.

 

KK: The Obama campaign team was the first candidate to use technology to reach constituents all over the world. We believe this will continue. I am sure that the President-Elect is feeling Internet withdrawal symptoms, now that the Freedom of Information Act has squelched his BlackBerry (News - Alert). But this shouldn’t stop the Administration from building a faster Internet.

 

KK: Very simple, IP communications is going mobile. With more video sharing applications and devices, location-based services based upon tribal presence, and social network sites weaved into the experience.

 

KK: Our stocking distributors are being more cautious about bringing on additional inventories even though they are still selling our products vigorously. Perhaps this is the correlation with new customers asking for our product because they are very affordable. Therefore, we are seeing greater demand from newer customers and ISPs.

 

KK: Time to market, quality, price and affordability for multimedia devices and CPE’s, our competitors are unable to keep up this pace.

 

KK: That the market will turn around faster than our original predictions; because the technology infrastructure and communication structure that we are a part of and built, will lend itself to rapid market rebound.