Bandwidth (company)


Bandwidth is a Communications Platform as a Service company. They sell software application programming interfaces for voice and messaging, using their own IP voice network.

History

Bandwidth was formed in 1999 by David Morken who was later joined by Henry Kaestner as co-founder in 2001, merging Bandwidth International into Bandwidth.com. Bandwidth moved to Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2012. As of December 31, 2018, Bandwidth maintains a workforce of 700+ employees. Bandwidth reported Q1 2019 revenue of $53.3 million.
In November 2017, the company had an initial public offering on the NASDAQ which raised $80 million in capital.

Partnership

In July 2011, Bandwidth Inc. started working with Alabama's 911 centers to allow people to send text messages, pictures and videos to 911.