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VoiceHost is a UK (Norwich) based Internet Telephone Service (VoIP) which was founded in 2006.

The company develops standards-based VoIP telephony services using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and is a Quality Mark approved member of the Internet Telephony Services Providers’ Association (ITSPA).[1]

VoiceHost
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryCloud communications
FoundedUnited Kingdom 2006
FounderRoss Beer
HeadquartersNorwich
ServicesHosted PBX, SIP Trunking
Websitewww.voicehost.co.uk

Tesco controversy and notoriety

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The collapse of the Tesco Internet Phone service in 2010 (powered by FreshTel)[2] Ofcom re-allocated the telephone number blocks to VoiceHost to enable services to continue for consumers.[3][4][5][6]

Norwich Telecommunications Technology Cluster

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Based at Norfolk Tower the company is part of the technology cluster recognized nationally by Tech City UK as a telecommunications cluster.[7][8]

The company is the only Local Internet Registry (LIR) within Norwich and a member of RIPE Network Coordination Centre[9] and appeared on the Deloitte Technology Fast-Track 50 and 500 lists' 2015.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Quality Mark - ITSPA". ITSPA. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  2. ^ Nfc; iPhone; Apple; Ofcom; Google; Come on kids, let's go play in the abandoned nuclear power station; us, Facebook Messenger: All your numbers are belong to; Get thee behind me, Satanic mills! Robert Owen's Scottish legacy. "Tesco VoIP takes numbers to the grave". The Register. Retrieved 2016-10-10. {{cite web}}: |last5= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Tesco Internet Phone :: Voice over IP (VoIP) Forum :: think broadband". forums.thinkbroadband.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  4. ^ "Tesco (and Freshtel) VoIP Closures". UK Business Forums. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  5. ^ "Response From VoiceHost - Michael Rawlins". Michael Rawlins. 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. ^ "Tesco IPA 1000 adaptor - Page 2 - Landline Phones and VoIP Services - Digital Spy Forums". forums.digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  7. ^ Woods, Ben. "Norwich pinpointed as 'vibrant digital technology cluster' in key national study". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  8. ^ "Norwich - Tech Nation". Tech City UK. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  9. ^ "VoiceHost Ltd". www.ripe.net. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  10. ^ "Fast 50 | VoiceHost". www.fast50.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-09.