Deltathree

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title: "Deltathree" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["telecommunications-companies-of-the-united-states", "voip-companies-of-the-united-states", "companies-based-in-new-york-city", "software-companies-of-israel", "companies-based-in-jerusalem"] description: "VoIP company" topic_path: "engineering" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltathree" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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nameDeltathree inc.
imagePikiWiki Israel 19141 Jerusalem Technology Park.JPG
image_captionDeltathree's research and development facility, and operational center at the Jerusalem Technology Park
typePublic ()
foundation
locationNew York City, United States
key_peopleDror Gonen (President and CEO), Lior Samuelson (Chairman of the board)
industryCommunications services
productsVoice over IP
revenueUS$29.47 million (2007)
net_income(US$9.31 million) (2007)
num_employees155
homepage
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Deltathree Inc. is an American company engaged in the business of voice over IP telephony services. The company was one of the first in the world to offer a telephony service over the internet, reducing the cost of international calls by over 90 percent.

Users can either use the free softdialer product and make calls through their computer, or sign up for the broadband phone service and receive an Analog Telephony Adapter (ATA) or the linksys PAP2 device. Both devices allows users to plug a standard phone into their internet connection and make calls independent of the PC.

History

Deltathree was founded in 1996 by Dmitry Goroshevsky, Sophia Babkove, , Elie Wurtman and Jacob Ner David to develop an Internet-based international low cost calling service using VoIP technology, and a "PC to Phone" solution, using a technology developed by Israeli company VocalTec Communications. RSL Communications, an investment firm owned by Ronald Lauder, acquired a majority stake in Deltathree the following year, before the company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange in November 1999. Elie Wurtman served as CEO from the company's founding until the November 1999 IPO. During that time, Wurtman completed the first historic transcontinental phone-to-phone VoIP call with FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. In 2001, RSL Communications sold its stake in the company to billionaire entrepreneur Yitzhak Tshuva who later sold his shares at a profit.{{Citation |title=RSL sells deltathree stake |url=http://connectedplanetonline.com/news/telecom_rsl_sells_deltathree/ |date=Jul 2, 2001 |author=Sewell, Chris |journal=Connected Planet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215143609/http://connectedplanetonline.com/news/telecom_rsl_sells_deltathree/ |archive-date=2010-12-15

In 2001, the original company founders left to start a new company named CrossOptix, that developed ultra-high speed optical interconnect solutions; Noam Bardin was appointed as CEO, Bardin left in 2007 and later become CEO of popular GPS application Waze.

The company's shares were delisted by NASDAQ in March 2008 after falling below $1, forcing Deltathree stock to trade through the OTC Bulletin Board.

In December 2009, Deltathree announced that it had sold a majority stake (54.3%) to Australian company D4 Holdings for $1.17 million in cash. Under the agreement D4 also has the right to pick up an additional 30 million shares at 4 cents a share for the next ten years.

Operations

Deltathree's research and development facility, and operational center is based at the Jerusalem Technology Park.

References

References

  1. "Annual Report 2007". Deltathree.
  2. [http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/1104/TMCLabs_Peerio.htm Dmitry Goroshevsky Interview: Popular Telephony P2P Revolutionizes VoIP], TMC Labs November 2004
  3. [https://www.ivc-online.com/Research-Center/News-PR/News-Archive?nid=4DB9C13E-647A-E111-AC59-00155D32A403 Founders of Internet Telecom and Delta Three Launch a New Optical Communications Start-Up]
  4. [http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/delta-three-inc-enables-pc-to-phone-calls-worldwide-75060982.html Delta Three Inc. Enables PC-To-Phone Calls Worldwide; Delta Three(TM) Joins VocalTec's NextGen Telephony Program, Providing Service to Over 200 Countries Worldwide], PR Newswire Aug 18, 1997
  5. Scheier, Rachel. (29 November 1999). "Dot-com Friendship Worth Millions". [[New York Daily News]].
  6. (September 7, 1999). "Internet Phone Provider Plans Stock Sale". [[The New York Times]].
  7. [https://www.thestreet.com/story/10004551/1/israeli-american-optics-startup-crossoptix-secures-4-million-seed-financing.html Israeli-American optics startup CrossOptix secures $4 million seed financing], The Street Nov 27, 2001
  8. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-12/waze-deal-primes-israel-s-silicon-wadi-for-wave-of-investmentWaze Deal Primes Israel’s Silicon Wadi for Wave of Investment], Douglas MacMillan Bloomberg Technology, June 12, 2013
  9. (25 March 2008). "deltathree Kicked Off Nasdaq". [[PHONE+ magazine]].
  10. Doug Mohney. (February 4, 2009). "Deltathree changing hands". FierceVoIP.
  11. [https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/6208919Z:IT-delta-three-israel-ltd Delta Three Israel Ltd - Company Profile] Bloomberg

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