FREE IT Consulting Messaging Solution in a Bottle Bridgecom wants to transform ISPs into total unified messaging service providers melding phone functions with fax delivery systems and e-mail transport. Minneapolis-based Bridgecom is a unified messaging company that was founded in 1994 to provide services to schools. The company has expanded its client list to include Fortune 500 businesses and top service providers. Bridgecom's unified messaging solution is delivered entirely over the Internet. Michael Vacanti, Bridgecom vice president of sales and marketing, said that the company's solution is ideal for ISPs.
Messaging is the foundation of the value chain.
The system can recognize the handshake from a fax machine so that it can tell when it should record voice or fax messages. Bridgecom can provide local or 800 DID numbers. The user accesses messages through a call-in number. The company purchases numbers in blocks of 1000 from CLECs and ILECs. Vacanti warns that if ISPs don't jump into the unified messaging market now, they risk greater competition down the road.