magicJack Snapshot
magicJack VocalTec (formerly VocalTec Communications) bridges a network generation gap. The company's products and services enable voice telephone calling over computer networks. It consumer-oriented system employs a USB device (magicJack), which connects standard phones to phone lines via a PC running the magicTalk software. magicJack also offers the Essentra line of VoIP software designed to help telecommunications carriers manage centralized call control, call routing, calling card, conferencing, and other functions. Established in 1989, the company took its current form in 2010 when VocalTec bought YMax, maker of the popular magicJack phone product and service. It adopted the name magicJack VocalTec name in 2011.
