Matrix Telecom, Inc., operating as Matrix Business Technologies, Trinsic, Powered by Matrix, Excel Telecommunications and various other niche brands is a
United States
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telecommunications
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firm that provides voice and data services to consumers and small and medium businesses as well as multi-location distributed enterprise markets (national chains). The firm also provides wholesale voice services to the telecommunications, wireless and cable industries.
Headquartered in
Dallas
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,
Texas
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with operations in
Atmore, Alabama Matrix employs approximately 300 people. The company was founded in 1990.
Matrix is licensed as a facilities-based
CLEC and
long distance calling
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provider in 49 states and the District of Columbia (DC). In 1995, Matrix was recognized by
Inc. Magazine
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as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States ranking #7 in the United States and #1 in the state of Texas
[Inc. Magazine's 500 Fastest Growing Private Company in US 1995]
and remained on the list the following year.
History
In 1999, Matrix was acquired by
Platinum Equity
Platinum Equity, LLC is an American private equity investment firm founded by Tom Gores in 1995. The firm focuses on leveraged buyout investments of established companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
History
Platinum Equity was founded in 199 ...
,
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In 2001, Matrix integrated Staples Communications ( Staples, Inc.) customers into its operations through an acquisition made by Platinum Equity,[Acquisition of Staples Communications](_blank)
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Matrix launched the Matrix Business Technologies brand to differentiate and focus its market presence between residential and commercial services.
Platinum Equity
Platinum Equity, LLC is an American private equity investment firm founded by Tom Gores in 1995. The firm focuses on leveraged buyout investments of established companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
History
Platinum Equity was founded in 199 ...
acquired the assets of Trinsic Communications (formerly Z-Tel)[History of Trinsic](_blank)
/ref> in June 2007 and integrated them into Matrix,
This addition deepened the residential customer base within Matrix and broadened its national footprint of services. The brand was changed to "Trinsic, Powered by Matrix"
On March 16, 2010, Matrix announced it would acquire the customers and substantially all the assets of Dallas-based Excel Telecommunications. That transaction closed on August 2, 2010, with the Excel headquarters in Irving, Texas becoming the new headquarters for the combined companies.
In addition to its own Veraz softswitch-based network, Matrix’s network partners include Global Crossing
Global Crossing was a telecommunications company that provided computer networking services and operated a tier 1 carrier. It maintained a large backbone network and offered peering, virtual private networks, leased lines, audio and video con ...
, Verizon Business
Verizon Business (formerly known as Verizon Enterprise Solutions) is a division of Verizon Communications based in Basking Ridge, New Jersey that provides services and products for Verizon's business and government clients around the world.
It ...
, XO Communications
XO Communications, LLC (previously Nextlink Communications, Concentric Network Corporation and Allegiance Telecom, Inc.) was an American telecommunications company. Before being purchased by and later absorbed by Verizon Communications. XO provid ...
, Paetec
PAETEC Holding Corporation was a Fortune 1000 telecommunications company headquartered in Perinton, New York, United States. It was founded as the private company PaeTec Communications, Inc. in 1998 by Arunas A. Chesonis. In 2007 it merged wi ...
, Level 3), Covad
Covad Communications Group was an American provider of broadband voice and data communications. By 2006, the company had 530,000 subscribers, and ranked as the 16th largest ISP in the United States. Covad was acquired by U.S. Venture Partners ...
, AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest provider of mobile tel ...
, Qwest
Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dako ...
, IBM and Intercall.
Services
Matrix offers include:
* Local Voice Service
* Long distance Voice Service
* Wholesale Switched Long Distance
* Wholesale Dedicated Long Distance
* Toll Free
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service
* Switched Toll Free
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* Dedicated Toll Free
A toll-free telephone number or freephone number is a telephone number that is billed for all arriving calls. For the calling party, a call to a toll-free number from a landline is free of charge. A toll-free number is identified by a dialing prefi ...
* Integrated Voice/Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
T1
* Dedicated T1
* IP VPN
A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network across a public network and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network. The be ...
*DSL
Digital subscriber line (DSL; originally digital subscriber loop) is a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines. In telecommunications marketing, the term DSL is widely understood to mean asymmetric dig ...
*Audio Conferencing
A conference call is a telephone call in which someone talks to several people at the same time. The conference call may be designed to allow the called party to participate during the call or set up so that the called party merely listens into ...
*Web Conferencing
Web conferencing is used as an umbrella term for various types of online conferencing and collaborative services including webinars (web seminars), webcasts, and web meetings. Sometimes it may be used also in the more narrow sense of the peer-le ...
See also
*List of United States telephone companies
This is a list of United States telephone companies.
Regional Bell Operating Companies
The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) are the result of the break-up of the Bell System in 1984. After numerous mergers, asset sales, and renamings s ...
References
External links
Matrix Business Technologies website
Trinsic Powered by Matrix website
Excel Telecommunications website
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