Ribbit was a telecommunications company based in Mountain View, California. It was acquired by BT Group on July 29, 2008 for $105 million. On August 10, 2011, Ribbit announced it was closing most of its external-facing operations and developer program within a couple of months. The company was subsequently integrated into BT's Technology, Service and Operations division. The company’s goal was to make voice communications a programmable feature, one that can be easily added to Web pages and software applications. Its competitors included IntelePeer and Jajah.
