OpenPhone founders Mahyar Raissi and Daryna Kulya. OpenPhone photo A pair of Kitchener, Ont.-based entrepreneurs are trying to give smartphone-dependent small-business owners some much-needed work-life balance with their OpenPhone voice-over-IP (VOIP) application.OpenPhone
Kitchener startup OpenPhone helps small business owners unplug from work
A pair of Kitchener, Ont.-based entrepreneurs are trying to give smartphone-dependent small-business owners some much-needed work-life balance with their OpenPhone voice-over-IP (VOIP) application.
OpenPhone is a monthly subscription service that gives users a local or toll-free phone number that can be used for business calls and texts on their personal smartphones. The app, which costs $12.49 a month in Canada and $9.99 in the United States, also allows multiple employees to use the same number to answer business calls and text messages.
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