Olaf Grønvaldt

Speakanet was founded in 2001, is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with teams in London, UK and Prague, Czech Republic. The company was hailed best Startup in Ernst & Young's prestigious Entrepreneur Of The Year in the 2005 competition, and was labelled Cool Vendor of the Year by Gartner Group in 2007. The Speakanet solution replaces conventional telephone systems (either analogue or VoIP-based) with a 100% mobile, hardware-free, self-provisioned and web-enabled solution. Employees use a standard GSM mobile phone and the receptionist uses the Speakanet software switchboard. The entire system is provisioned and activated in minutes, and is simple enough to be used by customers without any technical staff or employee training. Companies no longer need to purchase, install, manage, upgrade and support their own telecoms infrastructure in the office - a significant saving in hardware, office cabling, handsets, telecoms rooms and other expensive telecoms specialists.