{"id":13281,"date":"2023-10-20T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T12:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.linphone.org\/?post_type=actualites&#038;p=13281"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:17:42","slug":"discover-the-company-behind-the-linphone-open-source-project","status":"publish","type":"actualites","link":"https:\/\/linphone.gtec.pro\/en\/news\/discover-the-company-behind-the-linphone-open-source-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the company behind the Linphone open source project"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/linphone.org\/sites\/default\/files\/nl_format_image_text-2.png\" \/>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QEALFX1984s?si=Fk-AHdS1vfWpNZNT\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/linphone.org\/sites\/default\/files\/4_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Would you like to find out more about us? Well, we&#8217;d like to open our doors to you!<\/p>\n<p>You already know us as a\u00a0<strong>software publisher, a technology provider and as the designer of the Linphone project<\/strong>. We offer you a\u00a0<strong>complete, secure and interoperable unified communications solution\u00a0<\/strong>for voice and video over IP and instant messaging.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><strong>So who is Belledonne Communications?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start at the beginning: our company name is \u2018<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><strong>Belledonne Communications<\/strong><\/span>\u2019 but we\u2019re not a communications agency. Our name is a composition of \u2018<strong>Belledonne<\/strong>\u2019, the mountain range in our region, and \u2018<strong>Communications<\/strong>\u2019, the core of our business, which is real-time telecommunications.<\/p>\n<p>Belledonne Communications is\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\">an independent company<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>that has been developing open source projects for over\u00a0<strong>13 years<\/strong>. Does one of our flagship products, such as\u00a0<strong>Linphone, Flexisip or Liblinphone<\/strong>, ring a bell? Belledonne Communications teams have\u00a0<strong>developed, improved and distributed<\/strong>\u00a0these products to meet your needs.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Simon Morlat\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jehan Monnier<\/strong>, two software development engineers who spent 10 years with Hewlett Packard\u2019s telecom division in Grenoble, the company now\u00a0<strong>employs 25 people<\/strong>, including 17 developers. Over the years, we\u2019ve moved into new markets and expanded our range of services, but our identity has remained the same:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><strong>100% developed in France and open source<\/strong><\/span>, in the capital of the Alps.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 million sales in 2022<\/li>\n<li>+900k downloads of Linphone to smartphones<\/li>\n<li>+2,600 visits per day to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><a style=\"color: #ff5e00;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linphone.org\/\">www.linphone.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>+16,000 commits to the liblinphone project (our VoIP library on which Linphone is based)<\/li>\n<li>+645k users of sip.linphone.org<\/li>\n<li>70 companies on our support contract in 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this edition, we\u2019d like to share our corporate values with you, along with a video to help you get to know us,\u00a0<strong>discover us or rediscover us<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Why is it important to share our\u00a0<strong>corporate values<\/strong>\u00a0with you?\u00a0<strong>Values provide direction<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>maintain cohesion and give meaning to our mission<\/strong>. Our values are just as important for our teams as they are for our customers. In fact,\u00a0<strong>everything we do in-house is transposed to our customers\u2019 projects<\/strong>. So, in addition to dedicating our expertise to responding to your needs, our teams support you throughout the life of your project. Our aim is to\u00a0<strong>build a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\">solid, transparent and trusting<\/span>\u00a0business relationship with you<\/strong>. The secret of optimal collaboration lies in shared values:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><strong>1. COMMITMENT<\/strong>:<\/span> \u2018Committed and loyal to our customers and our teams\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To offer dedicated and efficient technical support to our customers<\/li>\n<li>Strictly respect copyrights and intellectual property rights, and offer simple, clear commercial contracts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><strong>2. AMBITION<\/strong>:<\/span> \u2018Let\u2019s be creative, nothing is impossible a priori!\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Propose quality deliverables that are competitive with market leaders, thanks to strong R&amp;D investment<\/li>\n<li>Achieve our goals through a pragmatic and realistic approach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><strong>3. COOPERATION<\/strong>:<\/span> \u2018Each person\u2019s talents at the service of collaborative working\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote collaborative working and knowledge-sharing, including in customer relations<\/li>\n<li>Cooperation between different departments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><strong>4. CLOSENESS<\/strong>:<\/span> \u2018Be available for your team, your customers and\u00a0in action\u00a0\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Listening to customers and colleagues<\/li>\n<li>Facilitate exchanges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\"><strong>5. KINDNESS<\/strong>:<\/span> \u2018Taking care of others for a harmonious working environment\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strive for a quality relationship with our customers<\/li>\n<li>Always show goodwill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t hesitate to<span style=\"color: #ff5e00;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff5e00;\" href=\"http:\/\/linphone.typeform.com\/to\/RRDfNq?typeform-source=linphone.org\"><u><strong>contact our team<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/span>\u00a0for more information!<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linphone.typeform.com\/to\/RRDfNq?typeform-source=linphone.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/linphone.org\/sites\/default\/files\/nous_contacter_31_x_11_cm_26_x_11_cm-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"56\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13287,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"actualites-category":[119],"class_list":["post-13281","actualites","type-actualites","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualites-category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Discover the company behind the Linphone open source project - Linphone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Discover the company behind the Linphone open source project - Linphone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Would you like to find out more about us? 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