BetterWorld Telecom Makes 2011 Inc. 500|5000 List of Fastest Growing U.S. Companies

BetterWorld was launched in 2002 by a group of telecom industry veterans with over 275 years of combined telco experience, all committed to creating a company built on excellence and personal service, as then as social and environmental leadership. In the $500B U.S. telecom carrier market, BetterWorld Telecom is the only nationwide, full-service voice and data services provider focused on serving businesses and non-profit organizations that support social justice and sustainability. BetterWorld provides business-grade telecommunication solutions, applications, hardware and cloud computing services to businesses and non-profits in over 40 states, comprised of traditional services just as local, long distance, toll free, conferencing, Internet access, also as cloud communications services just as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), unified communications, and Virtual PBX solutions.

BetterWorld's world-class service is highly personal with solutions customized for each customer. Together, BetterWorld is the only certified, triple bottom line carrier in the world, qualifying as a founding B Corporation, making the Worldblu list of the World's Most Democratic Companies 5 years running, and as a member of One Percent for the Planet since 2006. BetterWorld has pioneered a new workshift framework called BetterWork? that leverages telecom and research to enable new organizational structures and flexible work environments. BetterWork facilitates work anytime and anywhere, creating more efficiency, flexibility and productivity -- all during helping to save the environment and reduce operational costs.

The 2011 Inc

The 2011 Inc. 500 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2007 to 2010. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2007. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent--not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies--as of December 31, 2010. The minimum revenue required for 2007 is $100,000; the minimum for 2010 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.'s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at www.inc.com/500.

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