Shares of networked phone service specialist 8x8
Well, CEO Bryan Martin made an appearance on CNBC but didn't have any Apple news to share. Instead, he served as part of an expert mini-panel on information security. That kind of national media exposure never hurts a small cap like 8x8, but there wasn't much meat on that share-boosting rumor.
The biggest piece of actual news on the company was the passing of an arbitrary milestone, as 25,000 businesses have now subscribed to 8x8 voice-over-IP services. And so the shares slid back by nearly 9% as the hot rumor vaporized.
Even without a splashy Apple partnership, though, 8x8 remains a very interesting company. It resells Ethernet-based phones from Polycom
8x8 is also very different from the consumer-focused model of Vonage
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