Aptela, a provider of business-class VoIP phone service, has been named to Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies in America.

Officials with Aptela (News - Alert) said that Inc. magazine has ranked the company NO. 93 in telecommunications on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.

The list represents a comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America's independent-minded entrepreneurs.

"The leaders of the companies on this year's Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression," said Bob LaPointe, president, Inc. in a statement.

LaPointe said that the 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs.

"We are honored to be recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in the nation,” said Douglas Strahan (News - Alert) , president and CEO at Aptela.

Strahan said that Aptela continues to differentiate itself as a leader in its space, delivering innovative technology, quality service and support to the valued customers.

Aptela's new, calling platform, v5, released earlier this year, was architected for even greater stability and scalability than its predecessor platform, which today supports nearly 19,000 users across nearly 3,000 customers nationwide.

Written in Erlang/OTP, and using CouchDB as its data store, the v5 platform demonstrates the power of cloud-computing with horizontal scaling, robust fault-tolerance and a remarkably high degree of concurrency.  

According to company officials, the platform delivers a robust set of APIs that unify communications for the customers by integrating calling into their existing business processes.