Star Comunicaciones

What Star Comunicaciones does

Star Comunicaciones is an Argentine private telecommunications solutions provider founded in 1998 in Buenos Aires, focused on VoIP and IP PBX systems for enterprise and SMB customers. The company develops, sells, and supports the Astrum family of IP telephone exchanges — proprietary systems built on the open-source Asterisk platform, scaled from 1 to 5,000 extensions and integrating analog, digital, and VoIP telephony with IVR, call center, campaign dialer, and remote/mobile extension capabilities. The Astrum platform is delivered as on-premise appliances (Astrum X64, X128), as a virtual/cloud variant (Astrum Virtual), and as a remote-work solution enabling mobile and notebook endpoints. Star also commercializes analog and digital line cards for Asterisk-based PBXs and offers complementary infrastructure services including data center design, structured cabling, fiber optics, and UPS systems. Its technology integrates with MS-SQL, MySQL, Sqlite, XML, webservices, and CRM/ERP systems.

The company operates a sales-led GTM motion through three channels: direct enterprise sales for large installations (e.g., EdeA, MSC Cruceros, Central Dock Sud, ENRE), a partner/reseller network of communications installation firms across Argentina (e.g., Telefonía Privada in Rosario), and an e-commerce storefront for VoIP equipment targeting SMB and home-office buyers. Revenue is generated through hardware sales, software licenses/subscriptions, professional services (pre-sale, post-sale support, custom application development, turnkey installations), and managed/cloud services — though specific pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm is founder-owned and bootstrapped, with no institutional funding, M&A activity, or public financial disclosures. Named enterprise customers span energy, electricity distribution, healthcare, ports, sports, government regulation, and cruise verticals in Argentina, with documented customer tenures of 7–14 years indicating high switching costs within the existing base, though no revenue or headcount figures are available to triangulate scale.

Name

Star Comunicaciones

Legal name

Star Comunicaciones

Website

https://starcomunicaciones.com.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Star Comunicaciones is a Buenos Aires-based, founder-owned Argentine provider of VoIP and IP PBX solutions (Astrum platform built on Asterisk), serving enterprise, SMB, and government customers across energy, healthcare, ports, and public services with hardware, cloud, and professional services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

VoIP IP PBX Telephony Systems

NAICS

Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing (33421), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (4813), Services-Telephone Interconnect Systems (7385)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud PBX & Hosted Telephony (HDAIAHAB)

Keywords

• VoIP telephony systems
• IP PBX solutions
• Call center software
• Telephony infrastructure services
• Custom IVR development

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Sale of telecommunications equipment including IP phones, accessories, analog and digital line cards for Asterisk-based IP PBX systems.
2. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Astrum IP PBX systems sold as software solutions, with systems scalable from 1 to 5000 extensions. Includes cloud deployment options.
3. Professional Services: Pre-sale and post-sale specialized support, custom application development, system integration, turnkey installations, and ongoing technical support services.
4. Cloud/Managed Services: Cloud-based Astrum system deployment offering rapid implementation, with systems operational in the cloud in minimal time.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Star Comunicaciones develops, sells, and supports the Astrum IP PBX product line, a family of IP telephone exchange systems built on the Asterisk telephony platform and scalable from 1 to 5,000 extensions. The company also commercializes analog and digital line cards for Asterisk-based systems, IP phones and accessories, and delivers turnkey installations, data infrastructure (structured cabling, fiber optics, data center design, UPS), and custom application development including IVR, database integration, and CRM/ERP connectivity for enterprise and SMB customers across Argentina.

Product overview

Star Comunicaciones offers a unified portfolio centered on the Astrum IP PBX product line — a family of telephone exchange systems scaling from 1 to 5,000 extensions, encompassing hardware appliances (Astrum X64, X128), a virtual/cloud variant (Astrum Virtual), and companion services. Supporting the core PBX are complementary products: Asterisk-based analog and digital voice cards, plus a suite of custom applications (ENRE SMS/IVR, EdeA call center). The offering is completed by telecommunications infrastructure services (data center, cabling, fiber optics) and a remote/home working solution, all tied together by Asterisk integration with MS-SQL, MySQL, Sqlite databases, XML, and webservices. The company positions itself as a one-stop provider, with each product including specialized pre- and post-sale support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Astrum: Line of complete IP PBX telephone systems (Astrum X64, X128) for businesses from small to large corporations, supporting VoIP, IVR, and call center functionality. Includes cloud deployment options.
• Voice System One

Products and services

• Astrum IP PBX
• Astrum X64
• Astrum X128
• Astrum Virtual
• Analog and Digital Voice Cards for Asterisk
• Home Working / Remote Work Solution
• Data Center and Infrastructure Services
• Custom Application Development for Asterisk

Quantifiable outcome

• Customer grew from 200 to 460 extensions without additional licenses or hardware
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Telefonía Privada (Rosario)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBusiness partner in Rosario city for implementation of Astrum systems, notably deploying the Astrum X128 system for Club Atlético Rosario Central with dialer and campaign management capabilities.
• Asterisk (Platform)coreTechnology or IntegrationPlatform partnership for Asterisk-based IP PBX development. Star Comunicaciones develops analog and digital line cards for IP PBX systems based on the Asterisk platform, and integrates applications with Asterisk systems for clients.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Grandstream Networks: Grandstream manufactures IP phones, VoIP gateways, and IP PBX appliances (UCM series), directly competing with Star's hardware equipment sales and small-to-mid-capacity Astrum systems.
• 3CX: 3CX is a global IP PBX and UCaaS vendor offering software-based telephone systems for SMB and enterprise, directly competing with Star's Astrum line on VoIP PBX functionality and scalability.
• Sangoma Technologies: Sangoma commercializes Asterisk-based PBX products (FreePBX, PBXact), analog/digital telephony cards, and IP phones — overlapping directly with Star's Astrum platform and Asterisk line card business.
• Yealink: Yealink is a leading global manufacturer of IP phones and conference phones commonly deployed with IP PBX systems — comparable to Star's IP phone/accessories product line.

Emerging players

• RingCentral: RingCentral is a global cloud UCaaS provider expanding into Latin America; while not a direct on-premise PBX competitor, its cloud contact center offering increasingly competes for the same enterprise telephony budgets Star targets.
• Issabel: Issabel is an open-source Asterisk-based unified communications platform popular in Latin American SMB markets — overlapping with Star's Asterisk-based Astrum IP PBX offering in the same regional segment.

Broad incumbents

• Avaya: Avaya is an established global vendor of enterprise telephony and contact center solutions, providing IP Office and Aura platforms that compete with Star's Astrum systems for larger enterprise and multi-site deployments.
• Mitel: Mitel offers on-premise and cloud communications solutions (MiVoice, MiCloud) targeting SMB and enterprise — directly overlapping with Star's IP PBX and call center offering.
• Cisco (Webex Calling / Unified Communications): Cisco's unified communications and Webex Calling portfolio competes in the enterprise IP telephony and call center space where Star's Astrum systems are deployed, particularly for larger enterprises and multi-branch rollouts.
• Panasonic (Business Communications / NS Series): Panasonic's business communications PBX systems (e.g., the TD500 referenced in Star's case studies) are the legacy incumbents Star has displaced in Argentine enterprise accounts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/starcomunicaciones.argentina

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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