Breezeline, the nation’s eighth-largest cable operator, has launched “Hosted Voice Essential,” a new cloud-based phone service designed for smaller businesses.

Hosted systems use smart software and cloud technology to deliver a complete and fully-managed service with flexibility and extensive features, unlike traditional on-premise systems that require costly hardware and separate management and maintenance contracts, a release said.

Breezeline introduced Host Voice in 2016 and developed the new Hosted Voice Essential service in response to growing interest among smaller businesses.Scaled for one to four users, the Hosted Voice Essential service includes unlimited local and long distance calling; advanced call routing; dial by name directory; call forwarding, call transfer and three-way calling; call screening/blocking; call waiting/hold; and mobility features including voicemail to email and mobile extensions for iOS and Android.

The Breezeline Hosted Voice Essential service...