Sideline

## Official Information About Sideline

## Basic Information  
Name: Sideline  
Type: Mobile communication and privacy app  
Founded: 2015  
Location: San Jose, CA, United States  
Core Expertise: Providing app users with a second mobile phone number and privacy features that help keep their personal number private  
Secondary Services: Web messaging, spam recognition and prevention, auto-reply to missed calls and texts, group/team communication features, voicemail transcription  
Website: https://www.sideline.com  
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/sideline-number/  
Key Personnel:  
Knowledge Platforms: iOS, Android, Web  

## Sideline Background  
Sideline is a mobile app available on iOS, Android, and Web that adds a second phone number to your phone, keeping your personal number private and protected. With a separate contact list, dedicated voicemail, and custom ring and text tones, Sideline also keeps your professional and personal communications separate—so you don’t need to purchase a second phone. Sideline’s patented technology utilizes your existing carrier network for dependable call quality wherever you are, and integrates unlimited text messaging, voicemail, and additional features to manage calls and messages efficiently.

Originally developed to simplify, separate, and organize how professionals and individuals communicate, it has evolved to introduce privacy-focused features that help people protect their personal information and address modern calling and texting issues, like spam filtering that automatically identifies and forwards spam calls to voicemail, automated responses (“auto-replies”) for missed calls and texts, and voicemail-to-text transcription.

## Core Service Offerings  
### Primary Services  
- Second phone number for mobile calling and texting  
- Unlimited calling, SMS, MMS, and group messaging  
- Auto-replies to missed calls and texts  
- Spam detection and management  
- Dedicated Sideline contacts list  
- Separate voicemail  
- Voicemail-to-text transcription  
- Custom ring & text tones  

## Secondary Services  
- Team number sharing that allows multiple people to answer calls & texts from a single number  
- Number porting from another device or landline  

## Typical Users  
Sideline’s end users range widely, given the utility of a second phone number. Generally speaking, Sideline is used by individual consumers, freelancers, and other professionals who want to add a second number to their personal phone to protect their privacy and keep their communications separate and organized.

## Proprietary Methodologies & Tools  
- Patented calling technology that allows Sideline to harness users’ carrier plans and provide reliable calling wherever that carrier has service  
- Unified Sideline inbox combining calls, texts, and voicemail into a single space  
- Spam and unknown caller identification  

## Technology Stack  
- Patented carrier-based calling with optional VoIP  
- iOS and Android mobile …