ITXC and Bell Atlantic Show 'Proof of Concept' Wholesale IP Telephony Origination Demo at TRA.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2000 ITXC (Internet Telephony Exchange Carrier Corporation, Princeton, NJ, www.itxc.com) The largest IP exchange carrier in the world. ITXC was acquired by wholesale telco provider Teleglobe Bermuda Ltd. in 2004 and then by Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Corp(R) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ITXC) and Bell Atlantic (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BEL) will be demonstrating how a wholesale Internet phone (1) See IP phone and softphone. (2) (Internet Phone) The first VoIP telephone service in the U.S., introduced in early 1995 by VocalTec Communications Ltd., Fort Lee, NJ (www.vocaltec.com). Using a Windows softphone, calls could also be made to a regular phone. call origination Call Origination, also known as voice origination, refers to the collecting of the calls initiated by a calling party on a telephone exchange of PSTN, and handing off the calls to a VoIP endpoint or to another exchange or telephone company for completion to a called party. service might work. This demonstration will take place at TRA's 2000 Spring Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA, on May 9-10, 2000. The companies described the demo as a "proof of concept" and said that a decision on whether and when to launch the service would depend on a number of factors including interest shown at the show. In the demonstration, callers will use an ordinary phone to dial a Bell Atlantic supplied 950-xxxx number to access the Bell Atlantic platform. After dialing, callers will be prompted to supply a PIN authorization and a phone number to be called. The calls will go from a Bell Atlantic switch to an Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. gateway operated by Bell Atlantic, then onto the Internet over ITXC.net(TM), the world's largest Internet telephony network, and will be terminated by ITXC affiliates around the world. If offered, this service would be targeted at companies that sell prepaid pre·pay tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays To pay or pay for beforehand. pre·pay ment n. calling cards to consumers. Users of the cards would be able to get the benefit of Bell Atlantic call origination and low Internet telephony rates available from ITXC as well as ITXC's BestValue Routing(TM), which assures call quality even when calls are carried over the public Internet. NOTE TO MEDIA: A diagram illustrating how the demonstration works can be found at http://www.itxc.com/resources/1BellITXCdown.html. About ITXC Corp: ITXC Corp (www.itxc.com) is the service providers' service provider for voice on the Internet. ITXC WWeXchange Service(R) provides phone-to-phone wholesale call completion for carriers and resellers and has been chosen by ten of the top twelve U.S. facilities-based carriers, leading European competitive carriers, and eleven PTTs worldwide to complete their customers' calls. ITXC webtalkNOW! Service(SM) enables portals, ISPs, and communications web sites to offer PC-to-phone calling to their customers under their own brands. Both services provide high quality over the public Internet by routing calls on ITXC.net, which is the largest Internet telephony network in the world with 245 points of presence in over 143 cities and 57 countries. Announced carrier affiliates include Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, China Telecom, Gambia Telecommunications Company See telecom company. , Interoute, Justice, Korea Telecom KT (formerly, Korea Telecom, Korean: 한국통신, NYSE: KT) is South Korea's top integrated wired/wireless telecommunication service provider. KT has been Korea's leader in the development of the information & communications business for the last 25 years , and Pacific Gateway Exchange. Web-based customers include American Internet Communications, Dialpad.com, MediaRing.com, Onebox.com, and WowRing.com. Forward looking statements: ITXC may not meet the projections reflected in its forward looking statements due to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, among other factors, the volatile and competitive environment for Internet telephony, changes in domestic and foreign economic, market and regulatory conditions and other risks detailed in ITXC's reports filed from time to time with the SEC. ITXC Corp and WWeXchange are registered trademarks. ITXC.net, BestValue Routing, and ITXC webtalkNOW! are trademarks and service marks of ITXC Corp. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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