Norway's Leading Carrier Now Connected To ITXC.net; Telenor And ITXC Exchanging International Traffic.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers PRINCETON, N.J. & and OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE) Sept. 4, 2001 Telenor Global Services is now exchanging international phone calls with 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 (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) via ITXC.net(SM), the largest global network for voice on the Internet with points of presence in over 125 countries. Telenor is Norway's leading provider of voice, information, knowledge, and entertainment through a broad range of modern communications services. ITXC is currently selling to its subsidiary Telenor Global Services AS (TGS TGS Tokyo Game Show TGS Ticket-Granting Service TGS Ticket-granting Server TGS The Good Shepherd TGS Teen Girl Squad TGS The Gargoyles Saga TGS Texas Gourd Society TGS Tomato Growers Supply TGS Trinity Grammar School TGS Tomographic Gamma Scanner ), which was established specifically to provide international wholesale services to telecom operators, mobile operators, and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) throughout the world. "Our domestic network is one of the most technologically advanced fixed-line networks in the world. It supports residential, business and wholesale markets as well as providing services to other Telenor business areas. Our customers have very high expectations as to the quality of service," said Terje Haufmann, Product Director of Telenor Global Services. "ITXC is a valuable add-on to us, in our efforts to provide both the quality and the prices demanded in today's highly competitive environment." By collocating ITXC customer premise equipment at its switch site, Telenor has immediate access to ITXC's network for sending and receiving international calls via the Internet. Telenor has achieved this additional worldwide reach without having to spend capital on new circuits. Although ITXC carries calls to and from Norway over the Internet, the calls are placed and received on ordinary telephones and fax machines in the usual way. Neither party needs to have or use a computer. Callers are unaware that their calls are being routed over the Internet since ITXC's intelligent routing technology provides quality that is equal to and, in some parts of the world, better than that provided by the legacy phone network. Over the last four years, ITXC has built the world's largest network for routing calls over the Internet. Originally, most of these calls were made from highly competitive markets, like Norway, to people in developing nations. ITXC has recently completed agreements with the national carriers of South Africa, Ghana and Chad. As telecom markets around the world open to competition, more and more calls are being made from countries that had previously only received calls from ITXC. Some of those calls now terminate in Norway via this relationship. Two-way global traffic over ITXC.net increases volume on ITXC's network, increases revenues for terminating carriers, and provides more competitive rates to ITXC carrier customers. Telenor has a tradition of innovative service and high quality," said Tom Evslin, ITXC Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The European voice market is extremely competitive. ITXC.net allows Tier 1 carriers like Telenor to reduce their costs for international call completion without sacrificing voice quality." Telenor ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and is an international provider of high quality telecommunications, data and media communication services, with a particularly strong focus on mobile, Internet and broadband services. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, the company is present in over 30 countries, with revenues of NOK NOK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Norwegian Krone. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 37.6 billion (US$4.3 billion) in 2000. Internationally, Telenor continues to target investments within mobile, Internet, TV-distribution and satellite communications, constantly providing its worldwide customers with leading-edge solutions at competitive prices. Telenor ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange An exchange founded in 1819 and trading stocks, bonds, and stock options that is considered the options market of Norway. (TEL TEL Telephone TEL Telegram TEL Telugu (langauge) TEL Terrorist Exclusion List TEL Technology-Enhanced Learning TEL Transporter-Erector-Launcher TEL Tetra-Ethyl Lead TEL Team Deutsche Telekom ) and Nasdaq in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (TELN). Telenor Global Services AS provides international wholesale services to telecom operators and mobile operators throughout the world. TGS offers a broad portfolio of services including international voice termination, broadband capacity and GRX GRX Getright Download List (file extension) GRX Granada, Spain - Granada (Airport Code) GRX Grunts (FAO fish species code) GRX GPRS Roaming Exchange Node GRX Graphics solutions. The company had a turnover of almost NOK 1.9 billion (US$ 220 million) last year. TGS is a part of the Telenor group. ITXC Corp In less than four years of operation, ITXC Corp (NASDAQ:ITXC) has become the largest global carrier based in the US dedicated exclusively to carrying voice calls on behalf of other carriers. ITXC has permanently changed the economics of international long distance by establishing and operating ITXC.net, the company's Internet-based voice network which delivers carrier-grade voice quality to over 125 countries. ITXC's patented and patent pending BestValue Routing(TM) technology provides such high voice quality that tier one carriers use ITXC for worldwide phone-to-phone traffic without needing to tell their customers that the calls are actually traveling over the Internet. Customers include almost all major carriers and most RBOCs in the US, many major traditional carriers worldwide, new competitive carriers in deregulating de·reg·u·late tr.v. de·reg·u·lat·ed, de·reg·u·lat·ing, de·reg·u·lates To free from regulation, especially to remove government regulations from: deregulate the airline industry. countries including local exchange operators (LECs) who outsource their new domestic and international long distance services to ITXC, e-commerce marketers who increase sales for their customers with ITXC Push to Talk(SM) buttons on Web sites and e-mail, and Internet-based Web-to-phone providers. For more information, visit www.itxc.com. Forward-looking statements: ITXC has included in this press release certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. "Forward-looking statements" consist of all non-historical information and include the analysis of historical data in this release. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the Company's forward-looking statements due to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, among other things, unanticipated technological difficulties, the volatile and competitive environment for Internet telephony, changes in domestic and foreign economic, market, and regulatory conditions, the creditworthiness Creditworthiness The condition in which the risk of default on a debt obligation by that entity is deemed low. Creditworthiness Eligibility of an individual or firm to borrow money. of our customers, uncertainty in legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. and other considerations described as "Risk Factors" in Exhibit 99 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2000 and in other filings by the Company with the SEC. ITXC is a registered trademark of ITXC Corp. ITXC.net, Push to Talk, and BestValue Routing are service marks and trademarks of ITXC Corp. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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