Qwest Boosts Internet Telephony Product Offer for Business Customers; Qwest OneFlex IP Long Distance and IP Toll Free Services Available via Qwest IP Platforms or Public Internet.DENVER -- Qwest Communications
See: New York Stock Exchange : Q) today announced that it has expanded its suite of 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. products available to business customers. With the new Qwest OneFlex(R) IP Long Distance and Qwest OneFlex(R) IP Toll Free products, business customers can now combine the cost-effectiveness of IP transport with the traditional accessibility of the public switched telephone network (PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. ). The products provide great customer benefit by allowing them to receive toll-free calls and make domestic and international calls with their IP service. "IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. products provide great benefit for business customers, including cost savings and operational efficiencies," said Eric Bozich, vice president of product management at Qwest. "With the introduction of these enhanced features, Qwest OneFlex gives customers new ways to run their businesses more effectively." Qwest OneFlex IP Long Distance is a solution that allows the termination of IP voice traffic to the PSTN. Qwest OneFlex IP Toll Free takes inbound 8XX PSTN-originated calls, routes them to the customer and hands them off in Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP) format. Customers can access both products via the Qwest IP network or through the public Internet. Qwest OneFlex IP Long Distance is offered wherever Qwest Domestic and International Voice is available; Qwest OneFlex IP Toll Free is offered wherever Qwest Domestic Voice is available. Both products are sold as part of the Qwest Total Advantage and Qwest Loyal Advantage programs. Qwest is a major long-distance, toll-free and Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. provider and has been routing long-distance and toll-free traffic in IP since 2001. Qwest currently carries more than 4 billion minutes of use per month across the Qwest IP backbone. About Qwest Qwest offers a unique and powerful combination of voice and data solutions for businesses, government agencies and consumers - locally and throughout the country. Customers coast to coast are turning to Qwest's industry-leading national fiber optic network and its Spirit of Service for quality products and superior customer experience. For more information on Qwest, and its various operating subsidiaries, please go to www.qwest.com. The Qwest logo is a registered trademark of Qwest Communications International Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. |
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