XConnect Begins 2007 with Launch of DirectRoute Service.XConnect Opens Its Doors to Wholesale Carriers, Enabling Significant Cost Reductions on Calls Terminating To XConnect Registry Subscribers LONDON & HONOLULU -- XConnect, the world's largest neutral provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) peering services and operator of the XConnect Global Alliance, today announced the production launch of its DirectRoute service, enabling wholesale carriers to profit from Layer 5 VoIP Peering. Some of the high profile customers that have signed up for the service include leading international carriers such as Interoute, Bezeq International, and Touchstone touchstone Black, silica-containing stone used in assaying to determine the purity of gold and silver. The metal to be assayed is rubbed on the touchstone, and then a sample of metal of known purity is rubbed on the stone right next to it. . The announcement was made this morning at the PTC (PTC, Needham, MA, www.ptc.com) Long a world leader in mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, PTC, through acquisitions and reorganization, has transformed itself into a leading provider of Internet-based B2B solutions for discrete manufacturers. conference in Honolulu, Hawaii For the city and county of Honolulu, see City & County of Honolulu. “Honolulu” redirects here. For other uses, see Honolulu (disambiguation). Honolulu is the capital as well as the most populous community of the State of Hawaii, United States. , where Kingsley Hill, VP Strategic Federations will speak on a keynote panel on VoIP Peering. DirectRoute enables wholesale carriers to terminate calls destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for XConnect ENUM Registry numbers directly to the terminating Service Providers' networks, lowering per minute costs and improving quality by eliminating unnecessary transit operators and associated PSTN/VoIP gateways. For VoIP Service Providers receiving calls via DirectRoute, the service offers a significant source of new revenue; as they are able to receive calls from wholesale carriers directly into their VoIP infrastructure and to collect per-minute fees on inbound calls. "The launch of our DirectRoute leverages our unique ENUM Registry and VoIP Peering platform to build on our XConnect Global Alliance TM settlement-free VoIP federations and deliver compelling benefits to both the carriers and VoIP service providers managing PSTN-to-VoIP calls," said Eli Katz, 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. of XConnect. "We welcome Bezeq, Interoute and Touchstone as founding participants in the DirectRoute program and are pleased to have the support of these recognized leaders within the industry. Wholesale carriers can dramatically reduce termination costs on calls destined for numbers in the XConnect Registry, and VoIP service providers can increase ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. by monetizing inbound calls to their subscribers." Carriers exploit DirectRoute by implementing a query of the XConnect ENUM Registry, discovering which of its calls are destined for registered subscribers and can thus be delivered directly, and at lower cost, into the network of the applicable service provider, without unnecessary transit steps and quality degradation. The query response contains routing information when a number is matched in the Registry or, when not matched, informs the carrier to proceed with their normal LCR See least cost routing. routing. The ENUM Registry 'dip' is achieved through a SIP or ENUM-Query interface to a local cache of the Registry based upon XConnect's patent-pending Local Directory Server (LDS LDs See: Liquidated damages ). The LDS, delivers carrier-grade, high throughput and minimal latency on queries and automatically synchronizes with XConnect's central ENUM Registry. VoIP service providers belonging to XConnect's Global Alliance can join DirectRoute and begin earning revenue with no additional technical or integration requirements. "Interoute is excited about integrating XConnect's DirectRoute service and to have XConnect join our Arena program" said John Wilkinson Several notable men have been named John Wilkinson:
"We are excited to begin routing calls to XConnect's registry via the DirectRoute service" said Nissan Arie, Vice President at Bezeq International, based in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel. "VoIP Peering is a valuable new technology for reducing costs and increasing the quality of service we offer our global customer base." "Touchstone is so committed to the VoIP revolution that we dedicate 100% of our efforts to VoIP session management and back-office products" said Mark Baker, CEO of Dallas, TX based Touchstone Systems, Inc, " we believe XConnect's DirectRoute is a powerful driver of that VoIP revolution." XConnect DirectRoute was recently awarded the 2006 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. Product of the Year award. About XConnect Global Networks: XConnect is the world's first and largest provider of 'Plug and Peer' VoIP federation based interconnection & ENUM services dedicated to connecting VoIP operators and enabling rich multi-media end-to-end IP communication. Headquartered in London with offices and facilities in the USA, Europe and Asia, XConnect provides ENUM and peering services to over 400 VoIP operators in more than 35 countries, enabling IP calls between VoIP end-users. With its strategic technical partner Kayote Networks Inc., XConnect's award-winning solutions comprehensively address protocol interoperability, ENUM directory services, and security. Recently, XConnect was selected by the cable industry in the Netherlands to operate the first nation-wide VoIP peering solution, and recently acquired the European carrier ENUM exchange, e164.info and US-based peering service IPeerX Inc. For more information, please visit www.xconnect.net. About Bezeq International Bezeq International Ltd., the leader in International telecommunications in Israel, was established in 1996 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bezeq the Israel Telecommunications Corporation Ltd., and is part of the country's largest telecommunications group. Ten years after its establishment, BI is regarded as pre-eminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae in its field, providing customers with comprehensive telecommunications solutions in the fields of International telecommunications, Internet, Data Communication, Hosting and Information Security, based on the most advanced technologies in Israel and throughout the world. Bezeq International stands as Israel's leading telecommunications company See telecom company. with regard to all of its varied activities, and enjoys the highest and most impressive rates of revenue and profits, whilst gaining the largest rate of customer growth. About Touchstone Systems, Inc. Touchstone Systems, Inc. supplies high quality, high capacity VoIP termination to Tier 1 and Tier 2 customers around the world. Touchstone's commitment to service and reliability has established it as a leader in VoIP product delivery with carrier customers in the North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Touchstone offers VoIP session management services through their very successful Touchstone Worldwide product and real-time backoffice systems with Touchstone Insight. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. from their clustered switching facility at InfoMart in Downtown Dallas Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas (USA), located in the geographic center of the city. The area officially termed "downtown" is bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 (although known and signed as the northern terminus of . To learn more about Touchstone, visit our website at www.tstoneinc.com. About Interoute Interoute is Europe's fastest growing communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry provider and owner operator of Europe's most advanced and densely connected voice and data network, encompassing over 35,000kms of fibre. Its full-service next generation network serves more than 14,000 customers from retail to aerospace, every major European incumbent as well as the major operators of North America, East and South Asia This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. For geophysical treatments, see Indian subcontinent. South Asia, also known as Southern Asia , governments, universities and research agencies. These organisations find Interoute the ideal partner for hosting content, providing wholesale transit services, corporate access or creating new services. With established operations throughout mainland Europe and in North America, Interoute also owns and operates dense city networks throughout Europe's major business centres. More than [euro]1 billion in e-commerce transactions flows through its data centres each day, making Interoute a key part of Europe's Digital Supply Chain. www.interoute.com |
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