XConnect Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's ``Product of the Year'' Award for 2005; XConnect Alliance(TM) Honored for Outstanding Innovation.LONDON -- XConnect announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center (R))'s 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. (R) magazine (www.itmag.com) has named XConnect's Alliance as a recipient of a 2005 Product of the Year Award. INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the VoIP Authority Since 1998(TM). XConnect, the largest neutral VoIP peering provider worldwide, connects more than 75 VoIP (VoBB or ITSP (Internet Telephony Service Provider) An ISP or telephone company that provides VOIP phone calls. The term was popular for a while in the late 1990s, but has not been widely used. See IP gateway and ITXC. ITSP - Internet Telephony Service Providers ) service providers without connecting calls to traditional phone networks. Their flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , XConnect Alliance(TM), offers the world's first multilateral settlement-free exchange of traffic between VoIP service provider members. Members 'plug and peer' with other IP voice service providers around the world through a single connection to the XConnect Network, avoiding the need to negotiate multiple exchange agreements. Complementary products include XConnect XChange(TM), a neutral clearing-house and minutes exchange, and DirectRoute(TM) a product that combines the Alliance and XChange, allowing calls that originate on the 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. to terminate directly with an XConnect member on-net. "As Rich Tehrani, INTERNET TELEPHONY's publisher, recently stated: 2006 is the year of VoIP Peering. We're honored to have received this particular award from a publication that clearly understands the value of VoIP Peering and the implications on how we think about multimedia IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. ," said Eli Katz, Founder 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. of XConnect. "Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine bestows its Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. XConnect has demonstrated to the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY that its products or services are committed to quality and innovation while addressing the real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY. The Product of the Year Award winners for 2005 will be highlighted in the January and February 2006 issues of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. About XConnect Global Networks: XConnect is the world's first and largest provider of 'Plug and Peer' VoIP interconnection services dedicated to connecting ITSPs and enabling rich multi-media end to end IP communication. Headquartered in London with offices and facilities in USA, Europe and Asia, XConnect is the largest neutral VoIP peering provider for ITSPs. XConnect's award-winning solutions comprehensively address interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. , ENUM directory services, and security. XConnect provides peering services to 75 ITSPs in more than 20 countries enabling IP calls between VoIP end-users. XConnect was founded in 2004 by Eli Katz, also co-founder and chairman of the UK's Internet Telephony Service Providers' Association. For more information on XConnect, please visit www.xconnect.net. About TMC(R) Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) publishes Customer Inter@ction Solutions(R) and INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazines, Web portal See portal. TMCnet.com, and the online publications SIP(TM), Speech-World(TM), VoIP Developer(TM), WiFI Telephony See voice over Wi-Fi. (TM), WiMAX(TM), Alternative Power(TM) and BiometriTech(TM). TMC(R) is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC(R) Labs. TMC(R) produces INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Conference & EXPO, VoIP Developer Conference(TM) and Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit(TM). TMC offers live and online certification programs through TMC University. TMCnet.com publishes more than 14 online newsletters. Visit www.tmcnet.com for details. |
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