[March 31, 2005]

Launch: Telstra�s T-VoIP Offering

BY JOHANNE TORRES

Communications services provider Telstra Incorporated announced it is making available the T-VoIP, the company’s global VoIP offering. Telstra said it designed T-VoIP targeting multinational corporations needing a quality solution to control, manage and reduce global telecommunications costs.

"T-VoIP is based on Telstra's global IP VPN platform that is backed by our service level agreements (SLAs), delivering highly reliable, integrated IP packetized voice service," said Dan Kerth, president and COO, Telstra Incorporated. "Companies can combine voice and data traffic to maximize their return on investment and through lower off-net rates, reduce the cost once associated with sending on-net and off-net voice traffic over a public switched network."

According to Telstra, with T-VoIP in place, companies will be able to interconnect geographically dispersed PBXs over a "virtual private network", thus avoiding the high price of international toll calls between office locations. Companies with small branch offices up to very large sites can be supported with access speeds ranging from 128 Kbps through 155 Mbps. In a converged scenario, voice and data traffic share the same local access loop, reducing the number of access loops required to obtain services.

"T-VoIP has the ability to simplify a company's network and streamline costs associated with voice and data," said Ilissa Miller, Product Marketing Manager. "A monthly rate for the on-net calling plan provides customers with virtually unlimited intra-company calls. In addition, off-net is provided at a flat rate per termination country, independent of the country of origin."

Telstra says its T-VoIP is offering companies a free analysis of their networking needs to determine if a global IP voice VPN is right for them and if they are among the majority of companies who can save up to 40 percent by combining global voice and data service using T-VoIP.

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