[July 30, 2015]

iBasis Adds 100 LTE Roaming Destinations in First Six Months of 2015, Now Reaches 290+ LTE Destinations

iBasis (News - Alert), a KPN company, today announced the expansion of the iBasis Global IPX network, adding more than 100 LTE destinations in the past six months. The iBasis global LTE footprint now includes more than 290 LTE network destinations.

According to the Global Mobile Supplier Association (GSA (News - Alert)), 422 operators have commercially launched LTE networks in 143 countries, as of July 2015, and 677 operators are investing in LTE across 181 countries. iBasis' global LTE (News - Alert) Roaming footprint is essential to enabling MNOs to capture new revenue opportunities from LTE Roaming offerings.

iBasis' mobile operator customers can also have immediate visibility into their roaming traffic via InVision, iBasis' simple-to-use but sophisticated quality monitoring and management tool. The advanced analytics help mobile operators keep control over their roaming business and enhance end-user experience.

"iBasis is proud to deliver the widest reach in the market to help mobile operators accelerate the extension of LTE end-user benefits beyond their borders, especially during the summer holiday season when international roaming volumes soar," said iBasis CTO Ajay Joseph (News - Alert). "We are already experiencing dramatic growth in our roaming traffic, including 30% month-over-month growth in LTE traffic, and te summer roaming season is just getting started."

The iBasis LTE Roaming Solution

iBasis offers mobile operators the shortest route to securing LTE roaming revenues and achieving a global LTE roaming footprint. A single point of access provides operators entry to iBasis' 4G (LTE) signaling and data network with Diameter Routing Agents on all continents for maximum service quality and global reach to more than 290 LTE networks. iBasis provides a full portfolio of LTE signaling, data and voice capabilities combined with its InVision advanced monitoring and reporting tool. The iBasis LTE Roaming solution uses the iBasis multiservice IPX for guaranteed and differentiated quality for all services. iBasis also offers a robust trial environment for testing multiple LTE roaming scenarios, including VoLTE.

About iBasis

A wholly-owned KPN (News - Alert) company, iBasis is a leading international voice carrier and a provider of data services and solutions for mobile operators. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of voice termination services and data services, including messaging, signaling and roaming, for many of the world's largest fixed and mobile operators, as well as "over-the-top" and voice-over-broadband service providers. iBasis customers include KPN and its mobile operators and more than 1,000 other providers around the world. The company can be reached at its worldwide headquarters in Burlington, Mass., USA at +1 781-505-7500 or at www.ibasis.com.

iBasis and KPN are registered marks. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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