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XO Communications Inc. has interconnected with Stealth Communications’ Voice Peering Fabric (VPF), a peering network that allows members to exchange VoIP traffic without relying on traditional telephone networks, the companies jointly announced on Tuesday.
The VPF allows the trading of calls on different VoIP networks without the need to be traversed through the public switched telephone network (PSTN). "The VPF is a distributed Ethernet network that functions as an exchange or meet-point for VoIP traffic by allowing enterprises and service providers to establish peer-to-peer connections in a secure, quality-of-service environment," noted the companies' news release. "VoIP providers need access to the traditional phone networks, and through the VPF XO can offer members a cost-effective way to deliver their VoIP calls to the public switched telephone network," said Ernie Ortega, president of carrier sales at XO Communications. "With our national IP network and VoIP infrastructure, XO can deliver VPF members’ calls to any domestic location on the public switched telephone network through a single connection to our network."
The agreement will enable XO to belong to the VPF ENUM Registry and exchange VoIP traffic directly with other VPF members. XO will also be able to offer VoIP Origination and Termination services nationwide through the VPF to its members needing to deliver VoIP calls to the PSTN.
"We are very excited to have XO to join our community. Their participation in the VPF Minutes Market will no doubt provide competitive services and add value to our marketplace. XO's use of the VPF ENUM Registry will decrease their operational costs and benefit our members by allowing VoIP calls to remain within the IP domain." said Shrihari Pandit, president and CEO of Stealth Communications.
XO made news last month when it was picked by SunRocket for VoIP termination services.
By selecting XO to terminate VoIP traffic, companies virtually hand over their VoIP calls directly to XO for termination to the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
The agreement will allow SunRocket's voice traffic to be routed across the XO OC-192 class of service-enabled network at a higher priority level. The traffic will pass through an XO softswitch gateway and will be carried across the XO IP network to an XO softswitch gateway nearest the final destination of the call. The process will convert the traffic by a XO softswitch to a format accepted by the terminating local service provider.
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