BOSTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the Fall VON 2007
conference, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced the expanded availability
of AT&T Voice Over IP Connect Service (AVOICS). AVOICS is the flagship
wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offer for U.S. service
providers that want IP-based connectivity to AT&T's global IP network for
long distance call termination. For more than 10 years, AT&T has provided
wholesale VoIP solutions, which address the U.S. domestic and international
termination needs of service providers with a variety of connectivity
options.
AVOICS provides unbranded and unbundled transport over the AT&T
network, as well as termination of international and U.S. domestic traffic.
Customers connect to the service via AT&T's Managed Internet Service
(MIS)/Multiprotocol Label Switching-Private Network Transport (MPLS-PNT)
service, which provides class-of-service voice quality, key security
elements and advanced network reliability. AVOICS is highly scalable and
accepts U.S.-originated domestic outbound (1+) calls and international
outbound (011+) calls by using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling.
AT&T has expanded the scale and scope of its wholesale VoIP services,
and is now offering AVOICS to customers that want the service with T1, T3
and OCX connectivity as well as meeting a market demand for a customer
managed model. Initially introduced with limited availability, AVOICS is
now available to all of AT&T's U.S.-based wholesale customers. The
expansion of AVOICS specifically includes:
-- Increased capacity in the VoIP network infrastructure to meet customer
traffic demand
-- Increased connectivity from T1 to T3 ... all the way to OC48
-- Moving from an AT&T Managed Router Model to a Customer Managed Router
Model to monitor the circuit
-- Native and non-native IP traffic on the same circuit with unique IP
signaling addresses
"AT&T continues to be a significant global player in wholesale VoIP and
is enhancing its portfolio to continually meet evolving customer needs,"
said Cindy Whelan, senior analyst, Business Network Services; Wholesale
Services for Current Analysis Inc. "AT&T's experts work closely with
customers to customize converged solutions that support their unique VoIP
requirements."
AT&T has had more than a decade of wholesale VoIP success already in
large part through its pioneer offer, Global Hubbing IP Access (GHIA),
which will continue to play a key role in providing service to operators
that carry substantial volumes of international traffic. With GHIA,
customers send their VoIP traffic to the AT&T network for VoIP termination.
If no VoIP termination is available, a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)
conversion is made to cost-effectively deliver calls over AT&T's highly
reliable and secure network. AT&T also offers AT&T IP Toll-Free service to
wholesale customers for use in their own large call centers, supporting
their evolution to the contact center of the future.
"As a world leader in voice and IP networking, AT&T is helping our
wholesale customers evolve to the next generation of converged
communications through our suite of VoIP services," said Sherry Charles,
vice president, Wholesale Segment Marketing, AT&T Operations Inc. "We
recognize that our customers need to support both native IP and TDM
capabilities. The breadth of VoIP offerings that we supply enable service
providers to cost-effectively broaden their footprint and enhance their
bandwidth through our robust MPLS-based network with the proven reliability
and security that they expect from a global networking leader."
AT&T's suite of wholesale VoIP services connects customers to one of
the world's most advanced, secure and powerful global IP backbone networks,
lessening the chance for disruption or delays. AT&T's VoIP customers are
confident selling services that ride on AT&T's highly reliable network.
As a global leader, AT&T delivers a full portfolio of end-to-end
reliable and highly secure network, voice, data and IP solutions to the six
wholesale industry segments that it serves: carriers, wireless operators,
cable providers, systems integrators, Internet service providers and
content providers. AT&T is one of the largest wholesale transport and
communications service providers in the world -- maintaining connections to
more than 400 carriers in more than 220 countries and territories. AT&T
brings value to wholesale customers through its global networking,
industry-leading portfolio and vertical expertise.
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About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their
offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications
services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings.
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