Industry analyst firm IHS ranks CenturyLink second among the
top 10 market-leading SIP trunking service providers in
North America
MONROE, La., Aug. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced that
it is in the top tier of SIP trunking providers in the 2015 IHS
Infonetics SIP Trunking North American Service Provider
Scorecard published by industry analyst firm Infonetics
Research, now IHS (NYSE: IHS).
CenturyLink ranked second among the 10 SIP trunking service
providers that IHS determined to have the greatest installed base
of lines/trunks for IP connectivity. The providers were evaluated
based on four criteria: financial stability, market strategy,
service capabilities and support options.
"SIP trunking has become the de facto next generation voice
connectivity solution for businesses in North America," said Diane Myers, research
director for VoIP, UC and IMS at IHS. "CenturyLink's focus on a
broad portfolio of unified communications and business VoIP
services, including SIP trunking, enables the provider to support a
wide spectrum of requirements for business customers."
In the scorecard, IHS states that CenturyLink scored highly as a
result of investing significant resources into its overall business
VoIP services portfolio over the past year. The report also
recognized the strong growth of CenturyLink's installed base.
"CenturyLink strategically designed a complete portfolio of
next-generation voice connectivity solutions to offer each business
customer a VoIP service that meets its unique needs," said
Ted Fitzgerald, manager, strategic
voice products, CenturyLink. "Customers have the flexibility to
choose premises-based SIP trunking, cloud-based VoIP or a hybrid
model."
The CenturyLink IQ SIP Trunk product is an integrated service
running over CenturyLink's IP network with multiple business
continuity options offered in centralized and decentralized
deployment options. The service is based on BroadSoft's
application-oriented SIP trunking platform, which enables
connectivity as well as a rich set of SIP trunking features.
Advanced features, unified communications, conferencing and contact
center services are available, and SIP trunking is offered as part
of several of CenturyLink's business bundles.
Learn more about CenturyLink's complete portfolio of voice
solutions, including SIP trunking, at
http://www.centurylink.com/business/enterprise/voice/.
IHS author Diane Myers wrote the
seventh annual IHS Infonetics SIP Trunking North American
Service Provider Scorecard, which was published August 7, 2015. Excerpts are available at:
http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2015/SIP-Trunking-Service-Provider-Scorecard.asp.
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global
communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling
millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives
through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network
and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting,
and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice,
video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile
U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport
network. Visit CenturyLink for more information.
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