XO Communications Signs 2,000th Business VoIP Services Customer
November 21 2005 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Simplicity, Flexibility and Cost-Savings Drive VoIP Adoption by
Small and Medium-Sized Businesses RESTON, Va., Nov. 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XO Communications, Inc. (OTC:XOCM.OB)
(BULLETIN BOARD: XOCM.OB) today announced that it has signed its
2,000th customer of XOptions Flex, its industry-leading voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) services bundle for businesses. All new
customers to XO, the 2,000 XOptions Flex customers have been signed
just seven months after launching the service nationwide,
demonstrating the strong demand by small and medium-sized
businesses for VoIP solutions that are simple, flexible and
cost-effective. The 2,000th XOptions Flex customer is U.S.
Wholesale Pipe & Tube (http://www.usw.com/), a leading national
distributor of galvanized mechanical steel pipe and tube that is
deploying XOptions Flex at its offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles and
Tampa. "XOptions Flex is a national solution that can support our
offices across the country, which allows us to work with XO for all
of our communications needs," said Ramona Talpa, MIS manager, at
U.S. Wholesale Pipe & Tube. "In addition, with its unlimited
calling and dynamic bandwidth allocation, XOptions Flex will help
us reduce our telecommunications costs while also providing each of
our offices with increased data speeds." "We continue to be very
pleased with the ongoing success of XOptions Flex in the market,"
said Craig Collins, vice president of product management and
marketing communications at XO Communications. "XOptions Flex has
been established as the leading VoIP services bundle for
businesses, as the only solution that combines unlimited voice
calling, dedicated Internet access and web hosting for one, flat
monthly price." XOptions Flex is the industry's first VoIP services
bundle for businesses that combines unlimited local and long
distance calling, dedicated Internet access and web hosting for a
flat monthly price. XOptions Flex leverages the latest in VoIP
technology to provide customers with advanced capabilities such as
unlimited voice calling, dynamic bandwidth allocation, voice
virtual private networking (VPN), and a simple Administrative Web
Portal. In addition, businesses can take full advantage of all of
these IP-enabled capabilities and features without having to
replace their existing analog phone systems. With a broadband
connection on the XO IP network, XOptions Flex utilizes the XO
national IP network and softswitch technology to carry customers'
voice calls more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional
services that rely on the public switched telephone network. As a
business-class VoIP solution, XOptions Flex provides customers with
full access to E911 emergency services. XOptions Flex Features
XOptions Flex includes more than twenty standard voice features for
each phone line including call forward, three-way calling, and
voice mail. Key features of the service include: * Dedicated
Internet Access up to 3 Mbps * Dynamic bandwidth allocation *
Unlimited local calling * Unlimited inbound and outbound domestic
long distance calling * An easy-to-use Administrative Web Portal
for making real-time changes to services * Web Hosting Package *
Additional voice lines, hosting and other applications can also be
added on an a la carte basis. XOptions Flex is available in major
metropolitan areas across the United States, including Akron,
Allentown, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland,
Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Worth,
Harrisburg, Houston, Jersey City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami,
Memphis, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Newark, Oakland, Orange
County, CA, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland,
Sacramento, St. Louis, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, Salt Lake City,
San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Scranton, Seattle,
Spokane, Tampa, Trenton, Washington, DC, West Palm Beach, and
Wilmington, DE. For more information about XOptions Flex visit
http://www.xo.com/flex or contact an XO sales representative by
calling (866) 963-9696. About XO Communications XO Communications
is a leading provider of national and local telecommunications
services to businesses, large enterprises and telecommunications
companies. XO offers a complete portfolio of services, including
local and long distance voice, dedicated Internet access, private
networking, data transport, and Web hosting services as well as
bundled voice and Internet solutions. XO provides these services
over an advanced, national facilities-based IP network and serves
more than 70 metropolitan markets across the United States. For
more information, visit http://www.xo.com/. DATASOURCE: XO
Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Chad Couser of XO Communications,
+1-703-547-2746, or Web site: http://www.xo.com/
http://www.xo.com/flex http://www.usw.com/
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