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Pulver Sells IPeerX To XConnect |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Wednesday, 13 September 2006 |
The man behind VoIP service provider, Vonage, from before it
was Vonage has sold his VoIP peering company IPeerX to the world's largest peering
provider, XConnect.
Pulver will get a seat on the Board of the XConnect Alliance,
while Kingsley Hill, President of IPeerX, will head XConnect's Strategic
Federation development activities.
IPeerX, owned by Jeff Pulver's Pulver.com Enterprises was
founded in 2003 now has more than 130 VoIP provider members and operates one of
the largest ENUM registries, representing over four million end users
worldwide.
It's the second acquisition this year for XConnect, which
also bought e164.info, the Germany-based Carrier ENUM Exchange. XConnect's
membership now totals approximately 300 service providers in 30 countries,
together contributing over eight million active VoIP numbers to XConnect's ENUM
Registry as well as a further 120 million numbers registered for future use.
"VoIP operators are recognising that peering has
tremendous benefits and are leveraging the multi-lateral federation services of
XConnect to enhance their features and lower their cost," said Eli Katz,
Chief Executive Officer (and founder) of XConnect.
"With the acquisition of IPeerX, and the growth of our
ENUM registry, we can extend our secure peering services to larger groups of
operators. In creating the definitive global ENUM registry, XConnect enables
the development of innovative IP services and delivers new revenue
opportunities for Service Providers, while significantly reducing the costs of
interconnections."
Jeff Pulver, Chairman of Pulver.com Enterprises said,
"VoIP Peering will drive the adoption of the new generation of IP communications
including video, voice and messaging. The success of VoIP Peering depends on
having a sufficiently large community of service providers - this deal creates
an industry player with the critical mass to succeed."
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