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New Aussie Peering Outfit Launched |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 09 November 2006 |
Sydney-based VoIP
services company, Symbio Networks, has launched a VoIP peering platform,
signing up MyNetFone as the first participant. The company says it hopes to get
engin and ISPhone onboard soon.
Located at Equinix, the
Symbio platform has more than 100,000 SIP end-points accessible, but is keen to
sign up other providers.
Engin and ISPhone are
said to be considering a trial of the platform in the near future says the
company.
Symbio will be in
competition with another Australian peering initiative which began in August. Pipe Networks began putting
together a platform back in August and hinted at plans to take part in an international peering fabric.
With Symbio, the VoIP
peering exchange connection is free with a 3 cent per answered call session
charge.
Peering is already big
business in the US and Europe as it promises considerable cost savings and PSTN
independence to service providers.
It is yet to take off
in Australia,
but Symbio is predicting exponential growth in the services.
According to Symbio
Networks, Director, Rene Sugo, VoIP peering will drive the future success of
VoIP.
"Large scale VoIP
peering is complex and setting up the Symbio platform is the result of many
man-hours of development by a highly skilled team of professionals," he said.
"It has been necessary
to overcome challenges in areas such as protocol compatibility, provisioning, numbering,
security, quality, privacy and billing and settlement."
A Symbio customer already MyNetFone has wasted no time joining
up to the group.
"Peering is a critical element in the continued growth and
success of VoIP," said Andy Fung, Managing Director, My Net Fone.
"MyNetFone is excited to be leading the way as a foundation
member of this important initiative and encourages more service providers to
sign on," he said.
"The VoIP Peering initiative will provide true independence
from the PSTN and is seen as a tremendous step forward in the evolution of VoIP
in Australia,"
said Fung.
www.symbionetworks.com
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