DataAccess in pact with ITXC for international telephony services

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 02 June 2003, 19:30 IST
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NEW DELHI: DataAccess America Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Data Access (India) Ltd., has announced an interconnect agreement with ITXC Corp. (NASDAQ: ITXC), one of world's leading international voice carriers, as part of Data Access' strategy in the U.S. telecommunications market. According to the terms of the agreement, DataAccess will offer its customers international telephony services to and from the United States over ITXC's global Voice over IP (VoIP) network ITXC.net. This will enable DataAccess to provide international telephony solutions to over 175 countries. The interconnect agreement allows DataAccess America to terminate its traffic to all major international destinations using ITXC's global network. Also this allows ITXC to access DataAccess' global network to deliver high quality telephony services using Data Access' PoPs in London, New York, Hong Kong, and all major Indian cities. "Our international agreement with ITXC is an extension of our successful partnership that we have cherished together. It facilitates our ability to offer world-class international long distance services in the U.S.," said Siddhartha Ray, Founder & Managing Director, Data Access India Ltd. "ITXC provides us a faster time-to-market advantage, lower capital and operating costs while supplying significant advantage to our worldwide customers via the high quality services that ITXC's international network delivers" Ray added. "We are pleased to continue to work with Data Access and congratulate them on their new venture Data Access America," said Steve Ott, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, ITXC Corporation. "We are proud to have partnered with Data Access in India when the country deregulated last year, and look forward to continuing to exchange traffic with them as one of their key global network services providers."

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