XO Communications Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's NEW "INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence" Award for 2005
October 03 2005 - 9:09AM
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XOptions Flex Singled Out For Delivering Solutions That Improve
VoIP/IP Telephony RESTON, Va., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XO
Communications, Inc. (OTC:XOCM.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: XOCM.OB)
announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R))'s
INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazine (http://www.itmag.com/) has named
XOptions(R) Flex as a recipient of an INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence
Award for 2005. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been VoIP Authority
since 1998(TM). 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. Available in forty-seven metropolitan markets
nationwide, 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. For more information about
XOptions Flex, visit http://www.xo.com/flex. "We're very excited to
have XOptions Flex recognized as a leading voice over IP solution
for businesses," said Craig Collins, vice president of product
management and marketing communications at XO Communications. "This
recognition reflects not only INTERNET TELEPHONY's review but the
strong endorsement of more than 1,500 businesses across the country
that have signed on as XOptions Flex customers in just five months
since it was launched." "The editorial staff of INTERNET TELEPHONY
magazine is proud to announce the winners of the first-ever
INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Awards. These companies are as varied
as there are products that fit under the IP telephony umbrella. But
the one thing that binds them all together is that they all excel
at delivering solutions that solve their customers' needs,"
indicated Rich Tehrani, Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY. "The
VoIP space is hot these days, and it's easy to get caught up in the
hype associated with such a buzzing marketplace. However, the
winners of the first-ever INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award are
not merely "me-too" players. XO Communications has proven to the
editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY that XOptions Flex has excelled in
the VoIP/IP Telephony industry, and most importantly, its customers
are willing to speak up and offer themselves as references," said
Greg Galitzine, Editorial Director of INTERNET TELEPHONY. The
INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award winners for 2005 will be
published in the October issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.
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/. About TMC(TM) Technology Marketing Corporation
(TMC) publishes two print magazines: Customer Interaction
Solutions, and Internet Telephony; five digital publications, SIP
Magazine, Speech-World, WiFi Telephony Magazine, VoIP Developer,
WiMAX Magazine; and the online publications TMCnet.com, Planet PDA
Magazine, WiFi Revolution, Alternative Power and BiometriTech. TMC
is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site
laboratories, TMC Labs. TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference
& EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, Speech-World Conference,
IP Contact Center Summit and The Global Call Center Outsourcing
Summit. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 topical online
newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit its Web site at
http://www.tmcnet.com/. DATASOURCE: XO Communications, Inc.
CONTACT: Julie Preuss of TMC, +1-203-852-6800, ext. 275, or ; or
Chad Couser of XO Communications, +1-703-547-2746, or Web site:
http://www.xo.com/ http://www.itmag.com/ http://www.tmcnet.com/
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