Verizon Business Adds Features and Options for Wholesale VoIP Customers

Verizon Business Adds Features and Options for Wholesale VoIP Customers

As the VoIP market continues to grow, Verizon Business is responding by introducing several new features in September designed to increase functionality and add choice for its SIP Gateway VoIP customers. SIP, or Session Initiation Protocol, is an Internet-based signaling protocol used for creating, modifying and terminating sessions between two or more users on the Internet.

Among the most sought-after features is Foreign Telephone Number Assignment (FTNA), the ability to assign a U.S. telephone number outside the normal local calling area for that number. For example, a resident of Dallas could be assigned a Chicago-area telephone number, allowing friends and family in the Chicago area to place a local call. This feature also gives businesses the flexibility of maintaining local numbers for their customers while controlling costs by centrally locating all or portions of their business elsewhere.

“Since we successfully launched our wholesale VoIP product suite two years ago, we have continued to seek — and find — effective ways to fulfill the needs of our customers,” said Jim Tyrrell, vice president of voice product management for Verizon. “Performance, reliability and a competitive cost structure are table stakes in this market. Our intent is to reach beyond those basics to offer an exceptional product with superior features.”

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