XO Communications Signs 1,500th Business VoIP Services Customer
20 Septembre 2005 - 3:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Success of XOptions Flex Demonstrates Small and Medium-Sized
Businesses' Demand for Simple and Flexible VoIP Solutions that
Deliver Cost-Savings BOSTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XO
Communications, Inc. (OTC:XOCM.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: XOCM.OB) today
announced that it has signed its 1,500th customer of XOptions Flex,
its industry-leading voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services
bundle for businesses. All new customers to XO, the 1,500 XOptions
Flex customers have been signed just five months after launching
the service nationwide, demonstrating the strong demand by small
and medium-sized businesses for VoIP solutions that are simple,
flexible and cost-effective. XO made this announcement at the Fall
2005 VON (Voice on the Net) Conference and Expo being held this
week in Boston. The 1,500th XOptions Flex customer is Villa
Financial Services, which specializes in providing mortgage
services to the Hispanic market. Villa Financial Services is
deploying the service at its Denver and Phoenix offices. "XOptions
Flex provides us with capabilities to help us stay even more
competitive in an increasingly competitive mortgage industry," said
William Kerbs, vice president of Villa Financial Services. "With
features like unlimited calling and dynamic bandwidth allocation,
XOptions Flex allows us to take advantage of VoIP to give us more
capabilities than before and a greater overall value for our
telecommunications spend." "We're very pleased with the success and
adoption of XOptions Flex by businesses across the country," said
Craig Collins, vice president of product management and marketing
communications at XO Communications. "Businesses quickly see the
advantages of XOptions Flex. With its features, flexibility and
simplicity, XOptions Flex offers businesses the best value for
voice, Internet and hosting needs all in one simple solution."
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.
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. With a broadband connection on
the XO IP network, XOptions Flex utilizes the XO national IP
network and softswitch technology to carry customers' voice calls
more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional services
that rely on the public switched telephone network. As a
business-class VoIP solution, XOptions Flex provides customers with
full access to E911 emergency services. XOptions Flex Features
XOptions Flex includes more than twenty standard voice features for
each phone line including call forward, three-way calling, and
voice mail. Key features of the service include: * Dedicated
Internet Access up to 3 Mbps * Dynamic bandwidth allocation *
Unlimited local calling * Unlimited inbound and outbound domestic
long distance calling * An easy-to-use Administrative Web Portal
for making real-time changes to services * Web Hosting Package *
Additional voice lines, hosting and other applications can also be
added on an a la carte basis. XOptions Flex is available in major
metropolitan areas across the United States, including Akron,
Allentown, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland,
Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Worth,
Harrisburg, Houston, Jersey City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami,
Memphis, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Newark, Oakland, Orange
County, CA, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento,
St. Louis, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, Salt Lake City, San Antonio,
San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Scranton, Seattle, Spokane,
Tampa, Trenton, Washington, DC, West Palm Beach, and Wilmington,
DE. For more information about XOptions Flex visit
http://www.xo.com/flex or contact an XO sales representative by
calling (866) 963-9696. 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/. The statements
contained in this release that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking statements" (as such term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). These statements
include those describing XO's expected future business and network
operations and results of operations, XO's ability to continue to
achieve projected synergies and revenue from the acquisition of
allegiance's assets, XO's ability to increase sales, XO's ability
to continue to implement effective cost containment measures, and
XO's ability to mitigate the effects of regulations recently
adopted by the federal communications commission. Such statements
are based on current expectations but are subject to a number of
both known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results, performance, and/or achievements of XO to differ
materially from any future results, performance, and/or
achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. Management cautions the reader that these
forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to
risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially
from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result
of a number of factors. These factors include, without limitation,
those risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the
reports filed by XO Communications, Inc. with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2004 and its quarterly reports on Form
10-Q. XO undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements. DATASOURCE: XO Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Chad
Couser of XO Communications, +1-703-547-2746, Web site:
http://www.xo.com/
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