iBasis has established a direct VoIP interconnection with Golden Telecom, an alternative provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet services in major cities of Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
The interconnection bridges iBasis’ Cisco Powered Network and Golden Telecom’s softswitch from MERA Networkshttp://www.ibasis.comhttp://www.goldentelecom.com.
- In March 2004, iBasis introduced a service designed to simplify and accelerate carriers’ implementation of direct VoIP interconnections to the iBasis global network for international voice service. The company said its new DirectVoIP service provides rapid interconnects with international VoIP deployments in a matter of days, in contrast to activation periods typically measured in weeks for interconnects to TDM telecommunication carriers. iBasis provides enhanced call signaling control using standards-based H.323 and SIP, allowing operability to multi-vendor gateways, gatekeepers, proxy servers, session border controllers, softswitches and IP phones. Network peering is provided using signaling interoperability through protocol proxies and session border controllers.