XO Communications announces new enhancements to its VoIP services portfolio that help businesses and large enterprises with distributed locations simplify and streamline their IP-based communications networks.

To date, more than 16,000 businesses nationwide with more than 680,000 end users have deployed VoIP services from XO Communications. The latest enhancements to the company's award-winning VoIP services portfolio, which includes XO IP Flex, XO IP Flex with VPN and XO SIP, will greatly enhance the communications capabilities of mid-sized and enterprise business customers seeking a single nationwide voice and data solutions provider. The new capabilities announced today include:

• Availability of XO's VoIP services in all 50 states for multi-location enterprises;
• Wider range of interoperable IP-PBX platforms for SIP deployments; and
• Availability of automatic call routing to provide business continuity capabilities for XO VoIP customers.

Expanded Nationwide VoIP Services Coverage

XO Communications has expanded its nationwide VoIP coverage to include all 50 states. The enhancement of XO Communications' nationwide coverage effectively doubles its VoIP footprint throughout the United States and enables the company to provide its VoIP services in 80 percent of major metropolitan markets. With virtually unrivalled nationwide reach across the country, XO is positioned as the leading communications and networking services provider for multi-location businesses. For businesses in the retail and financial services industries, as well as other businesses with widely distributed locations, this expansion will further help them to streamline the management of their network, achieve increased efficiencies and reduce costs by leveraging the XO nationwide network for their multi-location requirements.

Increased Number of Interoperable IP-PBX Platforms for SIP Deployments

In an effort to help customers fully leverage the benefits of its converged VoIP services, XO Communications has also increased the number of IP-PBX interoperability certifications for XO SIP, its award-winning SIP trunking solution. In the past year, the company has added four new IP-PBX platforms that are interoperable with XO SIP and now supports the following platforms:

• Avaya Aura, Avaya Communication Manager, Avaya Communication Manager Branch Edition, Avaya IP Office
• Cisco Call Manager Express, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco UC500
• Digium AA50, Digium Asterisk Business Edition, Digium Switchvox
• Fonality PBXtra, Fonality trixbox Pro
• NEC UNIVERGE SV8100 and UX5000
• Sutus Business Central 200
• Toshiba Strata CIX40, CIX100, CIX200, CIX670 and CIX1200 Automatic Call Routing

The company is also offering an additional level of redundancy for VoIP customers with its new Automatic Call Routing feature that provides a business continuity capability in which incoming calls can be routed to an alternate phone, landline or mobile device in the face of an unplanned event. As more companies seek to leverage the cost-savings and increased flexibility of VoIP, this new feature ensures employees are reachable and responsive regardless of their location. Automatic Call Routing is the latest addition to XO Business Continuity Solutions. Earlier this summer, the company unveiled XO Connect, a multi-modal mass notification service that enables customers to deliver urgent communications to thousands of recipients simultaneously via telephone, text message or email. The company also offers XO Anywhere, its award-winning unified communications tool for customers deploying IP Flex and IP Flex with VPN.