XConnect announces robust 2009 growth figures, demonstrating the effects of rapid global adoption of VoIP. The company also said it has launched a new London point of presence to support growing demand for cross-network interconnection of IP communications services and augment its European capacity.

XConnect revenue nearly doubled, rising 96 percent, from 2008 to 2009. Bolstering that increase were 81-percent growth in IP traffic, a 107-percent rise in routing queries to its carrier ENUM registries, and addition of 63 new service-provider customers.

The provider of neutral and trusted multilateral interconnection services now serves customers in 30 countries through its carrier ENUM-based Interconnect 2.0 service portfolio, including Global Alliance, National Federations, DirectRoute and VoIP Traffic Manager. XConnect customers span the globe, and include providers of fixed, mobile and Web 2.0 services.

XConnect's industry-first agreement with the GSMA, announced in September, enables interoperability between these two services through the XConnect Global Alliance SuperQuery feature. Carrier ENUM-based interconnection services enable providers to optimize routing, increase quality, decrease costs and support revenue-generating advanced services across networks.

To accommodate traffic growth and enhance its European capacity while reinforcing performance and redundancy, XConnect added a London PoP last month. Buoyed by a $10 million Series B round last September, XConnect plans more market-leading product innovation, including mobile services and infrastructure expansion, in 2010.