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Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 9:07PM Sprint Partner Interexchange Network Community Gains Momentum
Source: Sprint Press Release
Sprint (NYSE:S) began successfully passing Partner Interexchange Network (PIN) traffic in April and has expanded its PIN partner base, which currently consists of MSOs, ILECs, CLECs and others, creating an on-net community of 67 million telephone numbers, and is on target to reach 100 million by the end of the year. This growth will result in greater savings for all Sprint PIN customers.
In addition to these advancements, Sprint is now offering termination-only PIN, which allows customers an avenue to establish interconnection arrangements with Sprint’s growing on-net PIN community and their extensive off-net routes as a way to lower termination costs. This offering is ideal as a migration path for companies who have the potential to become an on-net PIN partner. Additional information is available on Sprint Wholesale’s recently refreshed website, poweryourideas.com.
“We are excited about the depth and scalability of our PIN product. Companies of varying sizes and priorities can find value in this product,” said Dan Dooley, president – Sprint Wholesale. “We continue to work aggressively to increase our community of numbers so our customers can enjoy the greatest amount of cost savings.”
As announced in October 2009, PIN provides business-to-business wholesale exchange of voice traffic. The Sprint PIN service sets up a community of partners who can directly exchange VoIP service between themselves while operating on Sprint’s global Tier-1 IP network. When there is a direct voice traffic exchange between partners, access termination fees and LEC tandem fees can be lowered or eliminated.
The greatest advantage of PIN is the infinite ability to scale that it provides. The larger the partner community, the greater the volume of traffic it can support, delivering cost savings to partners. Additionally, PIN supports multiple verticals. From wireline carriers and wireless providers to cable companies, PIN appeals to a broad number of industry and company types. In addition to PIN’s obvious advantage over the expense of PSTN, PIN delivers far greater scalability than traditional VoIP peering, offering operators a strategic approach to staying competitive.
