The overwhelming shift from circuit-based business phone networks to VoIP technology prompted Vincomm to develop its global network using Nextone MSW and Sansay VSX softswitches, which allow for VoIP interconnections with its customers and suppliers. Vincomm provides service to more than 175 long distance carriers around the world, and the company partners with more than 250 service providers who supply network services in their respective countries.

About the Platform

The Nextone MSW and Sansay VSX softswitches offer the following advantages:

• Inter-operable with the most commonly used VoIP routers available, including Cisco and Quintum
• Capable of H.323 and SIP signaling
• Integrated with the Fastlink revenue and traffic reporting system

About the Revenue Management System

Vincomm fully understands the importance of providing customers, agents, and route partners with accurate billing statements, reports, and call records. Therefore, Vincomm utilizes the Fastlink System for billing and traffic reporting, providing the following features and benefits:

• Real-time traffic data and summaries
• Summaries for each destination, including call attempts, call completions, ASR percentages, total duration, average duration per call, total revenue, revenue per minute, total cost, cost per minute, total margin, and margin per minute
• Accurate, timely, and flexible billing
• Accurate and flexible system for changing customer rates and sending rate change notifications
• A complete least-cost routing database
• Web-based system allows secure and easy access to Vincomm vendors and agents worldwide

VoIP Advantages

For Vincomm customers and international suppliers, the advantages of a VoIP interconnection are many:

• Quick turn-up time for quicker revenue
• Quicker and easier augmentation to existing capacity
• Lower interconnection cost
• Lower direct or indirect operating costs
• Removes geographic boundaries by reaching carriers on a global basis—virtually anywhere Internet access is available