XO Communications

XO Holdings, Inc.

Type	Public (OTCBB: XOHO)
Industry	Telecom Service - Domestic
Headquarters	Herndon, VA, U.S.
Key people	Dan Wagner, President Business Services
Products	VoIP Services, Voice Services, Network Services, Hosted Services, Carrier / Wholesale
Revenue	$1.52 billion
Employees	3700
Website	www.xo.com

XO Communications (previously Nextlink Communications, Concentric Network Corporation and Allegiance Telecom, Inc.^[1]) is a telecommunications company owned by XO Holdings, Inc OTCBB: XOHO. XO provides voice, data and IP services to small and medium-sized business, large enterprises, government, cable TV companies, content providers, telecommunications companies and wireless service providers in more than 75 major metropolitan markets across the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Network

XO is a facilities-based backbone provider in the U.S. and operates a nationwide multi-10 Gigabit transit-free network (sometimes marketed as a Tier 1 network) and owns significant fiber optic network assets, including an 18,000 route-mile inter-city network and over 9,000 route-miles within 40 major metropolitan markets.^[2] XO currently carries more than 15 billion minutes of Voice over IP (VoIP) traffic across its network each year.^{[citation needed]}

Services

The company offers a broad range of services to businesses and its wholesale customers. These services include:^{[citation needed]}

• Local and Long Distance Voice services
• Dedicated Internet Access services
• MPLS IP-VPN
• Hosted PBX/Enterprise Cloud Communications
• Enterprise Cloud Security
• VPLS
• IP PBX
• SIP
• SIP trunking
• Enterprise SIP
• Ethernet
• VoIP
• Private Line services
• Wavelength services
• IP Transit
• VoIP Origination
• VoIP Termination
• Colocation services
• Managed Services (hardware, voice and data packages)
• Wireless Ethernet and Private Line Access
• Web Hosting
• Web Development
• Web Design

XO Network

XO has a wealth of network assets that are well positioned for the convergence of voice and data IP services. The high capacity XO IP network has the highest levels of performance and reliability. A suite of world-class tools that facilitate the communication of customer information and continuous network monitoring set the XO network apart from its rivals.

High capacity IP network with a multi-terabit routing core provides speed, capacity and flexibility today while allowing XO to offer services that take advantage of future IP and Voice over IP technological evolutions. Advanced transport network with terabit capacity deployed nationwide enables XO to provision services faster and provide a broad range of high-speed network transport services.

Peering infrastructure to the Internet with extensive peering relationships, XO provides direct paths to all other major Network Service Providers. Internet Access access POPs in the local markets. The extensive XO footprint ensures controlled connectivity costs.

Distribution Channels

XO sells its services through three channels: the direct sales channel, the indirect sales channel, and the wholesale division.

2010 Top Channel Partners^[3]

Rank	Agency
1	Intelisys Communications
2	CNSG
3	PlanetOne Communications
4	World Telecom Group
5	Microcorp
6	X4 Solutions
7	CDW Direct
8	Simplify
9	Telarus
10	Telecom Brokerage Inc.

References

1. ^ "Goodbye Nextlink, Hello XO". Communications Today. 2000. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BMD/is_185_6/ai_65508813. 
2. ^ "XO FCC Filing". https://prodnet.www.neca.org/publicationsdocs/wwpdf/122xo.pdf. 
3. ^ Stotler, Laura (23 February 2011). "Intelisys Tops XO's Top 10 2010 Channel Partner List". TMCnet. http://voip-software.tmcnet.com/topics/voip-software/articles/147662-intelisys-tops-xos-top-10-2010-channel-partner.htm. Retrieved 23 February 2011. 

• http://projects.washingtonpost.com/post200/2009/NXTLNK

External links

• XO Communications official website
• http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-646-537-1732 XO and Allegiance Telecom seems to have customers which are known for Spam/Scam and Fraud