Level 3 Communications, said that it has been selected to provide wholesale voice services to Austin, Texas-based iTalk Global Communications. Under the contract, Level 3 will provide iTalk with wholesale voice and local inbound calling services.
Level 3 said that the services will enable iTalk to expand the area to which it offers VoIP retail services to the US residential and small business customers and to the US and foreign telecom carriers and cellular operators.
Bill Burge, vice president of iTalk Global, said: “Coverage area and network reliability were key factors in our decision to do business with Level 3. It’s important that we provide our customers with dependable services, and by working with Level 3, we can help ensure that consistent end-user experience.”
Jeff Tench, president of Business Markets Group at Level 3, said: “Level 3’s far-reaching footprint allows companies like iTalk to expand quickly into new markets. And because of that expansive network coupled with the efficiency of Level 3’s IP backbone, we’re able to provide highly cost-effective and scalable communications solutions.
Level 3’s Business Markets Group leverages company’s fiber-optic networks, metro assets, and sales and sales support organisation to offer services to enterprise customers and service providers throughout the US.
