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GRIC Communications Expands Reach and Revenues in Global IP Telephony Market with Cisco-Based Solution

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GRIC Communications, Inc., the leading provider of Internet value-added services for service providers, has announced that its GRICphone network is now in production utilizing the ETSI-TIPHON Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) on the Cisco AS5300/Voice Gateway and the Cisco AccessPath-VS3/Voice Gateway. This solution enables Cisco-based service providers to expand their reach and revenues in the global IP telephony market by leveraging GRICphone as the interface for policy-based termination and settlement.

Key Takeaways:

  • GRICphone is a standards-based solution that allows settlement, call termination, and authorization between multiple service carriers.
  • The OSP protocol forms the foundation for multi-vendor, inter-domain networks and will eventually allow service providers worldwide to connect and share traffic regardless of the platform they use.
  • GRIC plans to offer production-level services based on Cisco platforms in early August, enabling Cisco-based service providers to exchange VoIP traffic.
  • The GRICphone service provides extensive coverage, reasonable rates, and superior Quality of Service (QoS) route terminations.
  • GRIC is committed to working with Cisco to provide solutions that turn the vision of true interoperability into reality.

Statistics:

  • Over 450 service providers in the GRIC Alliance Network
  • Aggregate addressable subscriber base of 30 million dial-up users and an estimated 40 million corporate users
  • 4,000 dial-up POPs in over 140 countries
  • 71 VoIP gateway servers
  • 40 store and forward fax hubs
  • Five regional QoS network hubs
  • Funding received: approximately $50 million from investors and strategic partners

Sources:

  • Business Wire, June 22, 1999
  • ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) TS 101 321 "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON); Inter-domain pricing, authorization, and usage exchange."
  • GRIC Communications, Inc. press release, June 22, 1999

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