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Stealth Communications Announces Registry to Avoid Access Fees
Posted on: 04/23/2004


Stealth Communications Inc. today announced the official launch of a registry that allows service providers routing calls over the
Internet to avoid paying local phone companies access charges.

The VPF ENUM Registry allows carriers to map telephone numbers to IP addresses for such things as SIP phones and e-mail servers,
Stealth announced at telx's Customer Business Exchange meeting in New York City. A phone call routed to a number listed in the
registry would be terminated over the Internet, rather than over the traditional phone network controlled by the regional Bells and
other local exchange carriers.

The registry "has the potential to drastically reduce the operating expenses of VoIP carriers because it allows them to terminate
directly on each others network at zero cost," Stealth Founder and CEO Shrihari Pandit said.

Stealth says the registry, which holds more than 1 million numbers, is not limited to service providers. Educational institutions,
municipal governments and businesses can use the registry, it said. According to the company, current participants include Acropolis
Telecom, Addaline.Com, Free World Dialup, MIT, Net2Phone, Packet8 and Yale University.

http://www.phoneplusmag.com/hotnews/44h2316756.html
http://www.thevpf.com/pr/2004-04-01-VPF-ENUM.pdf
http://www.stealth.net/