TORONTO and DENVER – Business telecom provider Allstream today announced it started production testing of its new wholesale service toll-free origination service.
The company will be able to ubiquitously route Canadian originated toll-free calls to the Responsible Organization (RespOrg) via the Toll-Free Exchange (TFX), explains the press release.
“The Exchange’s use of today’s IP technology to provide scalable services in a simple consumable form aligns with Allstream’s emphasis on modernized telephone services and more importantly, our commitment to delivering exceptional customer service,” said Terry Causey, Allstream’s vice-president and general manager of network architecture and wholesale. “Access to the Canadian toll-free network becomes seamless and simple to deliver without the complex routing or provisioning barriers of traditional solution offerings.”
The Toll-Free Exchange, a patented peering software platform, offers RespOrgs an opportunity to peer toll-free traffic with each other without the need of the public switched telephone network (PSTN), reads the release, all in a completely IP-based alternative marketplace.
“Unlocking a service that not only brings a new revenue source to Allstream, but also gives a unique and valuable niche toll-free solution to the greater TFX community certainly signals the evolution of our role and value to the industry,” said TFX managing director, Shaun T. Moore.
The two companies chose business VoIP services provider Telzio as their partner to participate in this first of its kind Canadian toll-free offering, says the release,
The service will be offered exclusively through membership in the Toll-Free Exchange. Allstream expects to continue with the production testing through Q4 of 2020 and expanded availability going in to Q1 of 2021.
