Press Release
IXLINK® LAUNCHES DIAL CODE MAPPING SERVICE
Newest Service Offering Enables Carriers to Proactively Identify and Eliminate the Risks Associated with Dial Code Discrepancies
VIENNA, VA.—March 24, 2009— iXLink®, a business unit of Telarix, Inc., today announced that it has introduced Price List Receipt with Dial Code Mapping. The service enables carriers to simplify and automate their purchasing process and to take advantage of Telarix’s best in class dial code mapping functionality to instantly analyze all partner offers and eliminate the risks associated with dial code discrepancies.
Founded in conjunction with some of the world’s largest carriers as a neutral business information exchange service for the telecom industry, iXLink provides a secure, reliable platform that enables service providers to quickly and efficiently access and share business documents among their trading partners.
iXLink’s Price List Receipt with Dial Code Mapping is designed to proactively identify carrier interconnect risks and opportunities by analyzing supplier dial codes and rates. It resolves international interconnect complexities resulting from a lack of numbering plan standards for each country, city and mobile termination. Without an industry-wide standard for dial codes, each service provider tends to define its view of the world in the form of its own dial-codes. These carrier specific codes are used to determine costs, routes for traffic, and ultimately the final settlements paid and received from other carriers. Consequently, dial code discrepancies are considered to be a major contributor of revenue loss for international carriers.
This newest offering from iXLink enables carriers to automatically receive offers from their suppliers; systematically validate, map, analyze those offers; and electronically receive the translated results in a single format. By automating the purchasing process for international wholesale voice termination, carriers can reduce the costs associated with the manual processes of price list validation and dial code mapping as well as eliminate the revenue leakage associated with unidentified dial code discrepancies. iXLink’s Price List Receipt with Dial Code Mapping also offers flexible business rules which can be configured to a user’s risk tolerance and unique business process. Now carriers will be able to identify the true costs and associated margins of all their interconnect traffic, enabling new traffic routes and rates to be available for network routing consideration within minutes of receipt from iXLink.
“iXLink’s Price List Receipt with Dial Code Mapping is a ‘software as a service’ solution that not only streamlines a carrier’s supply chain management but also provides a shield against cherry picking and arbitrage scenarios associated with dial code discrepancies,” said Mark Hatam, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Telarix. “By providing detailed destination breakouts and associated cost savings analysis, carriers have the financial controls to effectively manage their business risks while protecting their overall margins—a real competitive advantage in today's market environment.”
About iXLink
iXLink is a neutral business exchange service designed specifically for the telecom industry. Created in conjunction with a number of the world’s largest telecom providers, iXLink provides a secure, reliable business-to-business information exchange platform that enables communication service providers to automate business processes as well as quickly and efficiently access and share business documents among their trading partners. iXLink is a business unit of Telarix Inc., the world’s leading provider of business information exchange and interconnect OSS/BSS solutions for content providers, IP service providers and global fixed and mobile operators. Please visit www.ixlink.com for more information.
