XO Communications Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation and Leadership11 July 2006
XO Communications today marked its 10th anniversary of providing communications services to businesses as a leading alternative to the regional Bell telephone companies.
A pioneer in the competitive telecommunications market, XO Communications became one of the first competitive local exchange carriers in the United States to provide facilities-based communications services under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In July 1996 XO helped initiate local competition in the nation's telecommunications market, launching local service in seven metropolitan markets. Since then XO has expanded to provide services in 75 metropolitan markets and become the nation's largest competitive communications services provider for businesses with 165,000 customers and annual revenues in excess of $1.4 billion.
"Ten years ago XO brought competition to the telecommunications market, helping to deliver more choices, innovation and better services for the millions of businesses across the country," said Carl Grivner, CEO of XO Communications. "Our focus on innovative services and customer service has earned us the reputation for being more nimble and more focused on providing what customers actually want. Today, as the regional Bell companies seek to consolidate more of the market in their control, XO continues to stand as the leading alternative provider of communications services for business customers."
Over the past ten years, XO's focus on innovative services and investment in building an advanced, nationwide IP network has enabled it to deliver a wide range of communications solutions that help businesses of all sizes to operate better and more cost-effectively. This focus has enabled XO to foster customer loyalty. "Dependability, that is what keeps us coming back to XO Communications after ten years of working together," said Chris Johnson, manager, IT Group at Fresenius Medical Care. "The service and network are excellent, and the XO people really understand the needs of our business."
XO's ten-year record of leadership and innovation includes:
* Pioneering Bundled Services: In 2000, XO pioneered the market with the
launch of XOptions, the industry's first services bundle to combine
voice, data and web hosting services for a flat-monthly price. Today,
more than 36,000 businesses have benefited from the capabilities,
features and simplicity of XOptions and other traditional bundled
services from XO.
* Delivering Advanced VoIP Solutions: In 2005, XO launched XOptions Flex
(http://www.xo.com/flex), the industry's first bundled voice over IP
(VoIP) solution to combine virtually unlimited local and long distance
calling, Dedicated Internet Access and web hosting for a flat-monthly
price. Today, nearly 5,000 businesses have deployed XOptions Flex to
take advantage of the cost-savings and flexibility of VoIP. XO also
plays a key role in enabling emerging and leading VoIP service providers
by providing wholesale VoIP services that allow these providers to cost-
effectively offer services nationwide to their customers.
* Significant Investments in Facilities-Based Networks: Today, XO
leverages more than $8 billion in facilities-based networks
(http://www.xo.com/about/network) it has deployed nationwide and in the
local markets it serves. XO operates an 18,000 route mile nationwide
network that connects 75 metropolitan markets and operates 9,100 route
miles of local fiber in 37 metropolitan markets. Within this nationwide
network footprint, XO can reach more than four million businesses.
* Early Adopter of IP Network Technology: Since its inception, XO has
designed and built its networks with the latest and most advanced IP-
based routing and switching technology, enabling it to operate its
network more efficiently than providers with large legacy networks. XO
was one of the first major national communications providers to deploy
advanced softswitch technology across its privately-owned IP network and
began carrying voice traffic over its own IP network in 2001. Today, XO
carries more than 1 billion minutes of VoIP traffic each month over its
private nationwide IP network and softswitch platform.
For more information about XO, contact an XO sales representative by calling (866) 963-9696 or visit http://www.xo.com.
About XO Communications
XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XOHO.OB), is a leading provider of national and local telecommunications services to businesses, large enterprises and telecommunications companies. XO offers a complete portfolio of services, including local and long distance voice, dedicated Internet access, private networking, data transport, and Web hosting services as well as bundled voice and Internet solutions. XO provides these services over an advanced, national facilities-based IP network and serves more than 70 metropolitan markets across the United States. For more information, visit http://www.xo.com.
Note to Editors
XO Communications initially launched service as Nextlink Communications. Following Nextlink's merger with Concentric in 1999, the company changed its name to XO Communications. The following historical data compares the company in 1996 to today.
1996 Markets Pennsylvania Tennessee Washington
Allentown Memphis Spokane
Harrisburg Nashville
Lancaster
Reading
2006 Markets Arizona Maryland Oregon
Phoenix Annapolis Portland
Tucson Baltimore
California Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Fresno Boston Allentown
Los Angeles Brockton Harrisburg
Long Beach Lowell Lancaster
Oakland Worcester Philadelphia
Orange County Pittsburgh
Riverside Michigan Reading
Sacramento Detroit Scranton
San Diego Wilkes Barre
San Francisco Minnesota York
San Jose Minneapolis
San Bernardino St. Paul Tennessee
Stockton Memphis
Yolo Missouri Nashville
St. Louis
Colorado Texas
Boulder Nevada Austin
Colorado Springs Las Vegas Dallas/Fort Worth
Denver Houston
New Jersey San Antonio
District of Bergen-
Columbia Passaic Utah
Washington, DC Jersey City Provo-Orem
Middlesex Salt Lake City
Delaware Monmouth
Dover Newark Virginia
Newark Somerset Northern Virginia
Wilmington Trenton Richmond
Georgia New York Washington
Atlanta New York Seattle
Nassau- Spokane
Idaho Suffolk Tacoma
Coeur D'Alene
Ohio
Illinois Akron
Chicago Cleveland
Columbus
Youngstown
Revenue (1996) $36,000,000
Revenue (2005) $1,430,000,000
Network Fiber Miles (1996) 66,000
Network Fiber Miles (2006) 1,200,000
Buildings Connected (1996) 400
Buildings Connected (2006) 3,000
Source: prnewswire
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