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Belgacom, BT and Verizon First to Make the Move

BRUSSELS, Belgium – April 21, 2010 – Voxbone today announced that incumbent telecommunications carriers have begun routing calls to its geographically-independent iNum ® numbers – previously used solely by VoIP providers.

iNum numbers, which Voxbone introduced more than a year ago, use a global “country code” (883) and can ring phones anywhere in the world. They offer customers of participating service providers a globally portable number for life.

Carrier adoption is key to widespread iNum usage and, Voxbone said, points to the future primacy of IP communications.

First of the incumbents to agree to route iNums are Verizon, as well as former PTTs Belgacom of Belgium and British Telecom. All these carriers currently have VoIP service offerings in place; calls to iNum numbers can be made by both IP and PSTN more

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL., April 21th, 2010 – AMT, a leader among CATV and High-End Broadband Electronic Equipment Providers, announced that cable veteran Dave Swan has joined its CATV Division in sales. Swan brings more than 30 years of sales and management experience to AMT. Formerly with the NCTC where he served as Director of National Accounts, he successfully leveraged purchasing and sales opportunities through his “one on one” relationships with MSO C-Level executives and suppliers in multiple markets across the U.S. Prior to his work at the NCTC, he served as Director of Business/Enterprise Services, Manager of Business Services, and Sales Supervisor for Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.

“I am thrilled to be a part of the AMT team. They are a proven elite industry leader with a strong value-add proposition, and from this platform I am in an excellent position to deliver the ultimate customer experience for more

Linking Servers to Global Network at Exchange Points Improves Performance, Customer Experience

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – To meet the expected explosive growth in content consumption and generation, Verizon is expanding its successful Partner Port Program to content companies worldwide.  Content owners and aggregators now have the option to connect directly with Verizon’s global IP network at various key sites around the world.

“Content owners worldwide can benefit from the hard-wired links between their servers and our global network,” said Quintin Lew, senior vice president of marketing for Verizon Global Wholesale.  “Because our global IP network is just as available in Frankfurt or Tokyo as it is in New York City or Dallas, it makes sense to facilitate great content delivery from anywhere in the more