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XConnect, the VoIP and NGN interconnection leader, today is formally announcing a groundbreaking interoperability agreement with the GSM Association (GSMA) regarding number registry and translation services.

The new arrangement gives service providers more opportunities to route revenue-generating, IP-based multimedia services, such as HD voice and video, between fixed and mobile networks.

Please see details below. Please let me know if you’d like to speak with XConnect about the agreement and its industry implications.

Regards,

Mike Pruyn
Media Relations Executive
Comunicano, Inc.
+1.630.328.7302
mpruyn@comunicano.com

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