ITXC
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ITXC Corporation was a US based wholesale provider of Voice over IP
(VoiP), Internet-based phone calls.
It was co-founded by Tom Evslin
and his wife Mary in 1997 with seed money from AT&T and VocalTec
. In 2000, it had the largest Internet telephony network in the world. The company was acquired by Teleglobe Bermuda Ltd. in 2004.
network was initially provided by Israeli company VocalTec
, who also owned 20% of the company but later sold its stake. In 2003 to company moved to exclusively use Cisco
's equipment.
Voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol is a family of technologies, methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission techniques for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks, such as the Internet...
(VoiP), Internet-based phone calls.
It was co-founded by Tom Evslin
Tom Evslin
Tom Evslin formerly served as Chief Technology Officer for the State of Vermont. Formerly he was Chief Recovery Officer responsible for coordinating the State's use of federal stimulus money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
and his wife Mary in 1997 with seed money from AT&T and VocalTec
VocalTec
VocalTec Communications Inc. , is an Israeli telecom equipment provider. The company was founded in 1989 by Alon Cohen and Lior Haramaty, who invented and patented the first Voice over IP audio transceiver...
. In 2000, it had the largest Internet telephony network in the world. The company was acquired by Teleglobe Bermuda Ltd. in 2004.
Technology
The technology to power ITXC's voice over IPVoice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol is a family of technologies, methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission techniques for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks, such as the Internet...
network was initially provided by Israeli company VocalTec
VocalTec
VocalTec Communications Inc. , is an Israeli telecom equipment provider. The company was founded in 1989 by Alon Cohen and Lior Haramaty, who invented and patented the first Voice over IP audio transceiver...
, who also owned 20% of the company but later sold its stake. In 2003 to company moved to exclusively use Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
's equipment.