Neutral Tandem
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Established in 2003, "“Neutral Tandem”", Inc. provides voice, data and video interconnection services worldwide to wireless carriers, cable companies and CLECs. Headquartered in Chicago
, Neutral Tandem is a public company and traded on the NASDAQ
under the symbol TNDM .
Chicago
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, Neutral Tandem is a public company and traded on the NASDAQ
NASDAQ
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under the symbol TNDM .
History
- In 2003, Neutral Tandem created the first independent tandem network. This network streamlined the way wirelessWirelessWireless telecommunications is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected. Distances can be short, such as a few meters for television remote control, or as far as thousands or even millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications...
, cableCableA cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry...
, CLEC and broadbandBroadbandThe term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
telephony companies routed local transit traffic between one another.
- In 2006, Neutral Tandem installed a national IP backbone and extended its reach by interconnecting 179 markets.
- In 2008, Neutral Tandem began offering terminating switched access services and originating switched access services, which are provided in connection with long distance calls.
- June 2010 – Neutral Tandem named no. 2 on Crain’s Fast 50 (fastest-growing companies by five-year revenue growth).
- October 2010- Neutral Tandem completes acquisition of Tinet SpA, an Italian-based global carrier exclusively committed to the IP Transit and Ethernet wholesale market.
- As of December 31, 2010, Neutral Tandem’s network billed minutes of 108.5 billion in 2010, an increase of 23.5% over 2009; and experienced revenue of $199.8 million in 2010, an increase of 18.3% compared to $168.9 million in 2009.
- February 2011- Neutral Tandem named no. 2 on Forbes’ annual Top 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in America.
- April 2011- Neutral Tandem company launches a new product that delivers end-to-end global Ethernet solutions, 'EtherCloud' .
- September 2011-Neutral Tandem ranks no. 59 on Fortune Magazine’s 2011 list of “100 Fastest-Growing Companies"
Key Facts
- Publicly traded – (Nasdaq: TNDM)
- Delivers over ten billion minutes of traffic per month
- Over 40 Ethernet Network-to-Network Interface (E-NNI) Points of Presence exchanges
- Top 10 global IPv4IPv4Internet Protocol version 4 is the fourth revision in the development of the Internet Protocol and the first version of the protocol to be widely deployed. Together with IPv6, it is at the core of standards-based internetworking methods of the Internet...
backbone provider - Top ranked IPv6IPv6Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
network worldwide
Services
- Local Transit
- National Transit Service
- Terminating Switched Access
- Originating Switched Access
- Commonpoint®
- Hosted Services
- IP Transit
- IPv6
- EtherCloud(sm)
- Remote Peering