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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1271)	9/9/1998 5:19:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3178

From Internetweek Tuesday, September 9, 1998, 3:13 p.m. ET. Bell Atlantic Endorses IP Telephony By Kate Gerwig Less than a week before the Voice on the Net trade show opens in Washington, D.C., Bell Atlantic and IP telephony wholesaler ITXC Corp. have agreed that the Bell company will terminate IP traffic originated by ITXC affiliates from around the world in their East coast facilities. Until now, the Bell companies have only accepted calls in traditional circuit-switched format. Some of the Bell companies also have suggested to federal regulators that ISPs be required to pay access charges. "This agreement is a major coup for ITXC Corp., and indicates real vision on the part of Bell Atlantic," according to Probe Research analyst Hilary Mine. "As one of the largest local carriers in the U.S., Bell Atlantic is in an excellent position to generate revenues from IP-call terminations." ITXC also gains validation from the agreement, Mine said. Internet callers using an ITXC affiliate place calls on standard telephones. The calls are then routed to gateways that convert them from circuit switched form to the Internet protocol. The gateway operator then hands the calls off to ITXC for delivery. With the Bell Atlantic agreement, calls will be translated back into traditional voice format and completed over the Bell Atlantic local telephone network. As an ITXC WWeXchange Service affiliate, Bell Atlantic is paid to terminate calls routed to it by ITXC, just as it is paid to terminate traditional long-distance calls. ITXC was founded in 1997 by Tom Evslin, who previously headed AT&T's WorldNet Internet service. Evslin received seed funding from AT&T and VocalTec.