XO Carried More Than 1.8 Billion VoIP Minutes In Third Quarter

XO Communications says that it carried more than 1.8 billion minutes of voice VoIP traffic across its national IP network in the third quarter of 2005.

The number represents a growth rate of 17 percent over the previous quarter, due to increased usage of XO's commercial and wholesale VoIP solutions, the company claims.

"The volume of VoIP traffic across the XO network continues to grow as we expand and enhance our VoIP offerings for businesses and service providers," Carl Grivner, CEO of XO Communications said in a statement. "With our national IP network and softswitch platform, XO is uniquely positioned to offer our customers reliable, high-quality voice services with the efficiencies provided by an all-IP infrastructure."

XO, based in Reston, Va., offers commercial and wholesale VoIP solutions for business users, carriers and service providers.