Arbinet Launches VOIP Peering

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. [Nasdaq: ARBX], the leading provider of solutions to simplify the exchange of digital communications, announced the launch of PeeringSolutions, a managed VoIP peering service with initial customers Broadview Networks, Flow Jamaica, and nexVortex. PeeringSolutions enables VoIP service providers to simply and securely manage and share access to VoIP-accessible phone numbers, with appropriate routing information, with its trusted partners. PeeringSolutions customers can establish key direct peering relationships and exchange VoIP traffic with a much broader range of service providers, without the quality, complexity and security issues of establishing multiple direct relationships. Service providers can also obtain a full termination service enabling them to reach the world's major mobile and fixed-line destinations through this same single interconnect.

SPIDER Registry

As the first approved Registrar to the SPIDER Registry, the neutral, industry-managed Registry for sharing VoIP accessible phone numbers and routing information, Arbinet's PeeringSolutions is in an industry-leading position to bring the benefits of the Registry to service providers worldwide.

PeeringSolutions allows a Member to securely load and update its accessible telephone numbers and administer the sharing of those records with its selected partners. To simplify the maintenance of up-to-date records, Arbinet is working with leading switching and VoIP application providers to electronically bond those systems into PeeringSolutions so that every local change to add a new customer is automatically reflected in the SPIDER records.

"We are excited to lead the adoption and expansion of the SPIDER Registry, the only true global, open, and competitive industry platform to enable VoIP peering," says Curt Hockemeier, Arbinet President and CEO. "VoIP end-to-end interconnection allows service providers to introduce new value added services, improve call audio quality and lower interconnection costs. We expect SPIDER to accelerate the global adoption of VoIP peering and have developed PeeringSolutions to enable VoIP providers and communities to leverage the Registry and simplify the exchange of their peered traffic."

"We're pleased to have Arbinet as the first accredited Registrar for the SPIDER Registry," says Paul Doherty, General Manager, SPIDER Registry, Inc. "As the industry-leading provider of exchanges and transaction management solutions, Arbinet has the technology, tools, and expertise in place to help providers manage their VoIP peering through a user-friendly automated system."

Arbinet-thexchange Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBX)