VoIP Services for Time Warner Cable Expanded

Sprint Nextel has agreed to let Time Warner Cable’s VoIP signals to ride over its IP network in an additional 14 service areas, signifying strengthening of the existing relationship between the two companies. Sprint’s network passes 28 million homes in the United States; Time Warner’s Cable VoIP will ride the network in every state the network serves, with the exception of New Hampshire and Maine, where the voice service will continue to be delivered via Time Warner’s cable network.
Specifically, Sprint Nextel will provide interconnection facilities between Time Warner Cable’s switch and the public telephone network for local and long-distance calling, as well as E911 management, new and ported management, directory assistance, operator services and a full suite of other local exchange carrier services.
VoIP calls which originate on the Time Warner Cable network will first travel to its regional data centers before being terminated on the Sprint Nextel nationwide network. Sprint claims Time Warner’s customers won’t be able to tell the difference. Sprint Nextel continues to lease out space on its network backbone, as well as providing telephony solutions to cable operators. The network now carries the signals of 1.2 million cable VoIP subscribers across more than 1,100 rate centers. Sprint Nextel says it plans to increase this number to 2.5 million subscribers in the near future. The company says it is finding its relationship with the cable industry highly lucrative. http://www.sprint.com http://www.timewarnercable.com