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BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) has begun offering, on a market trial basis, a business class network-hosted voice over IP (VoIP) service in Columbia, S.C. and Miami, Fla. The company expects to develop offers in additional metros in the Southeast later this year, based on these trials.
The service complements BellSouth's full suite of communications solutions and is designed to meet the needs of businesses that desire productivity and efficiency benefits of IP without the capital expense and management responsibilities of premises equipment. Customers' voice and data traffic will be carried on the private BellSouth Regional IP Backbone, versus the public Internet, providing the enhanced security, reliability and quality of service that businesses demand. This network was built by BellSouth to support next generation IP applications like VoIP and Network VPN.
Network-hosted VoIP is the latest enhancement to BellSouth's comprehensive VoIP portfolio and allows the company to address the convergence needs of businesses with a unique approach based on individual customer requirements. This portfolio includes equipment-...