Nextra was the first operator world-wide to offer a commercial IP telephony service on the H.323 standard when it introduced Interfon PC in 1998. IP telephony is now a core business activity for Nextra, which has launched its voice-over IP service in 5 European countries IP telephony is yet another step toward fulfilling our goal of being among the leading CSP s in the European business market, said Per Bj rck, chief technology officer, Nextra Group. Nextra s voice-over IP service offers telephony savings of more than 30 percent compared to domestic public switched telephone network costs.
Businesses can save even more on international calls.
Call charges to Germany, the United Kingdom, USA or Canada will be the same as calls made to the Nordic countries. Companies leasing lines from Nextra can call free to subsidiaries world wide. The network cost savings for Nextra voice-over IP service are real., says Bj rck. Most companies typically have separate phone and data networks with completely different wire infrastructures, equipment and administrators. Nextra gives companies the ability to consolidate phone and data networks, and thereby significantly cut administration costs, he says.