Selects Equinix to provide colocation and network exchange services from the Equinix Sydney Internet Business Exchange centre.

Equinix, Inc., a provider of network-neutral data centres and Internet exchange services, recently announced that Broadband Phone Pty Limited, a provider of VoIP services, has selected Equinix to provide colocation and network exchange services from the Equinix Sydney Internet Business Exchange (IBX) centre.

As a part of the agreement, BroadBand Phone will utilise Equinix's Sydney hub as the primary network interconnection point for the delivery of their wholesale VoIP services for retail and wholesale customers, including ISPs and service providers.

"Equinix will now become the main interconnection hub for BroadBand Phone to exchange VoIP traffic and peer with other service providers," said Miranda Wong, Director of BroadBand Phone. "This move will enable BroadBand Phone to enhance our service offerings to ISPs and companies who do not have a VoIP network, such as small businesses that want to host their dedicated IP-PBX within a carrier grade data centre. It also enables us to broaden services for ISPs or companies who run their own VoIP network by offering A-Z wholesale termination via SIP or H323, PRI and/or SIP trunks with DIDs from all major Australian cities at one single point of connection within Equinix's Sydney hub."

"By operating at Equinix, BroadBand Phone will enjoy a carrier neutral and redundant environment for hosting its VoIP services with immediate proximity to customer and partner networks," said Doug Oates, Managing Director, Equinix Australia. "BroadBand Phone is one of the first VoIP wholesale providers in Australia, and we expect their participation at Equinix to attract more VoIP service providers into Equinix's Sydney hub."