Neutral Tandem
Established in 2003, Neutral Tandem, Inc. provides voice, data and video interconnection services worldwide to wireless carriers, cable companies and CLECs. Headquartered in Chicago, Neutral Tandem is a public company and traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol TNDM.[1]
History
- In 2003, Neutral Tandem created the first independent tandem network. This network streamlined the way wireless, cable, CLEC and broadband telephony companies routed local transit traffic between one another.
- In 2006, Neutral Tandem installed a national IP backbone and extended its reach by interconnecting 179 markets.
- In 2008, Neutral Tandem began offering terminating switched access services and originating switched access services, which are provided in connection with long distance calls.
- June 2010 – Neutral Tandem named no. 2 on Crain’s Fast 50 (fastest-growing companies by five-year revenue growth).
- October 2010- Neutral Tandem completes acquisition of Tinet SpA, an Italian-based global carrier exclusively committed to the IP Transit and Ethernet wholesale market.
- As of December 31, 2010, Neutral Tandem’s network billed minutes of 108.5 billion in 2010, an increase of 23.5% over 2009; and experienced revenue of $199.8 million in 2010, an increase of 18.3% compared to $168.9 million in 2009.
- February 2011- Neutral Tandem named no. 2 on Forbes’ annual Top 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in America.
- April 2011- Neutral Tandem company launches a new product that delivers end-to-end global Ethernet solutions, 'EtherCloud'. [2]
- June 2011-In June, the Crain’s Fast Fifty awards ranked Neutral Tandem No. 12 on the list of fastest-growing companies in Chicago.
- August 2011- Neutral Tandem provides HD Voice interconnection solutions for service providers.
- September 2011-Neutral Tandem ranks no. 59 on Fortune Magazine’s 2011 list of “100 Fastest-Growing Companies".
- October 2011- Forbes Magazine named Neutral Tandem #38 on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Small Companies and the HD Voice Interconnection Service earns a 2011 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award.
- November 2011- Neutral Tandem/Tinet win Capacity Magazine's 2011 Best Market Innovation Award. Neutral Tandem and Cisco team up to offer Cloud-Based Unified Communications, a new service that will utilize Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Solution platform.
Key Facts
- Publicly traded – (Nasdaq: TNDM)
- Delivers over ten billion minutes of traffic per month
- Over 40 Ethernet Network-to-Network Interface (E-NNI) Points of Presence exchanges
- Top 10 global IPv4 backbone provider
- Top ranked IPv6 network worldwide
Services
- Local Transit
- National Transit Service
- Terminating Switched Access
- Originating Switched Access
- Commonpoint®
- Hosted Services
- IP Transit
- IPv6
- EtherCloud(sm)
- Remote Peering
- Cisco Hosted Collaboration Service (HCS)
- HD Voice
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