In a move that will provide exceptional value to long-distance service, Sprint announced today the availability of the Partner Interexchange Network (PIN) to provide business-to-business wholesale exchange of voice traffic. The Sprint PIN service sets up a community of partners who can directly exchange VoIP service between themselves while operating on Sprint’s global Tier 1 IP network. Because there is a direct exchange between partners, access termination fees and LEC tandem fees can be lowered or eliminated. Whereas traditional methods of voice traffic delivery operate through the Public Switch Traffic Network (PSTN) and can be expensive, PIN will allow direct exchange between voice network operator partners using VoIP on the international Sprint IP network. Using a switchless routing framework based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), minutes that cross the PIN architecture are charged at a lower rate than traditional PSTN networks and drive down transport costs. Leveraging next-generation network routing technology, PIN delivers high-quality, low-cost VoIP exchange to multiple on-net partner network destinations (in contrast to establishing multipeering arrangements with multiple partners) and terminations to the PSTN.

[Via Sprint]