Springfield, IL, June 5, 2013: Today ANPI announced a partnership with Western Independent Networks, Inc. (WIN) of Tualatin, Oregon that is designed to bring together the fiber network resources of WIN with the product and service resources of ANPI. With this partnership all companies connected to the WIN fiber network in Washington and Oregon will have access to dedicated toll, tandem switching and emerging Hosted Unified Communications services from ANPI.
“WIN is looking forward to offering expanded services through our fiber network which increases the value proposition for all who connect to it,” shared WIN CEO, Bill Macfarlane. “Our customers will have immediate access to dedicated toll services and tandem access in addition to the opportunity in the near future for services such as the ANPI Hosted Solution. Partnering with ANPI aligns well with WIN’s mission to be the premier Content Distribution Network (CDN) in the Northwest and establish our partners, customers and business affiliates as the provider of choice in their market areas.”
“WIN’s robust footprint of fiber and Ethernet connectivity enabling access to metro and rural communities of Oregon and Washington is an ideal partnership for ANPI. We have made significant investments in technology and staff to create a very unique set of capabilities and an operating position tailored to reinvigorate the growth prospects for the Independent community,” stated ANPI CEO, Dave Lewis. “WIN leverages the networks of their twenty-five shareholder companies to provide reliable, best-in-class telecommunications products and services. ANPI is clearly committed to the Independent community, and are very excited about the services we are collaboratively designing with our partners to ensure a successful go to market strategy and experience.”
ANPI
ANPI is the premier provider of SIP, VoIP, and hosted IP communication and application services. It is committed to delivering powerful and reliable next generation solutions to serve the evolving needs of Independents through technology and service innovation. ANPI has developed an industry leading SIP Trunking offering and Unified Communications (UC) platform to deliver communication and collaboration tools such as hosted PBX features as well as audio, web and video conferencing and mobility applications. The ANPI SIP Trunking and hosted UC solutions are available nationwide complemented by a range of broadband and connectivity options, business continuity and security. ANPI solutions support the variety of devices mandated by today’s distributed and mobile workforce. Based in Springfield, Illinois ANPI began serving rural telecom companies in 1996, and today serve the voice and data needs of nearly 800 CLECs, ILECs, IXCs and regional wireless carriers. ANPI owns and operates a multi-service Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Packet Label Switching (MPLS) over Optical Transport Network (OTN) network that spans the Continental United States with switching and/or POP facilities in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and New York City. For more information on ANPI and its product offering, please visit www.anpi.com or call us at 877-366-2674.
Western Independent Networks, Inc.
Western Independent Networks, Inc. (WIN) provides Oregon and the Northwest with quality products and services, with Network Management Services for its Oregon Transport Network footprint, Signaling System Seven (SS7) Connectivity, Direct Internet Access Bandwidth, Point to Point Special Access, Central Office Equipment Management, IP Voice Aggregation and Transport.
With its business partners, business affiliates and shareholder companies, WIN is dedicated to providing the Telecommunications World with leading edge products, services that are reliable and best suited to the customer’s needs, with cost effective pricing. For more information on WIN and its product offering, please visit www.win-networks.com or call us at 503-612-4431.