Global Crossing and Telefonos de Mexico have signed a commercial agreement for bilateral voice interconnection. The agreement allows Global Crossing to send traffic to Mexico and TELMEX to transport long distance voice traffic to the U.S.
Voice traffic exchange has commenced in Los Angeles, where Global Crossing and TELMEX have collocated points of presence (POPs).
The agreement expands an existing business relationship between the two companies: TELMEX has been Global Crossing's primary local access provider for data services in Mexico since 2001, and Global Crossing also has interconnection and renders services in Latin America to a number of TELMEX affiliates. http://www.globalcrossing.comhttp://www.telmex.com
- Separately, TELMEX owner Carlos Slim has recently received state regulatory approvals that would enable him to increase his ownership stake in Global Crossing to between 10 and 20%.
