Xfone, Inc.

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.xfone.com

Voice and data services company Xfone is Xpanding. The company has acquired Jackson, Mississippi-based competitive local-exchange carrier WS Telecom (now known as Xfone USA) and it also has established a majority stake in a subsidiary in Israel, Xfone 018 (formerly known as Xfone Communication Ltd.). Xfone earlier made a fast move on Swiftnet, buying the UK-based alternative telephone services provider in 2000. Now Xfone's subsidiary, Swiftnet has operated since 1990 reselling dial-around phone services, mobile phone access, and messaging services, including e-mail and fax services.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2007:
Sales: $44.7M
One year growth: 18.0%
Net income: ($1.3)M

Officers:
Chairman: Abraham Keinan
President and CEO: Guy Nissenson
CTO and Research and Development Manager: Wireless Telecommunications Resellers

Competitors:
AT&T
BT
RF Micro Devices

XFN is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings.

In computing:

• XHTML Friends Network, a way to add metadata to links suggesting the relationship with that link (friend, co-worker, relative, and so on).
• X/Open Federated Naming, most commonly implemented as the Federated Naming Service.

In finance:

• Xinhua Financial Network, the blanket term for the companies and services Xinhua Finance, a financial news company, offers.

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