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Hoover's Profile: XO Holdings, Inc.
(OTC:XOHO)
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XO Holdings, Inc.
13865 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Herndon, VA 20171
VA Tel. 703-547-2000
Fax 703-547-2881

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.xo.com
Employees: 4,062
Employee growth: (8.0%)

XO Holdings gets down to the Xs and Os of teelcom services. The company is the holding company for XO Communications, which provides telecommunications services to large corporations, small and midsized businesses, and other telecom carriers over a network comprised of about 1 million miles of metropolitan fiber. The operating subsidiary offers local and long-distance voice, dedicated Internet access, private networking, data transport, and managed services such as Web hosting and bundled voice and data services. Top clients have included wholesale network access provider Covad Communications and network and IT services provider SAVVIS.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $1,477.6M
One year growth: 3.4%
Net income: ($75.3)M

Officers:
Chairman: Carl C. Icahn
President, CEO, and Director: Carl J. Grivner
EVP and COO: Wayne M. Rehberger

Competitors:
AT&T
Qwest Communications
Verizon

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XO Holdings, Inc.
Type Public (OTCBB: XOHO)
Headquarters Herndon, VA, U.S.
Key people Carl J. Grivner, Chairman & CEO
Industry Telecom Service - Domestic
Products Telephony, Broadband Internet
Revenue $1.48 billion
Employees 4000
Website www.xo.com

XO Communications (previously Nextlink Communications, Concentric Network Corporation and Allegiance Telecom, Inc. [1]) is a one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. It is owned by XO Holdings, Inc OTCBB: XOHO. XO provides voice, data and IP services to small and medium-sized business, large enterprises, cable companies, content providers, telecommunications companies and wireless service providers in more than 75 major metropolitan markets across the United States. Its customers include more than half of the Fortune 500.

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Network

XO is a facilities-based backbone provider in the U.S. XO operates a nationwide multi-10 Gigabit Tier 1 network and owns significant fiber optic network assets, including an 18,000 route-mile inter-city network and more than 9,000 route-miles within 40 major metropolitan markets. XO currently carries more than 15 billion minutes of Voice over IP (VoIP) traffic across its network each year.

Services

The company offers a broad range of services to businesses and its wholesale customers. These services include:

  • Local and Long Distance Voice services
  • Dedicated Internet Access services
  • MPLS IP-VPN
  • IP PBX
  • SIP
  • Ethernet
  • VoIP
  • Private Line services
  • Wavelength services
  • IP Transit
  • VoIP Origination
  • VoIP Termination
  • Collocation services
  • Managed Services (hardware, voice and data packages)
  • Wireless Ethernet and Private Line Access
  • Web Hosting
  • Web Development
  • Web Design

References

  1. ^ Goodbye Nextlink, Hello XO - Company Business and Marketing | Communications Today | Find Articles at BNET.com

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