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Link your network and exchange VoIP traffic directly
cut rising phone traffic costs by bypassing the PSTN

Tufone's Voice Peering is a distributed network that allows members to interconnect and establish peer to peer connections for the direct exchange of VoIP traffic. The network permits members to send and receive calls between themselves These calls remain within the IP domain and bypass the PSTN. Using the Internet Engineering Task Force’s ENUM protocol to allow providers of VoIP service to terminate one another’s calls, a peering partner that has the intended call recipient’s phone number in its database, can transmit these calls without the use of the public switched telephone network(PSTN).

Peering is a model of interconnecting networks allowing IP and its VoIP traffic to be carried between service providers and companies without the need to pay a middle-man. By using session border controllers placed between the service providers, a ‘translation service’ is provided between the caller and the recipient who uses a different provider.

Tufone's Voice Peering was created with open network architecture thereby allowing 3rd party applications to be easily incorporated into the network. The goal is to enable VoIP carriers as well as enterprises that have turned to VoIP to interconnect their networks in a manner that calls originating or terminating as VoIP are carried over TDM networks as little as possible.

Tufone VoIP Peering provides the infrastructure for VOIP carriers to exchange traffic. As part of the service, Tufone has developed a Website where members of the TVP can see which carriers are offering minutes at what price. This system streamlines the process of finding a peering partner. Instead of going through a broker, members of the Tufone Peering can go to the Website and bid on each other’s capacity.

The service helps VOIP providers competing with U.S. Bell operating providers and large long-distance carriers compete even more cost effectively for local and long-distance telephony services

What is the Tufone Voice Peering Network?

The Tufone Voice Peering Network is a distributed Layer Ethernet Exchange created specifically for the exchange of VoIP traffic in a manner that makes the movement of voip transparent. The service provides an efficient traffic exchange syatem where VoIP providers can connect directly to each other, thereby avoiding the delays caused by relays.
How does the Minutes Exchange work?

The Tufone Minutes Exchange allows VoIP service providers to buy and sell VoIP Origination (DID - Inbound Capacity) and Termination (DOD - Outbound) capacity directly without a broker or counter party to the transaction. The Minutes Exchange is a web based system, allowing our participants to market their routes in a simple and efficient manner.
What is the VPF ENUM Registry?
ENUM is a network protocol that takes a telephone number and converts it to a URL, similar to the way a traditional Domain Name Server (DNS) takes a URL (like www.google.com) and converts it into a numeric IP address