VoIP-X service
VoIP-X allows telephony providers to exchange voice traffic over the LU-CIX shared infrastructure using the SIP protocol.
The benefits of exchanging VoIP traffic over LU-CIX’ VoIP-X are:
- Local availability in all major datacenters in Luxembourg.
- No need to be co-located with your peers.
- No need to provision individual hardware ports or circuits per peering partner.
- High speed, low latency transport network including QoS.
- Can co-exist on your LU-CIX peering port.
LU-CIX’ VoIP-X service works according to regulation ILR/T17/9, option 2.2, Layer 2 interconnection. It is a shared Layer 2 network available to all participants in order to exchange VoIP traffic in a bilateral fashion. There is no obligation to exchange traffic with all other participants; rather any exchange of voice traffic is subject to both parties’ contractual requirements.
In order to use our VoIP-X service, please follow these steps:
- Be a notified Voice service provider according to the Luxembourg regulator, ILR, for at least one of the services: SRF, SRM, SRA, STF, STM, STA, SVI.
- Become (if not yet done) a member of LU-CIX ASBL.
- Order the VoIP-X service with the Service Order Form.
VoIP-X technical specification
The following telephony service providers offer interconnects over LU-CIX VoIP-X: