of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . september 2013 iristel inc. type private founded 1999 headquarters markham on canada key people samer bishay president ceo website www.iristel.ca iristel inc. is a canadian provider of voice over internet protocol services and is designated as a competitive local exchange carrier . 1 the company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in markham ontario canada . iristel has also deployed multiple redundant switching facilities and points of presence pops nationally resulting in the delivery of stable telecom business solutions to its customers . iristel s coast to coast to coast coverage includes cities in alberta british columbia manitoba newfoundland and labrador nova scotia ontario quebec saskatchewan prince edward island 2 yukon northwest territories and nunavut thus making iristel a national voip clec . 3 iristel s offerings include residential and business voice data & fax solutions ; virtual phone numbers ; hosted pbx and wholesale sip trunking services ; and wireless ip services . its clients include residential and business customers ; incumbent local exchange carriers ; and clecs with canadian local access requirements . contents 1 background 2 services 3 network 4 see also 5 references 6 external links background edit iristel was established in 1999 when founder samer bishay set up a voip technology business to address the needs of under served african markets . 4 the company was granted a carrier license by the canadian radio television commission in 2000 . 1 today iristel also has domestic operator licenses in algeria dominica and romania with an additional 20 points of presence throughout the world . iristel launched its high definition hd voip telephone service in february 2007 . 5 by may 2007 the company added domestic and global sip trunking and hosted pbx to its portfolio of enterprise voip solutions . in december 2007 iristel began to offer dual mode wi fi enabled gsm mobile phones to canadian customers . in june 2008 iristel began offering iristel ip mobility a wireless ip service that combines voip over wi fi gsm single number reach and fixed mobile convergence . voip industry pundits describe iristel ip mobility as a harbinger of things to come . 6 iristel ip mobility provides users with a single point of contact for fixed mobile and wi fi calls . users have on single phone number for both inbound and outbound calling across multiple devices . they can also switch calls back and forth between the mobile network and the voip network without interruption to help lower cellular charges . settings may be configured by users through an online portal . 7 iristel has partnered with various carriers and service providers across the world who have chosen to route their wholesale and retail traffic through iristel or to rely on iristel s did coverage to service their own residential and corporate markets . in january 2009 iristel and algeria telecom announce an exclusive agreement to offer inbound direct inward dialling did services to subscribers around the world who want an algerian number for their existing phone line 8 9 in february 2009 mts allstream a wholly owned subsidiary of manitoba telecom services inc. and a communication solutions provider in canada has chosen iristel inc. for the conversion of its time division multiplexing tdm voice traffic to internet protocol ip based traffic . 10 in august 2011 gogii inc the makers of textplus announced the app can be now used with free canadian telephone numbers provided by iristel . 11 12 textplus is an app supported by iphone ipod touch and android which allows users to send free unlimited group text messages 13 iristel has performed various interoperability tests with the most important voip hardware & software manufacturers polycom mediatrix avaya 14 15 grandstream 16 toshiba 17 3cx phone system 18 snom 19 and yealink . 20 in may 2012 iristel became a major shareholder in ice wireless . 21 ice wireless is a northern canada based telecommunications company that provides 3g 4g mobility services mobile broadband internet and fixed line telephone to the yukon northwest territories and nunavut canada . ice wireless is a roaming partner for rogers wireless fido and videotron in northern canada . 22 23 services edit iristel has three corporate divisions retail solutions enterprise solutions and wholesale services . its retail solutions are used by both residential and business clients and include voice solutions digital telephone service pc phone service and long distance calling plans internet services high speed dsl internet voice and data bundles digital telephone and internet services virtual fax services internet fax hardware solutions voip gateways and ip phones wireless ip services iristel ip mobility virtual phone numbers . enterprise services offered by iristel include hosted pbx voip virtual private network hosted auto attendant . the company s wholesale services include sip trunking inbound did . network edit as a fully licensed clec 1 iristel does not resell other operator s services . the company has its own voip network infrastructure . the iristel network features international gateway switches in toronto ontario canada ; paris france and london u.k. with subsidiary offices in romania ; a 24x7 monitored network operations centre ; and systems to monitor manage tdm and ip telephony networks . see also edit voice over internet protocol list of canadian telephone companies references edit a b c competitive local exchange carriers clec list . canadian radio television and telecommunications commission . retrieved 2009 01 20 . iristel coverage map . ice wireless and iristel partner to end north america s last telephone monopoly and expand cellular service in canada s north . gardiner rebecca september 2005 . business african style . profit magazine . retrieved 2009 01 20 . kretkowski paul d. march 5 2007 . the truth about hd voip . voip news . retrieved 2009 01 20 . stevenson ted july 16 2008 . f mc watch a consumer oriented approach . voip planet . retrieved 2009 01 20 . solomon howard june 24 2008 . iristel adds fixed mobile convergence . it world canada . retrieved 2009 01 20 . algeria telecom partners with iristel to offer algeria connect . algeria telecom partners with iristel to offer algeria connect . mts allstream selects iristel for ip conversion of tdm phone traffic . textplus brings free phone numbers to canada . bloomberg . s.o.s. for sms never pay for text messages again . textplus about us . iristel selected for membership in avaya devconnect program . iristel sip based solution now avaya compliant . iristel and grandstream complete interoperability tests . iristel grows solutions portfolio with toshiba ip pbx products ; completes network interoperability testing . iristel sip trunking service now compatible with software based ip pbx from 3cx . snom teams with iristel to deliver hosted voip solutions . iristel and yealink complete successful interoperability tests . ice wireless and iristel partner to end north america s last telephone monopoly . ice wireless roaming ice wireless corporate website . retrieved february 27 2014 . 1 ice wireless corporate website . retrieved december 15 2014 . external links edit www.iristel.ca v t e canadian voip providers public internet babytel comwave iristel primus canada teksavvy vonage vmedia zazeen private network access communications cogeco eastlink rogers telecom shaw vid otron westman retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title iristel & oldid 742793581 categories voip companies of canadacompanies based in markham ontariotelecommunications companies established in 1999privately held companies of canadahidden categories wikipedia articles containing buzzwords from september 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 20 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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