Pandora Networks (www.pandoranetworks.com), a provider of On Demand IP Communications. services, today announced that is has chosen XO Communications, Inc. (www.xo.com) as a primary provider of VoIP wholesale network infrastructure, which will be used to deliver Pandora's award winning Worksmart(TM) On Demand IP Communications(TM) service to its customers.

"We are pleased to be selected by Pandora Networks to support its Worksmart On Demand IP Communications service," said Ernie Ortega, president of XO Carrier Services.

The agreement gives Pandora Networks the ability to leverage the XO national private IP network to provide IP and traditional telephony services in support of the Worksmart full suite of video, messaging and collaboration services.

Through XO, Pandora will be able to provide nationwide VoIP termination services, multi-market local inbound calling services, and a full suite of data services including T1 and DS3 to the customer premise.

Additionally, Pandora's customers have the flexibility to either continue use of existing local loop providers or upgrade to XO T1 and DS3 loops that will connect directly to Pandora's Worksmart Data Centers.

XO offers wholesale voice and data solutions over a national fiber-optic network with an advanced soft switch network platform powered by SONUS Networks and Juniper Networks that routes data, and both traditional circuit-switched voice traffic and packet-based VoIP traffic.

"Nationwide network coverage from XO allows us to enter all major U.S. markets with local and 800 numbers that can be provisioned to our customers on demand," adds Walter Snell, chief executive officer of Pandora Networks.