• Carrier's Carrier Crosses Over to Enterprise
    Carrier's carrier WilTel Communications Inc. formally unveiled its enterprise strategy at the early May Networld+Interop tradeshow in Las Vegas, announcing an enhancement of the company's sales resources and introduction of new products and services for enterprise ...More
    June 1, 2004 By Paula Bernier and Khali Henderson
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  • Bells Hang Up on AT&T Proposal
    AT&T Corp. has proposed moving off a leasing platform the biggest local phone companies despise, but that has not made peace in the industry. Some regional Bells have blasted AT&T's proposal to provide consumers local phone service over its own switches in exchange ...More
    June 1, 2004
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  • Follow that Phone
    Keeping track of certain stars was easy during this year's London Marathon, when Sir Ralph Fiennes, Nell McAndrew, Lorraine Kelly, Adrian Moorhouse and six other celebrity fun runners carried mobile phones connected to Trace A Mobile.com's tracking service.Each runner ...More
    June 1, 2004
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  • FCC: IXCs Must Pay
    The FCC ruled April 22 long-distance carriers must pay local phone companies access charges when they route calls over the Internet if the traffic originates and terminates on the PSTN controlled by SBC Communications Inc. and other regional Bells. In a lawsuit filed ...More
    June 1, 2004
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  • Lose Some, Win Some
    It's nearly D-Day. At press time it's only a month away from the date that could change the CLEC landscape forever. The extended stay of a court ruling overturning portions of the FCC's Triennial Review Order was expected to end June 15. The court said the FCC was not ...More
    June 1, 2004 By Khali Henderson
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  • Instant Call Center
    UCN, a division of Buyers United Inc., is combining long-distance service over its IP network with pre-integrated hosted contact center applications to deliver InContact, a pay-per-use solution that gives businesses instant and affordable access to advanced call center ...More
    June 1, 2004 By Kelly Teal
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  • Answering VoIP's E911 Call
    One of the advantages of VoIP is that it eliminates geographic boundaries traditionally associated with voice networks, allowing users to travel while making and receiving phone calls as if they were at home or their office. However, this convenience creates some technical ...More
    June 1, 2004 By Kelly Teal
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  • product news
    NEXTONE UNLEASHES FLEXCONTROL FOR IP NETWORKS NexTone Communications, provider of session controller technologies for real-time IP traffic, has unveiled FlexControl, a suite of advanced session-control capabilities that enables carriers to route, manage and control ...More
    June 1, 2004
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  • industry news
    VoIP Provider Cirilium Plans to Go Public Appia Earns Cisco Powered Network Designation Fresh off its sale to private equity company Royal Palm Capital Group Inc. earlier this year, Cirilium Inc. is poised to become a public entity through a reverse merger set for mid-May. ...More
    June 1, 2004
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  • Carriers Win Big with Triple-Play IP Services
    By Michael Khalilian, above, and Farshid Mohammadi The U.S. communications market has changed rapidly in the past few years; DSL and cable broadband connections are becoming ubiquitous, new types of cable and DSL services are proliferating and incumbent carriers are losing ...More
    June 1, 2004
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