• Business News - WorldCom to Acquire Intermedia
    Posted: 10/2000 WorldCom to Acquire IntermediaTelecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. (www.wcom.com) has signed a $6 billion agreement in equity and debt to acquire Intermedia Communications Inc. (www.intermedia.com), a Tampa, Fla.-based CLEC with an attractive portfolio.The ...More
    October 1, 2000
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  • Regulatory News - Interconnection for Wireless Resellers Nixed
    Posted: 10/2000 Interconnection for Wireless Resellers Nixed By Kim SunderlandThe FCC (www.fcc.gov) issued a loud, emphatic "No!" to a question regarding whether facilities-based commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers should be required to interconnect with ...More
    October 1, 2000
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  • Wholesale: Concert's Wholesale Portfolio Goes IP
    Posted: 10/2000 Concert's Wholesale Portfolio Goes IP By Khali HendersonIn response to the evolving needs of next-generation fixed and wireless carriers, ISPs, ASPs and other new players, Concert Communications Co. (www.concert.com)--the global joint venture of AT&T ...More
    October 1, 2000 By Khali Henderson
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  • Q: What is the role of minutes exchanges in capacity trading?
    Q: What is the role of minutes exchanges in capacity trading?A: Most fundamentally, a minutes "exchange" is not a true exchange where commodities traders meet to trade standard futures contracts. Minutes exchanges are actually physical delivery marketplaces for telephone ...More
    October 1, 2000
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  • Ich Bin Ein Prepaid Provider
    Posted: 10/2000 Ich Bin Ein Prepaid Provider By Tara SealsIn contrast to the highly saturated market for telephony services in the United States, going international presents a huge opportunity. And industry players are saying prepaid service may be the way to break in.If ...More
    October 1, 2000 By Tara Seals
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  • Wholesale: Briefs
    Posted: 10/2000 Briefs* Trans National Communications International Inc. (www.tneii.com) has signed a nationwide resale agreement with ISP Meganet Communications Inc. (www.meganet.net) to resell its DSL services. The agreement adds broadband services to TNCI's existing ...More
    October 1, 2000
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  • Business News - Time Warner to Buy GST Assets
    Posted: 10/2000 Time Warner to Buy GST AssetsTime Warner Telecom Inc. (www.twtelecom.com) and GST Telecommu-nications Inc. (www.gstcorp.com) have announced that Time Warner will purchase GST's assets for $690 million, excluding the majority of those in Hawaii and residual ...More
    October 1, 2000
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  • Telecommodities Indices - Bandwidth Price Remains Stable
    Posted: 08/2000 Bandwidth Price Remains Stable The July 2000 price for DS-3 bandwidth, $26,858, did not change from the June price. In fact, since April, the price fluctuation has been stable, ranging from $27,265 to $26,858.The difference between the high and low during ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • Regulatory News - Appeals Court Remands Wireless Rate Order
    Posted:  09/2000 Appeals Court Remands Wireless Rate Order By Kim SunderlandThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (www.cadc.uscourts.gov) wants the FCC (www.fcc.gov) to take another look at requiring wireless carriers to integrate their rates and charge the ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • Agency Channel: Agents Work the Web
    Posted: 09/2000 Agents Work the Web By Tara SealsThe digital age has arrived with great fanfare. The resulting shift to data-centric carrier strategies has given network services agents a wide array of Internet-related products and services to sell into the small and ...More
    September 1, 2000 By Tara Seals
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