• Softswitches Challenge Global Carriers
    Posted: 08/2000 Softswitches Challenge Global CarriersThe softswitch, or media gateway controller (MGC), may revolutionize telecommunications services. It will push intelligent function to the edge of the network, enable voice and data convergence, and allow the flexibility ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Carrier Channel: Are Carriers Sitting on Trading Sidelines?
    Posted: 08/2000 Are Carriers Sitting on Trading Sidelines? By Khali Henderson and Ken BransonLarge carriers were conspicuous by their silence, if not absence, at a late June capacity trading conference in New York. The most vocal carriers were the usual suspects Williams ...More
    August 1, 2000 By Khali Henderson
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  • Going Once, Going Twice...
    Posted: 08/2000 Going Once, Going Twice... Bandwidth's on the Auction Block By Khali Henderson In early June, bandwidth trading floor RateXchange Corp. (www.ratexchange.com) conducted what is believed to be the largest online auction to date.On behalf of an unnamed carrier, ...More
    August 1, 2000 By Khali Henderson
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  • Business News - Universal Access Expands Databases, Interconnection Facilities
    Posted: 08/2000 Universal Access Expands Databases, Interconnection FacilitiesCUniversal Access Inc. (www.universalaccess.net) has expanded its Universal Information Exchange (UIX) databases and plans to open six additional Universal Transport Exchange (UTX) interconnection ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Trading Post
    Q: What is the Purpose of a Pricing Index?A: The concept is not new; indices are used as pricing mechanisms in stock and commodity markets. The ability to buy or sell bandwidth based on an index price is an alternative to the standard "fixed price"bids or offers.Q: What is ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Opcenter: Multitenant Units Get Wired for Future
    Posted: 08/2000 Multitenant Units Get Wired for Future By Aldo MorriThe wait for the "better, cheaper, faster" promise of broadband may soon be over, at least for those who live or work in multitenant buildings. Multitenant units (MTUs)--apartment buildings, office ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Stocks Seesaw on Interest Rate Woes
    Posted: 08/2000 Stocks Seesaw on Interest Rate WoesWall Street fell and climbed during our reporting period (ending June 15), after the Federal Reserve raised rates as expected by 50 basis points. Recent economic news shows that inflationary pressures may be moderating, and ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Regulatory News - FCC's 25 Conditions to Ensure Open Competition
    Posted:  08/2000 FCC's 25 Conditions to Ensure Open CompetitionSeparate Affiliate for Advanced Services. Bell Atlantic/GTE will create separate affiliates to provide all advanced services in the combined region. Surrogate Line Sharing Discount. Bell Atlantic/GTE will ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Eurocarrier, Excluded
    IN-BOX Eurocarrier, ExcludedAfter reading your article, "If You Build It ... They Will Come: Pan-European Network Growth Accelerates as the Yanks Move In" (PHONE+ International, May 15, page 28), I was surprised, amazed and disappointed that NETs (www.netsgroup.com) was not ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • The Man Who Knows Too Much
    Posted: 08/2000 CASP Powered Carriers Plug Into Private-Branded Enhanced Services By Khali HendersonCommunications services--the enhanced IP-based ones--have not escaped the widening grip of the emerging hosted applications delivery model. Communications ASPs, or CASPs, are ...More
    August 1, 2000
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