• What's in a Name?
    Posted: 05/2000 Stacking the Deck Stakes Grow Higher in Advanced Services Contest By Kim SunderlandWhen entering a gambling town, it's easy to allow the bright neon lights to suck you into the excitement and overwhelm you with the opportunities--the shows, unrelenting ...More
    May 1, 2000
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  • Agency Channel: Do You Turn Cold Calls Into One-Call Closes?
    Posted: 05/2000 Do You Turn Cold Calls Into One-Call Closes? By Marilyn Dooley So, when was the last time you made a cold call and turned it into a one-call close? I asked myself that question the other day and, well, ... if truth were told, the answer was not what it ...More
    May 1, 2000
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  • Business News - Four Companies Pair Off in Wireless Ventures
    Posted: 05/2000 Four Companies Pair Off in Wireless Ventures BY KEN BRANSON AND STACY LANE LINKMEYERBell Atlantic Corp. (www.bell-atl.com) and Vodafone AirTouch plc (www.vodafone.com) launched a joint wireless and paging joint venture, Verizon Wireless on April 4.One day ...More
    May 1, 2000
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  • Bottom Line: It's Your Choice:Buy, Build or Outsource
    Posted: 05/2000 It's Your Choice:Buy, Build or Outsource By Faye F. Henris The Telecommunications Act of 1996, combined with overall global economic conditions, has provided the impetus for unprecedented growth and increased competition in the telecommunications ...More
    May 1, 2000
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  • Opcenter: Wholesale Billing Turns on a Dime
    Posted: 05/2000 Wholesale Billing Turns on a Dime By Peter Lambert Patent leather may do the trick on the dance floor, but it won't cut it for the sprints, sudden stops, leaps and pivots required on the basketball court.So it is for carriers' carriers of data and telephony ...More
    May 1, 2000
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  • Date Book
    Posted: 05/2000 Date Book MAY2-3 Telecoms Think Tank 2000 Prague, Czech Republic +31 346 580 700 www.connect-events.com7-10 Cable 2000 New Orleans +1 202 775 3606 www.cable2k.com7-10 IEEE Communications Theory Workshop Haines City, Fla. +1 301 934 6100 ...More
    May 1, 2000
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  • Business News - WorldxChange Moves Sales Program Forward as Merger Awaits
    Posted: 05/2000 WorldxChange Moves Sales Program Forward as Merger Awaits BY  TARA SEALSWorldxChange Communications (www.worldxchange.com), a private multinational telecommunications service provider has announced it will enhance its independent sales program and ...More
    May 1, 2000
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  • Agency Channel: News Briefs
    Posted: 05/2000 News Briefs * Newcomer Telera (www.telera.com), which was launched earlier this year as an ASP, is set to explore alternative channel marketing.When founded, the company focused on direct selling to contact centers while partnering at the solution and ...More
    May 1, 2000
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  • Stock Watch - Market Reverses After Tech Stocks Are Clobbered
    Posted: 05/2000 Market Reverses After Tech Stocks Are ClobberedIn a sudden reversal of fortunes, investors flocked to "old money" stocks and disdained "new money" ventures that have been Wall Street's darlings for much of the new millennium. "There is a flight to quality," ...More
    May 1, 2000
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  • Business News - Industry Leaders Create First Telecom ASP Portal
    Posted: 05/2000 Industry Leaders Create First Telecom ASP PortalIpx Inc. (www.ipx-inc.com), a VoIP clearinghouse, has introduced T-Portal, a group of international telecommunications companies committed to advance new technologies."We are creating the first Applications ...More
    May 1, 2000
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