• Beyond E-911: Moneymaking Geolocation Services
    Posted: 12/1999 Beyond E-911: Moneymaking Geolocation Services By Gary Ritter The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unleashed tremendous potential when it mandated wireless E-911. The commissioners wanted to assure that wireless phone users received the same emergency ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • Sprint Takes ASP Route, Too
    Posted: 12/1999 Sprint Takes ASP Route, Too By Ken Branson Like its competitors--namely Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver--Sprint Corp. soon will become an applications service provider (ASP). It has formed an alliance with Deloitte Consulting, New York, to ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • New Wholesale DSL Provider Rolls Out Services
    Posted: 12/1999 New Wholesale DSL Provider Rolls Out Services A new facilities-based wholesale provider of broadband communications services, including digital subscriber line (DSL), has rolled out services in markets in Texas. Pontio Communications Co. Inc., Austin, Texas, ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • IP Complicates Convergent Billing
    Posted: 12/1999 IP Complicates Convergent Billing By Susan Helen Moran In pursuit of the convergent bill, carriers are seeking systems that will combine the newest Internet protocol (IP) offerings, as well as their traditional services. Telecom service providers are in hot ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • The Name Game
    Posted: 12/1999 The Name Game Speech Recognition Ushers DA into 2000 By Liz Montalbano Directory assistance (DA) has come a long way since early telephone users relied on operators to connect them to the party they were calling. In recent years, time spent talking to a live ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • Regulatory, Technology Summit Presents 'Great Climb'for CompTel Members
    Posted: 12/1999 Regulatory, Technology Summit Presents 'Great Climb' for CompTel Members Against the backdrop of Arizona's dark and towering Supersitition Mountains, nearly 2,000 competitive service providers met to discuss the challenging climb they face to reach the ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • Hypercom, Inter-Tel Form IP Carrier Solutions Company
    Posted: 12/1999 Hypercom, Inter-Tel Form IP Carrier Solutions Company Hypercom Network Systems and Inter-Tel Inc., both Phoenix-based, have formed a joint-venture company targeting the voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) gateway equipment market. The new company, Cirillium ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • Bell Atlantic Looks Good to Go
    Posted: 12/1999 Bell Atlantic Looks Good to Go By Kim Sunderland In what should clear the runway for Bell Atlantic-New York's (BANY's) next takeoff, New York's top telecom regulator says the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) has met federal competitive conditions in ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • Redefining Carrier Class
    Posted: 12/1999 Redefining Carrier Class By David Gunning The current definition of "carrier class," which focuses primarily on the physical characteristics and attributes of telecommunications equipment (power consumption, earthquake survivability, etc.), is ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • Adelphia To Use CapRock Network in Texas
    Posted: 12/1999 Adelphia To Use CapRock Network in Texas Dallas-based CapRock Communications Corp. and Adelphia Business Solutions, formerly Hyperion Communications Inc., Coudersport, Pa., have announced a 30-year, $7.2 million indefeasible right of use (IRU) agreement that ...More
    December 1, 1999
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