• On Premises: VPN Users Migrate to Managed Services
    Posted: 04/2000 VPN Users Migrate to Managed Services By Brian SchulzEnterprise e-business opportunities are driving demand for flexible and secure wide-area communications. New requirements are wrapped with Internet connectivity and IP networking advances that include ...More
    April 1, 2000
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  • Business News - News Briefs
    Posted: 04/2000 News Briefs Peregrine Systems to Acquire Telco ResearchPeregrine Systems Inc. (www.peregrine.com) and Telco Research Corp. (www.telcoresearch.com) recently announced they have signed a merger agreement under which Peregrine Systems will acquire all Telco ...More
    April 1, 2000
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  • Business News - MFN to Create First Premises-to-Premises Optical Internet Infrastructure
    Posted: 04/2000 MFN to Create First Premises-to-Premises Optical Internet InfrastructureMetromedia Fiber Network, Inc. (MFN, www.mmfn.com) and its subsidiary AboveNet Communications Inc.(www.above.net) are implementing a $1.4 billion broadband infrastructure expansion that ...More
    April 1, 2000
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  • Business News - Cisco Takes Over Key Chip Maker
    Posted: 04/2000 Cisco Takes Over Key Chip Maker BY CHARLOTTE WOLTERStrengthening its service provider infrastructure expertise, Cisco Systems Inc. (www.cisco.com) has acquired integrated circuit (IC) design firm Growth Networks Inc., a leader in a new category of ...More
    April 1, 2000
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  • Date Book
    Posted: 04/2000 Date Book APRIL3-5 Call Centre Solutions Canada 2000 Conference & Exposition Toronto +1 800 265 5665 www.callvoice.com 3-6 DSLcon 2000 Spring San Jose, Calif. +1 408 778 9904 www.dslcon.com 3-7 Spring Internet World 2000 Los Angeles +1 800 632 5537 ...More
    April 1, 2000
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  • Business News - CompTel Honors Hollings, Bliley
    Posted: 04/2000 CompTel Honors Hollings, BlileyThe Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel) has designated Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (D-S.C.) and Rep. Tom J. Bliley, Jr. (R-Va.) "Champions of Competition."CompTel (www.comptel.org) presented the congressmen ...More
    April 1, 2000
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  • Business News - New Technologies Reign, CompTel Attendance Pours Past Previous High
    Posted: 04/2000 New Technologies Reign, CompTel Attendance Pours Past Previous High BY STACY LANE LINKMEYERThe normally sunny skies of California turned stormy, making for a wet entrance and exit to the Long Beach Convention Center, which housed more than 200 exhibitors at ...More
    April 1, 2000
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  • Carrier Channel: News Briefs
    Posted: 04/2000 News Briefs* MCI WorldCom Inc. (www.wcom.com) has introduced two new services that provide customers control and integration utilizing web-based technologies to manage ATM and private line services. These services--Smart Bandwidth On Command for ATM and ...More
    April 1, 2000
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  • Resale Channel: NEWS BRIEFS
    Posted: 04/2000 NEWS BRIEFS * Teltrust, Inc., (www.teltrust.com) a provider of wholesale telecommunications services, has been awarded a multi-year contract with California-based G-Five LLC ( www.gfive.com). Under the terms, Teltrust will provide a variety of telecom ...More
    April 1, 2000
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  • Regulatory News - Inquiry 2000 Proceeds on Deployment of Advanced Services
    Posted:  04/2000 Inquiry 2000 Proceeds on Deployment of Advanced Services BY KIM SUNDERLANDThe FCC has initiated a second inquiry into whether advanced services are being deployed in a reasonable and timely manner.Commission Chairman William E. Kennard says the FCC ...More
    April 1, 2000
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