• Broadband Digital Launches Free DSL Service
    Posted: 02/2000 Broadband Digital Launches Free DSL Service BY LIZ MONTALBANO While the proliferation of free communications services makes the launch of free Internet access old hat, a startup venture has tried out a new look with the announcement of free digital ...More
    February 1, 2000
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  • Net2Phone Boosts Quality, Viability of VoIP with v.10
    Posted: 02/2000 Net2Phone Boosts Quality, Viability of VoIP with v.10 Net2Phone Inc. (www.net2phone.com) has announced the rollout of Net2Phone v.10 software worldwide, with features that position the company and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) in general as a viable ...More
    February 1, 2000
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  • Resale Channel: Bandwidth Markets Take Off
    Posted: 02/2000 Bandwidth Markets Take Off BY KHALI HENDERSON As they said goodbye to the millennium, many carriers formally would greet a new era of commodity bandwidth trading. In December, the first forward contracts were traded, routes were cataloged, pooling points ...More
    February 1, 2000
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  • Broadwing Secures $2.1 Billion in Private Equity;Hires 'E' CFO
    Posted: 03/2000 Broadwing Secures $2.1 Billion in Private Equity; Hires 'E' CFO By Ken Branson Hoping to become considerably more than the sum of its parts, Broadwing Inc. (www.broadwing.com) continues its metamorphosis. Broadwing, which grew out of the merger late last ...More
    February 1, 2000
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  • Teleglobe and Williams in $200 Million, 14,000-MileDeal
    Posted: 03/2000 Teleglobe and Williams in $200 Million, 14,000-Mile Deal Teleglobe Inc. (www.teleglobe.com) will buy 14,000 route miles of dark fiber across the United States from Williams Commun-ications Inc. (www.wilcom.com), the Montreal-based carrier has announced. The ...More
    February 1, 2000
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  • XML Marks the Spot
    Posted: 02/2000 XML Marks the Spot By Charlotte Wolter Every once in a while, a simple idea has so much power it changes an entire industry. Many XML (Extensible Markup Language) users believe this straightforward technology is such an idea. XML is an uncomplicated but ...More
    February 1, 2000
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  • Aptis, EDS Launch Intercarrier Billing Innovations
    Posted: 03/2000 Aptis, EDS Launch Intercarrier Billing Innovations By Peter Lambert Since no service should go uncharged, Aptis Software Inc. and global information technology integrator consultant EDS (www.eds.com) have unveiled new services to make life easier for ...More
    February 1, 2000
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  • Williams to Deploy Packet Switches for EnhancedWholesale Services
    Posted: 02/2000 Williams to Deploy Packet Switches for Enhanced Wholesale Services In an effort to extend its menu of wholesale services to include not only fiber capacity but all enhanced voice and data services, emerging carriers' carrier Williams Communications Group ...More
    February 1, 2000
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  • Telephone Number Administrator Changes Name toNeuStar
    Posted: 02/2000 Telephone Number Administrator Changes Name to NeuStar The administrator of the North American Numbering Plan (NANPA) and Local Number Portability (LNPA) for the telecommunications industry now is known as New Star Inc. This follows the FCC's (www.fcc.gov) ...More
    February 1, 2000
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  • Finally, Level 3 Launches IP Voice Service; WholesaleOffer Comes First
    Posted: 02/2000 Finally, Level 3 Launches IP Voice Service; Wholesale Offer Comes First BY KHALI HENDERSON Level 3 Communications Inc.'s (www.level3.com) long-awaited announcement that it will offer commercial availability of its (3)Voice service delivered over the ...More
    February 1, 2000
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