• Is Local Victor After Long Distance'sFallout
    Posted: 01/2000 Is Local Victor After Long Distance's Fallout? Part Two of Two By Jill Collins As agents diversify into local services to compensate for shrinking margins in long distance, they are finding this market is not an easy nut to crack. A steep learning curve and ...More
    January 1, 2000
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  • NEWS BRIEFS
    Posted: 01/2000 NEWS BRIEFS As part of its recent reorganization (see story), Teleglobe Communications Corp., (www.teleglobe.com) has formed a new business unit called Teleglobe Value Added Services (VAS) to offer product and support to switchless resellers in the United ...More
    January 1, 2000
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  • UNE-P Gains Ground
    Posted: 01/2000 UNE-P Gains Ground By Ken Branson BellSouth Corp. (www.bellsouth.com), in its effort to prevent competitive markets from being built in its territory, has made some progress selling its UNE platform (UNE-P) concept. Besides Access One Communications Inc. ...More
    January 1, 2000
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  • In the Cards
    Posted: 01/2000 In the Cards Prepaid Card Services Part of Winning Hand By Imke Mensah With forecasts showing continued, albeit slowing, growth, the increasingly competitive prepaid calling card market remains a good opportunity for network service providers. They'll find ...More
    January 1, 2000
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  • PointOne Inks Marketing Contract with VarTec
    Posted: 01/2000 PointOne Inks Marketing Contract with VarTec PointOne Telecommunications (www.point-one.net), an emerging data and long distance carrier, has announced a strategic alliance to develop markets for services with VarTec Telecom Inc. (www.VarTec.com), a long ...More
    January 1, 2000
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  • Investors Stake $250 Million in Pathnet
    Posted: 01/2000 Investors Stake $250 Million in Pathnet Pathnet (www.pathnet.com), a carrier's carrier for second- and third-tier U.S. markets, has announced investment contracts with Colonial Pipeline Co. (www.colpipe.com), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (www.bnsf.com ...More
    January 1, 2000
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  • The Future of Regulation PowersForward
    Posted:  01/2000 The Future of Regulation Powers Forward By Kim Sunderland There's no sense looking back now. It's time to buckle down, look straight ahead, and motor into the next phase of federal telecommunications regulation and legislation. As competitors know all ...More
    January 1, 2000
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  • Stratification, Not VerticalIntegration Future of Communications
    Posted: 01/2000 Stratification, Not Vertical Integration Future of Communications By David Friend If someone told you that Microsoft Corp. (www.microsoft.com) was in the computer business, you'd wonder where the person had been for the past 15 years. Indeed, Microsoft, as ...More
    January 1, 2000
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  • Entering the Third Phase of Regulation
    Posted:  01/2000 Entering the Third Phase of Regulation By Kim Sunderland It follows naturally that after the spring comes summer; after the rain comes sunshine; after pregnancy comes birth; and after life comes death. The world of telecom regulation isn't any ...More
    January 1, 2000
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  • Carrier Channel: Local for Long Distance Carriers
    Posted: 01/2000 Local for Long Distance Carriers By Robert Rosenberg After years of hearing about the Holy Grail of con-vergence--the blending of television, personal computers and phones into one device, and the blending of voice, data and video onto one network---the ...More
    January 1, 2000
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