Channel Partners Online

FEATURES

VMware Launches Cloud Service

As rumored, VMware unveiled its cloud service Tuesday at a live event, with general availability in the U.S. planned for third quarter and early ...read more

Justifying Security Spending

This Business Value Toolbox video offers a number of tips to help businesses get a return on their security investment. ...read more

Targeting Vertical Markets w/ Cable

This Pulse Digital Issue highlights five industry sectors – financial services, health care, hospitality, restaurants and bars, and retail – that are ...read more

The Most Satisfying Cellphone Vendors

Are consumers finally turning against Apple? The maker of the iconic iPhone watched its customer-satisfaction score – according to the American ...read more

Latest Headlines

Squeezing Bandwidth Out of Voice

Posted: 08/1999 Squeezing Bandwidth Out of Voice By Woody Benson To maximize network performance, corporations have been employing effective data compression schemes for years. Yet, when it comes to voice compression, the benefits often are underestimated. While bandwidth ...More
August 1, 1999
Posted in Articles
3G Harmonization Agreement Stretches Globally

Posted: 08/1999 3G Harmonization Agreement Stretches Globally By Charlene O'Hanlon Wireless operators and equipment suppliers from around the world have reached a harmonization agreement on a standard for a new generation of wireless systems. The globally harmonized ...More
August 1, 1999 By Charlene O'Hanlon
Posted in Articles
Bandwidth Boom Means Wholesale Opportunities,Report Says

Posted: 08/1999 Bandwidth Boom Means Wholesale Opportunities, Report Says By Ken Branson If the revenues of telecommunications wholesalers are supposed to double in five years, and resellers' profits are being squeezed by tight margins, why are so many companies ...More
August 1, 1999
Posted in Articles
IP Telephony Interoperability Remains Topical

Posted: 08/1999 IP Telephony Interoperability Remains Topical By Paula Bernier In general, Internet protocol (IP) telephony and, specifically, interoperability, were hot topics at SUPERCOMM '99 in Atlanta. Of course, as with all new technologies, interoperability among ...More
August 1, 1999 By Paula Bernier
Posted in Articles
Carriers, Customers Connect Via 'Click-Here'Care

Posted: 08/1999 Carriers, Customers Connect Via 'Click-Here' Care By Susan Helen Moran Under a spring agreement with Just In Time Solutions, San Francisco, AT&T Corp. is poised to offer its 70 million residential customers web-based billing and customer care. With this ...More
August 1, 1999
Posted in Articles
Bandwidth Benchmark Index Reveals PricingShortcomings

Posted: 08/1999 Bandwidth Benchmark Index Reveals Pricing Shortcomings In the first application of RateXchange's new TeleCommodities market indices, traders could assume significant temporal arbitrage opportunities. The Real-Time Bandwidth Exchange*Revealed Price Index ...More
August 1, 1999
Posted in Articles
Business News - McLeodUSA Expands Territory

Posted: 08/1999 McLeodUSA Expands Territory McLeodUSA Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has agreed to acquire Access Communications Inc. and SJ Investments Inc., both of Salt Lake City, which operate as Access Long Distance. Under the terms of the agreement, McLeod will pay ...More
August 1, 1999
Posted in Articles
CompTel Proposes New FCC Bureau

Posted: 08/1999 CompTel Proposes New FCC Bureau By Kim Sunderland Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reform should include creation of a new Competition Bureau that would streamline agency processes and be more apt at dealing with industry changes and technological ...More
August 1, 1999
Posted in Articles
Broadband Wireless a Rising Star

Posted: 08/1999 Broadband Wireless a Rising Star By Charlotte Wolter The world of wireless broadband services has expanded dramatically in the last few months, as service providers such as Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. have feverishly snapped up multichannel multipoint ...More
August 1, 1999
Posted in Articles
Business News - OneStar Completes Acquisition

Posted: 08/1999 OneStar Completes Acquisition OneStar Long Distance Inc., Evansville, Ind., has completed its acquisition of the customer base of Cellnet Telecommunications of Michigan LLC, Madison Heights, Mich., doing business as C-Net Communications. C-Net Communications ...More
August 1, 1999
Posted in Articles