• Wired for Sound Residential Business
    Posted: 06/1999 Wired for Sound Residential Business By Michael Jennison Deregulation and emerging technologies are leveling the playing field and opening the door to opportunities for telecommunications service providers in the residential market. But they also are ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • It's Not Just Technology
    Posted: 06/1999 It's Not Just Technology Of MCI WorldCom Inc.'s total cost to deliver one minute of voice service, only 6 percent is transport and switching; nearly twice that (11 percent) is attributable to billing and operations support systems (OSSs). This revelation, ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • Router Chips Spawn IP Services Race
    Posted: 06/1999 Router Chips Spawn IP Services Race Telecom Giants Scramble To Acquire Intelligent Edge Suppliers By Peter Lambert In 1998, a new distributed microprocessor architecture for data routers began to yield a new class of terabit-per-second routers that can ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • Lucent Makes Move to Packet World
    Posted: 06/1999 Lucent Makes Move to Packet World By Ken Branson Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., made its long-awaited packet move in late April, announcing two products to help it and its customers make the transition from the circuit-switched world to the ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • Plugging into Power Company Networks
    Posted: 06/1999 Plugging into Power Company Networks By Khali Henderson In the deal-a-minute world of wholesale long distance services, there are a handful of companies that stand out as primary suppliers. In the same breath as AT&T Corp., Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom ...More
    June 1, 1999 By Khali Henderson
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  • Business News - News Briefs
    Posted: 06/1999 News Briefs Sprint Acquires Broadband Wireless Company Bringing wireless access to its Integrated On-demand Network (ION), Sprint has entered a definitive merger agreement with People's Choice TV (PCTV), Shelton, Conn. PCTV has licenses to provide wireless ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • No New Wires
    Posted: 06/1999 No New Wires Fulfilling the Promise of Power Line Telecom By Khali Henderson Competitive telecommunications service providers currently are handicapped at the last mile as only the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) have wired access to the end users' ...More
    June 1, 1999 By Khali Henderson
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  • Business News - STAR To Spin Off European Operations
    Posted: 06/1999 STAR To Spin Off European Operations By Khali Henderson STAR Telecommunications Inc., Santa Barbara, Calif., has announced it will be spinning off and consolidating its European operations under a wholly owned subsidiary called Apollo Communications. The ...More
    June 1, 1999 By Khali Henderson
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  • Business News - ADDS, MOVES, CHANGES
    Posted: 06/1999 ADDS, MOVES & CHANGES Ray Bermond Kevin Johnson Lauren Barret Gipson Paul Lebonitte Kevin Kidd Maura Breen has been named president and CEO of Bell Atlantic Long Distance. Formerly vice president of sales and service for the company's consumer group, she ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • Straight Talk - Part Three
    Posted: 06/1999 Straight Talk - Part Three Resellers on Carrier Billing Practices Roundtable ParticipantsModerator: Bob Titsch Jr., Former Group Editor, Telecom Division, Virgo Publishing, Phoenix Panelists: Philip Bethune, President, Vista Group International, Westlake, ...More
    June 1, 1999
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