• IP Puts New Spin on Fax
    Posted: 06/1999 IP Puts New Spin on Fax By Brandy Pfalmer Even with the introduction of e-mail and its fast acceptance into the marketplace, faxing continues to be the most widely accepted mechanism for transporting information, making up a large part of a company's phone ...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 Inc., Phoenix Panelists: Philip Bethune, President, Vista Group International, ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Regulatory News - Bell Companies Ride High on Competitive Surf
    Posted: 06/1999 Bell Companies Ride High on Competitive Surf By Kim Sunderland Whether it's an application for the provision of in-region long distance service or a petition to merge with another incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), the Bell companies are moving closer ...More
    June 1, 1999
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