• FCC Approves Billing Standards
    Posted: 06/1999 FCC Approves Billing Standards By Kim Sunderland Restraining itself from mandating specific rules, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued general guidelines on the content and format of telephone bills. In its truth-in-billing and billing ...More
    June 1, 1999
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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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  • 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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  • Is Jamming Being Used To Stop Slamming?
    Posted: 06/1999 Is Jamming Being Used To Stop Slamming? By Kim Sunderland While AT&T Corp. alleges Denver-based US WEST Inc. is jamming, the Bell countercharges that the long distance giant is slamming. It's a convoluted mess that's likely to come before state and ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • Networks: Terabit Routers Take on Networking's Heavy Lifting
    Posted: 06/1999 Terabit Routers Take on Networking's Heavy Lifting By Charlotte Wolter The very phrase terabit router has an awesome ring, conjuring images of huge streams of data under the control of a powerful, fast machine. Indeed, terabit routers--which will switch 1 ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • Selling High: The Equity Alternative
    Posted: 06/1999 Selling High: The Equity Alternative By Bryan Mitchell and Salman Tajuddin As any telecom insider would tell you, telecommunications is a capital-intensive business. The ability to execute on a business plan is predicated not only on raising the appropriate ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • Wag the Dog: Bandwidth and the Next "KillerApp"
    Posted: 05/1999 Wag the Dog: Bandwidth and the Next "Killer App" By David Finkelstein David Finkelstein The Holy Grail in the communications industry is the constant search for the next killer application. Companies spending small fortunes building out their ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • Carrier Channel: Crossing the Pond
    Posted: 06/1999 Crossing the Pond Global Carriers Build, Buy or Lease Undersea Cable By Ken Branson The bottom of the North Atlantic has been accumulating submarine cable since 1858, when the first one was laid between North America and Europe--a telegraph cable. Since ...More
    June 1, 1999
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  • 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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