Associations/Consortia

SureWest's Steve Oldham Named USTelecom Chair

Steve Oldham, president and CEO of SureWest Communications, has been elected to serve as chair of USTelecom’s board of directors. Representing the nation’s premier broadband providers, USTelecom’s board is comprised of top executives from the leading ...More
October 21, 2009
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COMPTEL M&A Panel: Have We Learned Our Lessons?

COMPTEL PLUS — Panelists participating on a panel at the COMPTEL PLUS Fall Conference in Orlando this week believe the environment for mergers and acquisitions will get stronger next year or the year after, and that it will be good for the market as long as there is ...More
October 14, 2009 By Tim McElligott
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Broadband Stimulus: NTIA Has Nov. Award Date In Sight

COMPTEL PLUS — The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) continues to cull through broadband stimulus grant applications, seven days each week, in hopes of awarding the first round of money by its somewhat-nebulous November ...More
October 13, 2009 By Kelly Teal
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Sprint CEO Hesse: M2M Key to Company’s Growth

COMPTEL PLUS — Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) CEO Dan Hesse is looking to machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies to fuel much of his company’s growth in the next few years. Revenue from that burgeoning market is projected to soar 250 percent by 2013, Hesse said on ...More
October 12, 2009 By Kelly Teal
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CompTIA Nixes Managed IT Services Summit

CompTIA announced it has canceled its upcoming Managed IT Services Summit. The summit, which was to occur Oct. 7-9, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., has been called off due to its proximity to the wildfires in Southern California. The decision was also influenced by economic ...More
September 8, 2009
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CompTIA Lauds 2009 Show Winners

Eight IT companies were awarded the Best of Breakaway Award for outstanding products or services at the CompTIA Breakaway 2009 event this week. More than 400 technology resellers and solution providers who attended the annual conference participated in the voting to ...More
August 7, 2009
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VAR Group Fuels Managed Services Delivery

The ASCII Group Inc., an association of IT VARs, announced this week the beta availability of ASCII MSP Fuel to its members.ASCII MSP Fuel provides the “juice” IT VARs need to offer managed services, according to a press statement. Powered by Kaseya, the service ...More
August 5, 2009
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CompTIA Launches New Channel Resources

CompTIA announced Tuesday it will launch a series of initiatives aimed at helping technology companies drive innovation and growth, including two online communities for the IT channel, a Channel Vanguard Council, a political action committee, and a member resource center. ...More
August 4, 2009
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VAR Group Names New President

The ASCII Group, an organization of independent IT solution providers, integrators and VARs, announced this week the promotion of Jerry Koutavas to president with oversight for the development of ASCII’s managed services and next-generation VAR communities, developing ...More
July 30, 2009
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Agent Association Adds Board Members, Programs

The Technology Channel Association (TCA), a nonprofit organization for the indirect telecom sales channel, announced the addition of three new board members for the 2009-2011 term, as well as new member programs.Telecom agents Ben Henkels, Emmet Tydings and Dave ...More
July 27, 2009
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