Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs)

Lightyear No More: Birch To Buy 20-Year-Old Reseller

The Kentucky-based company, founded by Sherman J. Henderson III, soon will be a name relegated to the competitive telecom history books. Read more about severance-pay plans, the impact on agents and one analyst's thoughts on the Birch-Lightyear combination. ...More
May 15, 2013 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Windstream Profit Shrinks on Consumer, Wholesale Declines

But business-service revenues were up for the recent quarter. ...More
May 9, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
'Agent' Vanishing From Legal Contracts

Providers fear liability even as partners outgrow the term. ...More
May 8, 2013 By Kelly Teal
Posted in Articles
EarthLink Revenue Slips, But Company Beats Expectations

EarthLink, the ISP pioneer, says it showed substantial progress in the first quarter in its continued transition to an IT, network and communications services provider for businesses. ...More
May 3, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Former PAETEC Channel Chief Donna Wenk Lands New Role

Find out where Wenk has gotten a new job, and what her plans are for partners. ...More
April 25, 2013 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News
Integra Institutes New, 'More Flexible' Partner Agreements

The company says it wants to remain easy for agents and VARs to do business with. ...More
April 18, 2013
Posted in News
Channel Program Changes You Should Know, Feb.-April 2013

In just the past two months, partners have witnessed some of the biggest changes to channel programs in years. Verizon, AT&T and XO are just three of the big names to either overhaul their programs, tweak them or announce new partner programs entirely. ...More
April 9, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Software as a Service/ Cloud Services (SaaS), Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Pavlov Media-CCG Buys Coretec Communications

Pavlov, which operates a CLEC division called Campus Communications Group (CCG), says the new assets will improve its ability to build and deploy fiber-optic services. ...More
April 8, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
COMLINK Joins String of Providers Launching MasterStream

The competitive service provider now can quote on- and off-net products quickly. ...More
March 29, 2013
Posted in News
Windstream Boss Makes Less Money, But Other Execs Head to the Bank

Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner's compensation dropped in 2012. ...More
March 27, 2013 By Arselia Gales
Posted in News