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PHONE+ December 22, 2009 |
What Was the Most Significant Development -- Positive or Negative -- in the Competitive Landscape in the Last Decade? Telecom executives weigh in on good and bad developments among telecom providers. |
PHONE+ December 22, 2009 |
How Will the Communications Industry's Indirect Channel Be Transformed in the Next 10 Years? Telecom executives weigh in on what the future holds for the telecom industry. |
PHONE+ December 22, 2009 |
How Will Communications Technology Be Transformed in the Next 10 Years? Video integration, increased mobility with wireless networks, and cloud computing are a few advancements to look for in the near future. |
PHONE+ December 22, 2009 |
What Was the Most Significant Development in the Indirect Channel in the Last Decade? Telecom executives weigh in on the most significant development in the indirect channel industry. |
PHONE+ December 30, 2009 Khali Henderson |
How Is the Agent Channel Organized? The indirect channel for communications network services has evolved somewhat differently than those for voice and data telephony gear. |
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PHONE+ Asks: How Will Carrier Consolidation Impact the Agent Channel? Several agents weigh in on this question. |
PHONE+ December 22, 2009 |
What Was the Most Significant Development in Communications Technology in the Last Decade? Fiber optics, graphical interfaces, and the rapid adoption of IP are only a few significant developments in communications technology. |
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Roundtable: State of the Industry PHONE+ invited three of the industry's leading executives to share their perspectives on the opportunities and/or challenges for the communications industry. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2004 Bill Mann |
Don't Make the Babies Cry The telecom industry has endured some tough times, but there is a long, long way in between "not failing" and providing an attractive equity investment. |
InternetNews June 23, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Powell: 'Hot' Future for Telecom The FCC chairman reiterates his mantra of innovation over regulation. |
InternetNews March 19, 2007 Roy Mark |
Verizon, AT&T Headed For Monopoly Bliss? Without a re-evaluation of the broadband commercial marketplace by the Federal Communications Commission, Internet Service Providers claim incumbent carriers like Verizon and AT&T will hold a virtual monopoly. |
InternetNews March 22, 2005 Roy Mark |
Level 3 Drops VoIP Rate Request The VoIP wholesaler withdraws petition seeking FCC ruling on interconnection fees. |
InternetNews September 30, 2005 Colin C. Haley |
Bo Parker, Managing Director, PwC's Global Technology Center Bo Parker isn't pessimistic about telecom carriers' fate, but says they must embrace IP transformation to succeed. |
InternetNews May 12, 2004 Roy Mark |
EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary Nation's third largest ISP tells Congress it should focus on enforcing current law, while broadband providers Verizon and Comcast argue for new ones. |
PHONE+ April 26, 2010 Khali Henderson |
Like a Rock: Granite Grows on Solid Performance Granite Telecommunications just may be the largest CLEC you never heard of. |
InternetNews March 3, 2004 Roy Mark |
Court Order Doesn't Alter FCC High-Speed Rules While stirring up a controversy over discount line pricing for long distance carriers, court upholds FCC broadband regulations. |
InternetNews December 18, 2006 Roy Mark |
FCC Turns Focus to Video Franchising Rules AT&T and Verizon now want the FCC to streamline the process for companies to enter the local video market. |
InternetNews March 16, 2007 Roy Mark |
ISPs Challenge FCC Broadband Rules A group of Internet service providers including EarthLink and Time Warner Telecom, went to court Friday to challenge Federal Communications Commission rules that free wireline telecom carriers from line-sharing obligations. |
InternetNews June 22, 2004 Jim Wagner |
SBC Good for Billions in Fiber Hoping to repeat its success five years ago with DSL, the company makes a heavy investment in fiber to the home. |
InternetNews April 20, 2004 Roy Mark |
Verizon: Old Rules Slow Broadband Rollout The competitive landscape has changed since 1996, but the law governing carriers hasn't, a Baby Bell exec said. |
PHONE+ July 27, 2009 Khali Henderson |
Making the Case for Carrier Ethernet If you are an agent looking for a bright spot in the gloomy U.S. economy, you might just find it in Carrier Ethernet. |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2009 Eric Jhonsa |
Net Neutrality: It's All About Wireless The FCC could upend the way that mobile carriers do business. |
InternetNews October 14, 2004 Roy Mark |
SBC High Tails Fiber Buildout Within an hour of the Federal Communications Commission's broadband ruling today, SBC Communications said it would "dramatically accelerate" its plan to build a new fiber-optics network. |
Wired May 2001 Frank Rose |
Telechasm Can we get to the future from here? First we have to get telecom out of the Stone Age... |
PHONE+ November 23, 2009 Joslyn Faust |
Downturn Prompts Diversification of Agent Business A large number of telephony agents are taking action to represent other carriers, carry different products and services, or sell to different types of customers. |
InternetNews August 5, 2005 Roy Mark |
Bells Free From DSL Obligations In a significant policy victory for the incumbent carriers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted today to eliminate DSL line-sharing rules. The FCC imposes a one-year transition period for ISPs to renegotiate. |
CIO March 15, 2006 Thomas Wailgum |
Untangling Telecom: How to Get More and Spend Less Negotiating for networked telecom services is now largely the responsibility of CIOs. Fortunately, help is on the way. |
PHONE+ February 23, 2010 Henderson & Sievers |
Betting on Transformation -- What's the Payoff? There is no doubt that the communications marketplace is ripe with opportunities, but it also makes the task of figuring out how to grow your communications agency, VAR, integrator or dealership that much harder. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Catherine Yang |
Getting Real At The FCC Unlike Michael K. Powell, the next chairman must put ideology aside to foster new services. The new chairman must safeguard basic communications services and promote new entrants who'll create competition. |
InternetNews June 22, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
We Need Fat Pipes Convergence is all well and good, but without a massive overhaul of bandwidth, it's just a pipe dream. |
InternetNews January 19, 2006 Roy Mark |
Consumer Groups Balk at 'New Cartel' Consumer groups urged Congress today to pass legislation barring broadband providers from engaging in what the groups call potentially discriminatory pricing for high speed Internet service. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Bill Mann |
Fiber to the Home. Eventually. Do you want phone, Internet, and cable TV service from the same company? It's possible, thanks to the billions spent by companies like Cox, Comcast, and others to upgrade their networks and the wiring going into millions of homes. |
Information Today May 13, 2014 George H. Pike |
FCC Open Internet Proposal Could End Net Neutrality In what is being described as the end of Net Neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission expects to publicly propose new rules to allow ISPs to create different rate scales and transmission speeds for different types of content. |
InternetNews April 2, 2004 Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Tout Tariff Free VoIP Bill Movement afoot to exempt Internet telephony from access charges and state and local regulations. |
PHONE+ March 23, 2010 |
Do Agents Have a Chance Fighting Mass Terminations from Carriers? Telecom experts off their opinions on how agents might be able to deal with carrier downsizing. |
CIO April 15, 2006 Ben Worthen |
The Net Neutrality Debate: You Pay, You Play? The democracy of the Web may soon be a relic of the past, a change that may have costly implications for doing business on the Net. |
InternetNews February 2, 2005 Roy Mark |
FCC Faces Another VoIP Deadline The agency has until March 22 to decide if Internet telephony companies must pay access fees. |
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark |
Google Prepping National Wireless Broadband Entry? FCC chairman's proposed spectrum auction rules could pave the way for Google to challenge incumbent wireless carriers. |
PHONE+ February 17, 2010 Khali Henderson |
Q&A With TelePacific Channel Chief Ken Bisnoff TelePacific Communications announced in early January that Ken Bisnoff has retaken the reins of the CLEC's TelePartner program, following the resignation of Justin Chris-Tensen |
InternetNews August 26, 2005 Roy Mark |
Same Broadband Numbers, Different Conclusions Consumer advocates claim the FCC is misleading public about pace of broadband rollout -- and DSL and cable modem users are paying more because of it. |
InternetNews June 15, 2007 Roy Mark |
Network Neutrality Does Wireless An upcoming spectrum auction gives net neutrality proponents an opportunity to push for open wireless networks and a whole lot more. |
InternetNews May 1, 2007 Roy Mark |
Skype Gets a Tongue Lashing Verizon Wireless, AT&T file opposition to Skype proposal to open cell broadband networks to all devices, applications and content. |
InternetNews May 3, 2006 Roy Mark |
FCC Stands Firm on VoIP Wiretap Order With a court date looming over its authority to do so, the FCC again orders VoIP providers to comply with CALEA. |
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Roy Mark |
Court Refuses to Review FCC Modem Rule Ninth Circuit upholds decision saying cable broadband is subject to common carrier rules. |
CRM September 2014 Marshall Lager |
Neutering Net Neutrality Let's put the brakes on a separate, but unequal, future for bandwidth providers. |
InternetNews June 10, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
VoIP All Smiles on FCC's Line-Sharing Move Will voice over IP benefit from the government's decision to forgo a Supreme Court appeal of telephone line-sharing rules? |
Home Toys December 2004 Wayne Caswell |
Big Broadband: Public Infrastructure or Private Monopolies How speed, affordability, access, and logistics affect the future of broadband along with two different business models and their probable outcomes. |
Salon.com June 7, 2002 Jeffrey Benner |
Getting a lock on broadband How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access. |
PHONE+ November 17, 2009 Kelly M. Teal |
CLECs: Section 271 `A Necessary Response to Forbearance' Eight competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), fed up with getting the short end of the competitive stick, are asking the FCC to force the Bells to open their networks as dictated by Section 271 of the 1996 Telecom Act. |
InternetNews March 2, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
IP Router And Carrier Ethernet Continue To Grow Analyst report shows strong growth for service provider routers and switches in 2006 and is expected to continue until at least 2010. |