11.01.2011
Hatteras expands Ethernet opportunity reach through Walker partnership
Hatteras has found a new way to distribute its Ethernet solutions to its customer base thanks to a new partnership with telecom network products distributor Walker and Associates. With a focus on the North American market, the agreement with Walker centers around the resale of Hatteras` product... |
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11.01.2011
Hughes debuts broadband VoIP service
If you`re an enterprise customer tired of paying for an array of expensive wireline private line services at each of your locations, Hughes Networks Systems (Nasdaq: HUGH) is happy to offer you its new alternative satellite-based VoIP service. Targeted specifically at the distributed enterprise,... |
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11.01.2011
Qwest launches new dedicated E-Line service
Qwest (NYSE: Q) is playing into the business customers` need for high speed dedicated bandwidth with its new optical-based E-Line Ethernet service. Already adopted by managed video transport provider Hibernia Media to operate dedicated media networks, the new service rides on Qwest`s... |
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10.01.2011
FairPoint realigns restructuring plan, hearing scheduled for Jan. 13
FairPoint (Other OTC: FRCMQ.PK) may finally be seeing light at the end of the tunnel of its long Chapter 11 journey as a hearing has been set on its debt restructuring for Jan. 13, reports the Charlotte Business Journal. Under the terms of the new plan, FairPoint not only has lowered its... |
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07.01.2011
Vonage subscribers rise as provider sets sights on international service growth
What a difference two years has made for Vonage (NYSE: VG). Not only has the once-troubled service provider settled all of its outstanding lawsuits, but it reported this week it added 6,000 new lines in Q4 2010, the first quarterly subscriber gain it has seen in over two years. Complementing its... |
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07.01.2011
China clarifies illegal VoIP stance
When China`s Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced in December that it was going to crack down on illegal VoIP providers what followed was a lot of fear by VoIP industry watchers that it could block out alternative players such as Skype`s China subsidiary TOM Group, which maintains... |
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06.01.2011
NARUC names Vermont PSB member Burke as Telecom committee chair
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has appointed Vermont Public Service Board member John Burke as Chairman of the Association`s Committee on Telecommunications. Set to take his seat on Jan. 17, Burke is taking over as chairman from outgoing chair Ray Baum of... |
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06.01.2011
TeleGeography: Skype rises while traditional long-distance revenues continue landslide
Skype maybe had initially been dismissed as a technologist hobbyist`s toy, but its influence continues as traditional service provider long-distance voice traffic declines. According to a new report from TeleGeography, international telephone traffic growth declined slightly from five percent in... |
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04.01.2011
Skype's China partner remains unfazed by government's outside VoIP ban
China`s recent move to ban "illegal VoIP telephone services" from operating in its country isn`t rattling Skype`s China partner TOM Group, who said that its service is not violating any of the country`s laws. With Skype planning a $1 billion initial public offering, the TOM Group had to reassure... |
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22.12.2010
TelePacific strikes deal to acquire MegaPath's fixed wireless business
TelePacific believes the best way to the SMB customer`s heart is by giving them various options, and the CLEC is adding yet another option by purchasing MegaPath`s fixed wireless business. By acquiring MegaPath`s Covad Wireless subsidiary, TelePacific will immediately add 3,500 profitable broadband... |
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