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China Voice Holding Corp. Awarded Exclusive North American Sales Rights For InterEdge Technologies Internet Telephony Products
Product Line Expected to Push U.S. Revenue over $60 Million BOCA RATON, Fla. -- China Voice Holding Corporation CHVC (OTC:CHVC), announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, DTNet Technologies, Inc. has been awarded exclusive North American sales rights for InterEdge Technologies Internet Telephony Products. InterEdge Technologies, LLC, with offices...
Tags: broadband, cable, Company, IP, NETWORKING, phone, SEC, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S., VOIP
Research articles 2008-03-24
FCC sides with cable phone firms
In a move that's expected to bring new discount phone services to millions of rural Americans, the Federal Communications Commission ruled Thursday that local phone companies cannot block cable providers' rival Internet-based phone offerings. "The commission must promote competition," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said. ...
Tags: cable, carrier, FCC, Government, IP, NETWORKING, phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, VoIP
Research articles 2007-03-02
Asia's Internet slowdown eases
HONG KONG AFP — Internet users in Asia have eyed an escape from a digital black hole as slow surfing speeds gradually improved four days after an earthquake cut Web access in many areas. Telephone and Internet traffic throughout the region was severely disrupted when underwater communication cables were damaged...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Asia, Cable, INTERNET, NETWORKING, phone, Taiwan, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Web
Research articles 2006-12-28
Cable Allies Press Feds To Continue PSTN Interconnection Guarantees
Cableco-affiliated lobbying groups that support strong, equal public switched telephone network PSTN interconnection language in pending telecom- reform legislation have been trying to leverage their positions in the U.S. Congress, with federal regulators and at the state level with a recent market report that apparently underscores the...
Tags: broadband, cable, NETWORKING, phone, PSTN, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S. Congress, VOIP
Research articles 2006-10-02
With billions at stake, corporate giants square off on law to ensure "net neutrality."
Technology's titans have lined up against each other in a fierce battle over control of the Internet. All the sides say they are fighting on behalf of consumers, innovation and free speech. Groups led by Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. are facing off against others led by...
Tags: cable, Comcast Corp., INTERNET, lane, NETWORKING, phone, regulation, TECHNOLOGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.S. Senate, Verizon Communications Inc.
Research articles 2006-06-19
Martin"s Plan Could Double Cable"s Levy.(Kevin Martin)
By Ted Hearn Washington-- Cable operators that offer voice-over-Internet Protocol service could see their federal phone-subsidy payments more than double under a proposal supported by Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin, according to industry lobbyists familiar with the plan. ...
Tags: Cable, FCC, FINANCE, Government, NETWORKING, phone, revenue, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, VOIP
Research articles 2006-06-05
Martin’s Plan Could Double Cable’s Levy (Multichannel News)
Washington-- Cable operators that offer voice-over-Internet Protocol service could see their federal phone-subsidy payments more than double under a proposal supported by Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin, according to industry lobbyists familiar with the plan. Martin's plan is an interim effort to shore up...
Tags: Cable, FCC, FINANCE, Government, NETWORKING, phone, revenue, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, VOIP
Research articles 2006-06-05
Consumers face no big shift now, but deal is a sign of major changes
Consumers will likely see little immediate impact from Sunday's announcement that AT&T Inc. plans to buy BellSouth Corp. But the $67 billion deal is the latest sign of dramatic changes under way in telecommunications - and a reminder of what's at stake in battles over the future of television and...
Tags: AT&T Corp., BellSouth Corp., broadband, cable, Consumers Union, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, merger, NETWORKING, phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony
Research articles 2006-03-07
Battle of the Telecom Titans
Cable, wireless and landline providers compete to provide everything to everyone Somehow a simple thing like getting phone service has now become a major decision. Should you get a landline or a cell phone or both? What long-distance plan is best? How about getting phone calls over your...
Tags: cable, INTERNET, NETWORKING, phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, VoIP, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
Research articles 2006-01-01
Coping with E911 deadline: a stunning task, but doable.(TRANSLATION PLEASE)
The five-alarm notice from the FCC on July 26 that cable operators must collect E911 acknowledgements from all voice-over-Internet protocol customers by August 29, or shut them off the next day, had settled into a heightened business-as-usual mentality by last week. Reason:...
Tags: acknowledgement, Cable, Cox, E911, FCC, Government, NETWORKING, phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, VOIP
Research articles 2005-08-08
Pakistan waits for ship to repair submarine telecom cable
KARACHI AFP — Pakistan was waiting for a ship to sail from Dubai and fix its main undersea telecommunications link, as some businesses said the Internet and phone breakdown was a virtual death sentence for them. The repair vessel was due to leave the United Arab Emirates late Wednesday...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Cable, INTERNET, NETWORKING, Pakistan, phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, U.A.E.
Research articles 2005-06-29
Phone Service Providers and Cable Companies Continue to Aggressively Invest in VoIP Technology
According to Synergy Research Group's latest reports, Q1 2005 Service Provider VoIP EMEA Market Shares and Q1 2005 Service Provider VoIP U.S. Market Shares, the EMEA and U.S. VoIP markets grew 100.3 and 68.6 percent year over year, respectively. Softswitch sales were a strong component to VoIP growth in...
Tags: cable, NETWORKING, phone, Synergy Research Group, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, VOIP
Research articles 2005-06-01
Seidenberg, Ivan G. 1946–
Ivan G. Seidenberg 1946– Chairman and chief executive officer, Verizon Nationality: American.Born: December 10, 1946, in New York City, New York.Education: City University of New York, BA, 1972; Pace University, MBA, 1980.Family: Son of Howard owner of an electrical supply shop and Kitty Zaretsky Seidenberg; married Phyllis A. Maisel; children:...
Tags: Baby Bell, Bell Atlantic, Cable, fiber, NETWORKING, phone, Strategy, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Verizon Communications Inc., WIRELESS
Research articles 2005-01-01
Deregulating Telecommunications in Internet Time
AbstractThe Telecommunications Act of 1996 has yielded more litigation and less local competition than its supporters expected or intended. Calls for its reform are multiplying. In this Article, Professor Speta diagnoses the 1996 Act's failings and prescribes a framework for reform. The successful deregulations of the transportation industries and of...
Tags: barrier, Cable, carrier, deregulation, FCC, Government, ICC, incumbent, Internet, network, NETWORKING, phone, Regulations, spectrum, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, transportation, TV, U.S. Congress, VoIP, wireless
Research articles 2004-07-01
Shaw Clarification: Telephone Launch Date.
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Jun 28, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Shaw Communications at this point in time is planning to launch VOIP or telephone service in early calendar 2005. Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband...
Tags: Cable, INTERNET, NETWORKING, phone, Shaw Communications, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, TVs
Research articles 2004-06-28
Windfall, Rate Hike Seen in Massachusetts' Proposed Telecom Tax.
By Rick Klein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 19--Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino is pushing the Legislature to pass a special tax on telecommunications equipment, a move that could generate $190 million for cash-strapped cities and towns but would...
Tags: Boston, Boston Globe, cable, FINANCE, Legislature, NETWORKING, phone, Taxes, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony
Research articles 2003-04-19
Critics Unhappy with Progress on Federal Telecommunications Bill.
By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 24--Within a few months of passage of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, phone industry insiders were predicting a revolution in communications. Since then, there's been plenty of skirmishing, but...
Tags: AT&T Corp., Cable, FCC, incumbent, network, NETWORKING, phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Verizon Communications Inc., Virginia
Research articles 2002-04-24
Crisis Shows Value of Emergency Planning.(terrorist attacks show strength of communication systems)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
I was walking down New York's Fifth Avenue on the morning of Sept. 11. It was a beautiful, sky-blue day along midtown Manhattan's rows of luxury stores -- a contradiction to the fact that only a few miles away, things were going horribly wrong. ...
Tags: Cable, Manhattan, NETWORKING, phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Transportation, TVs, World Trade Center
Research articles 2001-09-24
Taking the telephony plunge: why now? (Forum).(six reasons why the cable industry should offer local telephone services)
The concept of telephone service provided by cable operators is far from a novel one. At least as far back as the early 1980s, cable operators began experimenting with using their facilities to provide the "last mile" for long-distance te The concept of telephone...
Tags: cable, cable company, phone, telephony, cable telephony, telephone service, Cox Communications Inc.
Research articles 2002-06-24
Tennessee Legislation May Threaten Telecom Venture Planned for Memphis Area.
By Mark Watson, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 21--Bills pending in the Tennessee General Assembly would make the Memphis Networx project "virtually impossible," an attorney representing Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division said Tuesday. LG&W...
Tags: Cable, Memphis, NETWORKING, phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Tennessee, TVs, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2001-03-21
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