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- MetaSwitch Takes the Lead in Enabling CLECs to Migrate to Facilities-Based Networks Following FCC Ruling; Since UNE-P Rules Change, MetaSwitch Has Powered the Migration of 42 CLECs with 3.7 Million Lines
- ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Steep rate hikes will be a reality for many American businesses and consumers following a controversial Federal Communications Commission ruling that took effect on March 11. The FCC decision, first announced in 2004, alters the rules under which competitive local exchange carriers CLECs order and pay for...
- Research articles 2006-03-13
- CLEC Surge Could Be Last Hurrah.(competitive local exchange carriers increase market share but are still minor compared to Baby Bell companies)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- WASHINGTON -- Competitive telephone carriers grew rapidly in 2000, but the industry still struggled to erode the Baby Bells' dominance and shore up the confidence of Wall Street investors. In 2000, competitive local-exchange carriers CLECs j WASHINGTON -- Competitive...
- Research articles 2001-05-28
- CLECs Turn to MetaSwitch Following FCC Ruling VoIP Softswitch Key to Cost-effective Migration From UNE-P
- ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Does a ruling last week by the Federal Communications Commission FCC sound the death-knoll for competitive local exchange carriers CLECs across the country? While some claim that the commission's decision means an end to competition, a number of forward-thinking CLECs have already put contingency plans in place...
- Research articles 2004-12-21
- A disconnect for phone upstart; Focal sees threat to key sales engine.(Focal Communications Corp., reciprocal compensation ruling)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Focal Communications Corp. is bracing for a decision from the Federal Communications Commission this month that threatens to wipe out some $60 million in annual revenue it earns from Internet service providers. Like many other phone company startu Focal Communications Corp. is bracing...
- Research articles 2001-01-08
- CLEC Share Surged in 1st Half of 2000.(competitive local phone carriers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- WASHINGTON -- Competitive local phone carriers' market share surged 53 percent in the first half of the year, according to federal data released Monday. But the incumbent phone operators retained a commanding 93-percent grip on the overall ma ...
- Research articles 2000-12-11
- High Court Takes Up Telecom Act Appeal.
- The Supreme Court will begin hearing a case this week that will determine whether federal regulators can set interconnection-pricing guidelines for new entrants into local-exchange markets. Specifically, it will review a lower court ruling tha The Supreme Court will...
- Research articles 1998-10-12
- Progress report: local, LD, broadband. (Briefing).(Industry Overview)
- A spate of new reports just released by the FCC paints a picture of telecom competition that's promising for the cable companies, mixed for the regional Bell operating companies RBOCs and pretty scary for the interexchange carriers. The FCC ...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
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- ILECs To Congress and FCC: 'Just Say No More'
- By Rodney L. Pringle, rpringle@phillips.com The United States Telecom Association would like to see reciprocal compensation die a quick and painless death. It's also asking Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to provide the deathblow. The association, which represents incumbent local exchange carriers, urged both entities last...
- Research articles 2001-01-09
- Covad Communications Applauds FCC Decision To Treat DSL Services as Private-Line Interstate Telecommunications Services
- SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 5, 1998--Covad Communications Company, the first Packet Competitive Local Exchange Carrier and a leading provider of digital communications services, praised the balance struck by the Federal Communications Commission FCC in its recent decision to treat Digital Subscriber Line DSL services as private-line interstate telecommunication services.
- Research articles 1998-11-05
- Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems get FCC waiver to offer out-of-region 'competitive landline local exchange' service
- SBMS - which operates under the Cellular One name outside of the five-state region served by its local exchange carrier LEC affiliate Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. [SBC1] - hopes to offer "one-stop shopping" for landline and wireless services in areas such as Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and several markets...
- Research articles 2000-02-01
- Core, Verizon Dispute Poses Challenges For FCC
- The Federal Communications Commission's enforcement of the procompetition elements of the 1996 Telecom Act is about to be tested in ways not often seen during the stewardship of the commission's current senior executive, Chairman Michael Powell. Core Communications, a small Annapolis, Md.-based competitive local exchange carrier CLEC, is asking the...
- Research articles 2003-10-22
- CLEC Interconnection Pricing Uncertain - Competitive Local Exchange Carrier - Government Activity
- The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected the TELRIC (total element long-run incremental cost) pricing model set forth by the FCC to compensate ILECs when competitors use their networks. The decision creates uncertainty in terms of the status of existing interconnection agreements based on the TELRIC model and...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- Only decisive spectrum policies will save US from Ma Bell
- The concept of the competitive carrier is almost a dead one in the US now. While the wireline CLEC competitive local exchange carrier has struggled for years, and been dealt a body blow by recent FCC decisions, it seems on the surface that the wireless version is in a far...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Only decisive spectrum policies will save US from a return to Ma Bell
- The concept of the competitive carrier is almost a dead one in the US now. While the wireline CLEC competitive local exchange carrier has struggled for years, and been dealt a body blow by recent FCC decisions, it seems on the surface that the wireless version is in a far...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- On The 8th Floor: SBC Blasts Martin For Seeking Details Of Talk America Deal
- At the same time SBC Communications is pressuring the FCC to step in and bar state regulators from compelling the Bell company to reveal details of its interconnection agreement with Sage Telecom, SBC also is trying to sidestep a confrontation with FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin. SBC on Monday fired...
- Research articles 2004-05-05
- FCC grants Western Wireless ETC status to serve Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
- WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission recently granted Western Wireless Corp. eligible telecommunications carrier status to provide service on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. ETC status is necessary for competitive local exchange carriers to receive universal-service subsidies. ...
- Research articles 2001-10-15
- FCC Seeks Nominations For Universal Service Board
- The Federal Communications Commission's Common Carrier Bureau is seeking nominations for seven positions on the Universal Service Administrative Co.'s board of directors. The non-profit USAC administers the universal service fund contributions collected from carriers. The commission is accepting nominations for the following board positions: schools, competitive local exchange...
- Research articles 2001-09-17
- FCC Again Extends Debate On Verizon's Unbundling Escape
- For the second time in two months, the Federal Communications Commission FCC has extended industry debate on a Verizon Communications bid to free select urban wire centers from its remaining unbundling obligations amid a series of incumbent local exchange carrier ILEC forbearance petitions seeking such exceptions...
- Research articles 2006-12-18
- Interconnection rule moves FCC along; universal service next
- Even though interconnection is only one issue of a trilogy, the ruling made waves throughout the telecom industry. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association spokesman Tim Ayers shared three good points to the Interconnection Order and two negative points. On the positive side, he said, the Order:1. "Removes the anti-competitive nature of...
- Research articles 1996-08-12
- Verizon Seeks Postponement On CLEC Complaint Hearings
- Verizon Communications [VZ] has asked a New York Public Service Commission administrative law judge to postpone hearings on competitive local exchange carrier complaints about its providing of unbundled network elements UNEs because it expects the Federal Communications Commission to rule on the same issues soon. The FCC is expected...
- Research articles 2002-10-21
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