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- a company that offers an alternate service to the established telephone service provider in a particular area
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- Unconventional wisdom about local competition: Not all CLECs are dead, and it may be possible to get ILECs to wheel and deal on prices. Local competition seems like it's sleeping, not dead.
- If you never believed the competitive local exchange carriers CLECs were going to topple the incumbent LECs ILECs, you probably don't believe the new conventional wisdom that the CLECs are dead. But while plenty of CLECs have bitten the du ...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- 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
- The Dust Begins To Settle.(Industry Trend or Event)
- The ILECs reign supreme and the data is for real. The future of carrier services is starting to take shape. Almost four years after the Telecom Act of 1996 went into effect, the carrier industry appears to be moving into the next...
- Research articles 2000-10-01
- Bell Atlantic bonds with the competition.(partnership with Allegiance Telecom Inc.)
- When a pioneer of the competitive access industry praises an RBOC, it's clear the industry has entered a new era. And when an RBOC and a CLEC agree to link their backoffice systems so the CLEC can move customers off the RBOC's rolls more efficientl ...
- Research articles 1999-02-01
- Mantiss announces OEM agreement with Sterling Commerce
- Mantiss Information Corporation has forged an OEM agreement with Sterling Commerce, Inc., under which it will integrate Sterling Commerce's GENTRAN business process integration software with its CLECware suite products. Mantiss has integrated GENTRAN to offer its customers a seamless e-commerce solution that streamlines business processes and automates the supply chain...
- Research articles 1999-09-01
- Trying before buying.(Brief Article)
- Minerva IP Television Lab allows operators to see whether the protocol is a good fit for delivering video to homes Minerva Networks has introduced its Internet Protocol IP Television Lab to help companies investigate whether an IP television Minerva...
- Research articles 2000-12-18
- 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
- Can carriers make money on IP telephony? (Internet protocol)(includes related article on Sprint's Integrated On-Demand Network service)
- In a word, yes. Packet switching really is the way for a carrier to be the low-cost voice services provider. There are two diametrically opposed views on public-network Internet Protocol IP telephony. Some people, such as James Crowe, president In a word,...
- Research articles 1998-08-01
- Competition's Effect on Investment in Digital Infrastructure
- This paper examines the effect of facilities-based competition on one specific type of digital infrastructure investment. A panel data set was collected on the deployment of digital fiber ring networks in largest U.S. cities over the 10-year period 1983-1992 by incumbent local exchange carriers ILECs and competitive local exchange carriers...
- White papers 2000-05-01
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- Nuera Receives MetaSwitch H.248 Interoperability Certification; Proven Interoperability Enables Migration to IMS and PacketCable™ Release 2 Networks
- SAN DIEGO -- Nuera Communications, an industry leading provider of carrier-class VoIP infrastructure solutions, today announced that its BTX-8 media gateway has received interoperability certification with MetaSwitch's Class 4/5 Softswitch. The joint solution builds on open IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS standards and is primarily targeted at competitive service providers, cable...
- Research articles 2006-06-05
- Time Warner Telecom Pres. & CEO Larissa Herda Says Bell Entry Into LD is Premature; Also Outlines 5-Year Pact With UUNET Technologies - Competitive Telecommunications Assn's Fall Business Conference & Trade Expo - Industry Trend or Event
- Larissa Herda, President and Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Telecom, Inc. Tuesday challenged the Bell companies to "stop whining and start abiding by the strictures of the Telecommunications Act." Time Warner Telecom is a leader in building fiber networks for the provision of data, Internet, and...
- Research articles 1999-10-11
- 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
- SBC Can't Get IP Services Off The Common-Carrier Hook
- SBC Communications has been unable to convince the FCC that Internet Protocol IP platform services should be free from common carrier regulation - in large part because a favorable commission ruling on such a request could have stirred up a hornet's nest on unregulated services and competitive...
- Research articles 2005-05-11
- WinStar Receives CLEC Certification in Kansas
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 23, 1997--WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ-WCII) announced that it has received authorization from the state of Kansas to provide competitive local exchange carrier CLEC services. This certification authorizes WinStar to provide a full array of local voice, video, and data services in competition with the incumbent local...
- Research articles 1997-09-23
- WinStar receives CLEC certification in Oklahoma
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 28, 1997--WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ-WCII) announced that it has received authorization from the state of Oklahoma to provide competitive local exchange carrier CLEC services. This certification authorizes WinStar to provide a full array of local voice, video, and data services in competition with the incumbent local...
- Research articles 1997-05-28
- EDGING OUT the incumbent : The most successful CLECs started life as independent telcos
- A competitive local exchange carrier achieving more than 50% penetration? That seems to go against everything we've heard and read about CLECs. Yet such success stories are happening. North Carolina-based CT Communications has achieved 100% penetration right out of the gate in several new communities where the competitive carrier...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- 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
- VoIP Blocking Remains An Open Question
- It is uncertain at this time how extensive incumbent local exchange carrier ILEC blocking of competitive voice-over-Internet Protocol VoIP traffic may be, but regulators, lawmakers, legal advisors and academic experts are wondering if solid regulatory and legislative enforcement mechanisms are in place to properly deal with...
- Research articles 2005-05-04
- Pols Try to Derail Bell Data Deregulation.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- Backed by AT&T Corp. and other competitive telephone carriers, House lawmakers last week took the first step toward derailing legislation intended to deregulate high-speed data services provided by the four Baby Bell phone companies. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced a...
- Research articles 2001-05-07
- 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
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