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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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- Local service providers facing tough times; Battle for customers getting ugly.(Brief Article)
- When Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, forcing phone companies to open their networks to local service competitors, there was a frenzy on Wall Street. ``Between 1996 and 2000, if you had `telecom' next to your name, you got funde When Congress...
- Research articles 2002-02-25
- INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS GAINS CERTIFICATION FOR LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICES IN NORTH CAROLINA; Competitive Telephone Company Authorized as Competitive Local Exchange Carrier - CLEC
- TAMPA, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 13, 1996--Intermedia Communications Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: ICIX), a rapidly growing provider of integrated telecommunications services, today announced that the North Carolina Public Service Commission has approved its application for certification as a competitive local exchange carrier CLEC and long distance provider IXC for the state of North Carolina.
- Research articles 1996-08-13
- 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
- Telecom plans for 'Net' growth.(Hi neighbor: News from Westchester County)(Telecommunications Act of 1996 )(Brief Article)
- A Westchester telecommunications company is stepping up sales of Internet-based phone services and moving away from reselling services leased from Verizon Communications Inc., now that Washington has changed the roles of the telecom game. The Tele A Westchester telecommunications company is stepping up...
- Research articles 2005-03-28
- 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
- BELL FACES TALL ORDER AS IT SELLS ITS LINES PIECEMEAL TO CARRIERS: DEREGULATION IS CREATING UNEASY ALLIANCES.
- Artie Zanfini gives a lot of important people heartburn. Down on West Street, on the fifth floor of one of Bell Atlantic Corp.'s oldest buildings, he runs one of that company's newest and fastest-growing businesses. There, Mr. Zanfini wholesales phoneArtie Zanfini gives a lot of important...
- Research articles 1998-06-29
- UPSTARTS' CALLING CARD: LOCAL PHONE RIVALS TRY RUNNING RINGS AROUND BELL ATLANTIC BY OFFERING DISCOUNTS AND FOCUSING ON NEGLECTED NICHES, NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
- Instead of a brass plaque bolted to an ornate cornerstone, Community NetWorks settles for its name on a worn cardboard sign pinned to an office partition. Instead of a headquarters skyscraper in midtown, Community NetWorks settles for a small office inInstead of a brass plaque bolted to...
- Research articles 1998-06-29
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- Falcon Broadband Selects Telco Systems' Access211 VoIP Device for SIP-Based Broadband Internet Phone Service; Visit Us at SUPERCOMM Booth 24048
- CHICAGO -- Telco Systems today at the SUPERCOMM telecommunications trade show here (booth 24048) announced that Falcon Broadband, a competitive local exchange carrier and cable television company in Colorado, has selected Telco Systems' Access211 VoIP Analog Telephone Adapter ATA for its new broadband VoIP Internet phone service.
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- ICG Communications, ThinkLink to Offer America Integrated Messaging and Five Cent Per Minute Calling
- SAN FRANCISCO-BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 13, 1999--ICG Communications (Nasdaq:ICGX), the country's oldest and largest Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC, and ThinkLink Corporation, an Internet start-up and Enhanced Service Provider, announced Monday that ThinkLink's web-based integrated messaging service will use ICG's national Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP network for all phone calling services....
- Research articles 1999-09-13
- Elec Licensed For Local Phone Service In 41 States
- eLEC Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:ELEC), New Rochelle, N.Y., has received approval to operate as a competitive local exchange carrier CLEC in a total of forty-one states. In addition, the company is preparing to begin selling local services in Georgia, Louisiana and California. eLEC CEO Paul Riss stated, "We are...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- eLEC Communications Now Licensed for Local Phone Service in Forty-One States; Will Soon Offer Services in Georgia, Louisiana and California
- Business & Telecommunications Editors NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 20, 2001 eLEC Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:ELEC) announced today that it has received approval to operate as a competitive local exchange carrier CLEC in a total of forty-one states. In addition, the company is preparing to begin selling local services...
- Research articles 2001-12-20
- Albany, N.Y.-Area Phone Carrier, Internet Service Provider Postpone Talks.
- By Kenneth Aaron, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 5--A long-simmering merger between Tech Valley Communications Inc. and AcmeNet LLC has been moved to the back burner. "We agreed to put it off," said Kevin O'Connor, president...
- Research articles 2001-09-05
- eLEC Communications Now Licensed for Local Phone Service in Twenty-Six States; Market Coverage Expands to More Than 85 Million Lines
- Business Editors NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 20, 2000 eLEC Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:ELEC) announced today that it has received approval to operate as a competitive local exchange carrier CLEC in a total of twenty-six states. eLEC has recently received approval in Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Vermont,...
- Research articles 2000-12-20
- eLEC Communications Now Licensed for Local Phone Service in Thirty-Two States; Market Coverage Expands to More Than 100 Million Lines
- Business Editors NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 19, 2001 eLEC Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:ELEC) announced today that it has received approval to operate as a competitive local exchange carrier CLEC in a total of thirty-two states. eLEC's most recently received approvals are in Arkansas, Delaware, Indiana and Oklahoma. eLEC...
- Research articles 2001-03-19
- US LEC Announces Enhanced Toll-Free Service - Company Business and Marketing
- US LEC Corp., a switch-based competitive local exchange carrier, Wednesday announced a new addition to its product line. US LEC now provides the advantage of enhanced Toll-free Service to its customers. US LEC's enhanced Toll-free Service provides new features giving customers more options when choosing US LEC's Toll-free service,...
- Research articles 1999-12-06
- Betting the Company: A GCI Success Story
- GCI, General Communication is Alaska's largest competitive local exchange carrier CLEC, providing high speed data, cable television and wireline voice services. GCI needed to overhaul most all of its systems when it decided to transfer its customers from analog phone service to Digital Local Phone Service DLPS in order to...
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- Birch Telecom Expands Service Areas
- Telecom service provider Birch Telecom said this week that it will offer bundled services in five new markets: Huntsville, Ala.; Asheville, N.C.; and Columbus, Macon and Savannah, Ga. The competitive local exchange carrier provides integrated telecom services to small and mid-sized businesses in Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma,...
- Research articles 2002-01-10
- Media Alert: USA Telephone Teams With TeleBlend to Support VoIP Transition for SunRocket Customers
- OAKLAND, Calif. -- Broadband phone service provider TeleBlend, one of two "preferred" service providers for former SunRocket customers, announces that USA Telephone (http://www.savewithusa.com), a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC providing national Telephone, Internet and Television service, has agreed to support the customer transition by dedicating its extensive resources, management and...
- Research articles 2007-07-21
- 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
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