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		<title><![CDATA[Windstream Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions  Your first question comes from Simon Flannery &#8211; Morgan Stanley. Simon Flannery &#8211; Morgan Stanley  Jeff, I wonder if you could give us some more color on the NuVox acquisition, a little bit of a departure from you going on the CLEC...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:18:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CenturyTel Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions First question comes from Frank Louthan. Frank Louthan When will you all consider returning cash to shareholders? Are you looking at buy backs? Are you still looking maybe, wait until you have had EMBARQ on your belt for a year or will you potentially look...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:54:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Otelco Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. And we will go first to Frank Louthan with Raymond James. Frank Louthan - Raymond James Great, thank you. The video subscribers that you added in the quarter, were those from IPTV or cable or both; and then looking at your CLEC operations, obviously been...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:50:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Otelco, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions And we&#8217;ll go first to Dave Coleman with RBC. Dave Coleman &#8211; RBC Thank you. I dialed in late, so my apologies if you&#8217;ve already addresses this. But could you update us on the CLEC business in Maine and the success at getting the backlog...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:15:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[COTC Connections Deploys CopperCom CSX to Offer Services in Adjoining CLEC Territory]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOCA RATON, Fla. -- CopperCom announced today that COTC Connections, subsidiary of Central Oklahoma Telephone Co., has deployed CopperCom's Converged Switching eXchange (CSX[R]) next-generation switch for its Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC operations based in Stroud, Oklahoma.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cyber Digital, Inc. Updates on Its Agreements to Acquire Two Competitive Local Exchange Carriers for $1.3 Million]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyber Digital, Inc. (OTCBB: CYBD), a leading designer and software developer of advanced digital voice and broadband data switches, announced today that the closing date of its previously executed definitive purchase agreements to acquire two Competitive Local Exchange Carriers CLECs, namely New Rochelle Telephone Corp. and Telecarrier Services, Inc. has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MetaSwitch deploys services.(BROADBAND OVER POWERLINE)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Communications, one of the largest Competitive Local Exchange  Carriers CLECs in the Midwest, has recently deployed advanced voice  and data services delivered over existing power lines in  multi-dwelling/multi-tenant (MDU/MTU) buildings to re    First Communications, one of the largest Competitive Local Exchange  Carriers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Warwick Valley Telephone Co. picks Pannaway's FTTP and ADSL2+ solutions.(CONTRACTS)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pannaway Technologies Inc., designers and developers of  next-generation, converged IP broadband systems to telecommunications  companies, announced that Warwick Valley Telephone Company WVTC, one  of New York's most established communications provi    Pannaway Technologies Inc., designers and developers of  next-generation, converged IP broadband systems to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cyber Digital, Inc. Appoints Colebrooke Capital, Inc. to Identify Strategic Acquisitions of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers and Internet Service Providers; Colebrooke Capital to Assist in Transaction Structure]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_May_2/ai_n26845394]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Cyber Digital, Inc. (OTC BB: CYBD), a leading designer and software developer of advanced digital voice and broadband data switches, announced today appointment of Colebrooke Capital, Inc., of New York City, to identify strategic acquisitions of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers CLECs and Internet Service Providers ISPs that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cyber Digital, Inc. Pursues Acquisitions of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers and Internet Service Providers; Significantly Improve Profitability of Acquired CLECs and ISPs Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_April_4/ai_n26816096]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Cyber Digital, Inc. (OTCBB:CYBD), a leading designer and software developer of advanced digital voice and broadband data switches, indicated today that it wants to acquire Competitive Local Exchange Carriers CLECs and Internet Service Providers ISPs that are going to be accretive. CYBD expects to significantly improve the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[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]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_March_13/ai_n26791595]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bureaucrats As Entrepreneurs: Do Municipal Telecom Providers Hinder Private Entrepreneurs?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We consider how government-owned enterprises choose markets and affect privately-owned rivals. Specifically, we compare the types of markets that municipally-owned telecommunications providers in the United States serve with the types of markets that competitive local exchange companies CLEC serve. We find that municipalities and private firms make the decisions to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[i3 Networks Introduces Industry-First Fractional Switch Ownership® Program; UNE-3® Total Solution Combines Financial Advantages, MetaSwitch Technology and Partnerships with Leading Network Providers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_August_10/ai_n14875639]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON -- i3 Networks, an emerging total solutions provider for competitive local exchange carriers CLECs, announced today that it has successfully completed the first phase in building its unique business model, known as UNE-3R Fractional Switch OwnershipR. As a result, CLECs across the nation have, for the first time, a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Telecom plans for 'Net' growth.(Hi neighbor: News from Westchester County)(Telecommunications Act of 1996 )(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5262/is_200503/ai_n20390271]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[KMC Telecom Sells Operations in 37 CLEC Markets To CenturyTel and TelCove; Company Focuses on Wholesale Market with Announcement of Nationwide IP/MPLS Network]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Feb_3/ai_n9490603]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- KMC Telecom Holdings, Inc., one of the nation's largest private competitive local exchange carriers CLECs and a leading provider of wholesale communications services nationwide, today announced that they are selling their CLEC operations in all their 37 markets to CenturyTel and TelCove in separate agreements. KMC also...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CLECs Turn to MetaSwitch Following FCC Ruling VoIP Softswitch Key to Cost-effective Migration From UNE-P]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_Dec_21/ai_n8579482]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adelphia CLEC plan approved.(settlement with competitive local exchange carrier)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_200403/ai_n17975808]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved a $1.9 billion  settlement agreement between Adelphia Communications Corp. and its  former competitive local exchange carrier subsidiary that will allow the  CLEC to emerge from bankruptcy more quickl    NEW YORK -- A U.S. Bankruptcy Court...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Progress report: local, LD, broadband. (Briefing).(Industry Overview)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5084/is_200307/ai_n18466581]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WorldCom: preliminary prognosis. (Briefing).]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5084/is_200208/ai_n18468042]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the May 2002 issue of BCR, (pp. 36-40), we concluded that while  the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process would give competitive local exchange  carriers CLECs considerable latitude in reducing onerous contractual  and debt obligations, it does little t    In the May 2002 issue of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Local service providers facing tough times; Battle for customers getting ugly.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200202/ai_n20188273]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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