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		<title><![CDATA[Info Security Products Guide Awards Cloudmark's "Increased Messaging Security for a U.S. ILEC's Subscribers" Winner of the 2006 Best Deployment Scenario Award]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200608/ai_n16634286]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cloudmark announced today that Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and the world's leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named its submission, "Cloudmark increases messaging security for a U.S. ILEC's 500,000 subscribers," a winner of the 2nd Annual Best Deployment Scenario Award in the anti-spam...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 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[Empire Telephone Corp., Transforms TDM Network to Next-Generation IP Packet and SIP Using Pannaway Technologies' Service Convergence Network Platform; ILEC Rolls Out New Triple Play Services Including SIP-based VoIP to Western New York]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Feb_27/ai_n16086118]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Pannaway Technologies, Inc., designers and developers of next-generation, converged IP broadband systems to telecommunications companies, today announced that Empire Telephone Corp., is using a lab certified interoperable solution from Pannaway and Nortel to roll out new SIP-based VoIP services with advanced calling features and Primary Line E...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kansas ILEC deploys Allied Telesyn's FTTH GEPON platform.(CONTRACTS)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4748/is_200601/ai_n17323819]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Twin Valley Telephone, an ILEC located in central Kansas, has  chosen Allied Telesyn's iMAP integrated multiservice access  platform to expand the capability of its copper plant to a hybrid fiber  infrastructure. According to a press release, the infr    Twin Valley Telephone, an ILEC located...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Intrado Hosts 2005 ILEC Summit; Industry Leaders to Address Key Issues Impacting Delivery of Emergency Communications Services]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_May_17/ai_n13723514]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LONGMONT, Colo. -- Intrado Inc. (Nasdaq: TRDO), a leading provider of integrated data and telecommunications solutions, today announced the kick-off of its Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers ILEC Summit. This event, hosted by Intrado at its corporate headquarters in Longmont, Colorado, provides a forum for telecommunications leaders to address key technology...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Telecom. Act Rewrite: A Long Road, But Keys to Telecom Success Remain the Same]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=128380]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The 1996 Telecom Act needed more than four years to be implemented due to numerous regulatory and court challenges, and its ability to have a long-term effect on the industry is doubtful due to technological obsolescence being brought about by Internet protocol IP-based services and the growth of cable multiple...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Z-Tel Responds to FCC Decision]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Fla. -- Z-Tel Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ/SC: ZTLDC), parent company of Z-Tel Communications, Inc., a leading provider of enhanced wireline and broadband telecommunications services, today responded with both disappointment and optimism to the decision announced earlier today by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") in association with WC Dockets No. 04-313...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2005 U.S. Telecom Outlook: Wireless and Data Strength Offset Traditional Service Pressures]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=128415]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital subscriber line DSL penetration has steadily increased through aggressive bundling strategies of the ILECs, and wireline operators are winning an equal share of new subscriber additions compared with cable modem service. DSL growth should continue to be strong in 2005 with penetration levels of total access lines still in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Broadband UNE decision: where's the evidence?(Briefing)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5084/is_200404/ai_n18467013]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When the DC Court of Appeals recently sustained part and overturned  part of the FCC's August 2002 Triennial Review Order on local  competition, much of the attention focused on who won and who lost, and  what the odds were for a successful Supreme Co   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The new Centrex: outsourcing voice.(Briefing)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5084/is_200308/ai_n18468668]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Proponents say that voice-over-IP VOIP technology offers a new  lease on life--and new business model--for Centrex. But does IP really  add anything to the familiar lease-vs.-buy decision, which in the TDM  world was resolved decisively in favor of     Proponents say that voice-over-IP VOIP...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</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[Why ILECs won't invest; The answer is simple: they can't without losing money. The problem is the FCC's cost model. (Local Competition).(Hybrid Cost Proxy Model )]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5084/is_200307/ai_n18468505]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you're a government affairs specialist or a telecom  regulatory attorney, you're probably not aware of the FCC's  Hybrid Cost Proxy Model HCPM. That's not good, because HCPM is  one of the most important forces driving the telecom industry to    Unless you're a government...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FCC Adopts New Rules For Broadband Access and Unbundling Obligations of Incumbent Local Phone Carriers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=67762]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 20, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules governing the obligations of incumbent local exchange carriers ("ILEC") to make their networks available on an unbundled basis to competing carriers at regulated prices. Article explains the impact of the new rules as the change in broadband access rules...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VOIP is a sideshow--access is the issue.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5084/is_200303/ai_n18469540]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is becoming more apparent that the idea of using IP technology  as a way of carrying public telephone traffic is little more than a  marketing charade to mask a blatant attempt to freeload. I have yet to  see any substantial financial justification    It...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FCC to decide what wireless carriers must pay for transport. (News).]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4962/is_200301/ai_n18161316]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON-Lost in the growing debate about whether the Federal  Communications Commission should relax the rules requiring incumbent  local exchange carriers to lease portions of their networks at specific  rates is a second debate about what ILECs s    WASHINGTON-Lost in the growing debate about whether...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial and leadership crisis in telecommunications: enterprise managers need to gauge carriers' stability. That means evaluating the provider's finances, leadership and employee morale.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5084/is_200210/ai_n18468541]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Even before events of the last several months pummeled the  reputations and purses of established providers such as WorldCom, Qwest  and Genuity, the industry had been reeling beneath the weight of a  crisis. More than 75 percent of the small and new     Even...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A tale of two decisions: so you thought telecom regulation didn't matter? Well, guess again.(Supreme Court and DC Court of Appeals decision conflict)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5084/is_200207/ai_n18466621]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[May 2002 will go down in telecom regulatory annals as a  particularly schizophrenic month:       * On May 13, the Supreme Court affirmed the FCC's right to  apply total element long-run incremental cost TELRIC pricing rules as  the basis for wholesa ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FCC initiates proceeding to examine regulatory treatment of incumbent carriers' broadband services.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5792/is_200204/ai_n23790639]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking NPRM initiating a  review of current regulatory requirements for incumbent local exchange  carriers' ILECs broadband telecommunications services (CC Docket  No. 01-337). The FCC seeks to ensure that th  The FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking NPRM initiating...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[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.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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  ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is HP Telephony's Future On Cable?(Industry Trend or Event)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5084/is_200102/ai_n18467256]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With the incumbent local exchange carriers' (ILECs')  massive installed based of circuit-based Class 5 central office  switches, the existing technology would seem to have a firm grip on  voice services for the foreseeable future (also see this issue,    With the incumbent local exchange carriers'...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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