As small telcos seek to expand beyond their traditional business, we’re seeing more and more of them offering cloud-based services outside their traditional serving area. A good example of that comes from Saddleback Communications, an Arizona-based ILEC that has a…
CenturyLink has asked the FCC to allow it to conduct a TDM-to-IP transition trial in Las Vegas that would focus on VoIP interconnection and on the replacement of TDM-based business services with IP-based alternatives. The company has lined up two…
AT&T’s proposed TDM-to-IPM transition trial has drawn criticism from a range of stakeholders over the issue of carrier inter-connection. The situation came to light in comments filed recently with the FCC in response to AT&T’s proposal. Yesterday was the deadline…
Infonetics Research delves into the VoIP market in two new research reports, “SIP Trunking and Enterprise SBC Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey” and “VoIP and UC Services and Subscribers Market Share and Forecast.” In the former, Infonetics finds that T1…
Important concerns of tier 2 and tier 3 service providers today include business model innovation, getting ready for significant increases in IP endpoints, and consumers’ continuing appetite for mobile smartphone devices, says a survey conducted recently by Metaswitch, maker of…
Consumers have quickly gotten used to HDTV and movies. Soon, they’ll have access to HD Voice services. Looking to pave the way are companies like Chicago’s Neutral Tandem, which today announced a High Definition (HD) wideband voice interconnection service for…
One drawback that VoIP services have to overcome is the perception that they don’t provide adequate E911 access. The issue is exacerbated by the nomadic nature of IP voice services, where customers can move physical locations and still use the…
FRISCO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GENBAND a leading developer of IP infrastructure and application solutions, today announced that Suddenlink Communications, the seventh largest cable operator in the United States, has elected to migrate the infrastructure of recently acquired NPG Cable Inc., to GENBAND…
It’s no secret that the cable industry has had great success in taking telephone customers away from phone companies. Most of the attention surrounding this trend focuses on large tier 1 cable MSOs like Comcast and Cox. Their success is…
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading provider of IT and communications services to 55,000 small businesses across the country, today announced that it has acquired the assets of privately held MaximumASP and its affiliated companies, as well as…
While Skype’s 560 million+ member number is quite impressive, its 8.1 million paying subscribers puts that total number in perspective. Those 8.1 million provide Skype $96 in ARPU per year. To put that in perspective, Verizon’s latest monthly ARPU for…
Voice-Over-IP and Powerful Internet Access Packages Bolster Business Success In Rough Economic Times NEW YORK – March 15, 2010 – At a time when small and medium-sized businesses look for every technological advantage to help them continue as the fundamental…
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