The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau reminds telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers of their obligation to file their annual certification documenting compliance with the Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) rules by March 1, 2021. The protection of…
San Francisco, CA & Mitchell, SD (January 12, 2020) — Alpine Investors(“Alpine”), a people-driven private equity firm committed to building enduring middle-market software and services companies, announced a strategic partnership and growth investment in Innovative Systems (“Innovative” or the “Company”),…
CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Viasat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced the availability of Viasat Business Voice – a new cloud-based phone service optimized to work over Viasat’s high-speed, high-quality satellite network. When combined…
Pleasant Grove, Utah — October 8, 2020 — Alianza, Inc., the leading cloud communications platform for service providers, announced today an integration with NISC’s iVUE Connect platform. Building on a multi-year technology partnership that has helped cooperatives deploy rural broadband,…
July 29, 2020 — SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ooma, Inc., a smart communications platform for businesses and consumers, today announced that MTA Solutions, a leading telecommunications provider in Alaska, is delivering a new unified communication service under its own brand name through Ooma’s…
Ridgeland, Miss. (June 11, 2020) – C Spire, which has a history of shaking up the U.S. wireless industry with game-changing plans, pricing and service, is debuting a new $45 monthly plan starting with the first line that provides unlimited talk,…
VoIP service provider magicJack VocalTec has agreed to a $5 million settlement with the FCC involving contributions to the Universal service Fund. According to an FCC press release, MagicJack also agreed to “an extensive compliance plan.” The FCC had been…
The Federal Communications Commission is funding rural broadband deployments again with its 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). And because offering phone service is a requirement, VoIP will play a role in making it happen. More Money for Rural Broadband…
HOUSTON and BOLIVAR, Texas, Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Rural Telecommunications of America, Inc. (RTA) announced today that it had completed its acquisition of Texas, Galveston County based Southern Broadband, LLC, (SBB), a rural Fiber and Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP). Southern Broadband serves thousands of customers in the…
WASHINGTON, December 12, 2019—The Federal Communications Commission today started the process of designating 988 as a new, nationwide, 3-digit number for a suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. This designation will help ease access to crisis services, reduce the…
Sprint today launched its cloud-based commercial phone service, named Omni. The service is designed to bring premium enterprise-quality landline phone technologies to small and medium-size businesses. Using VoIP technology from Ooma, Omni enables businesses to capture missed phone calls and…
DALLAS and BELMONT, Calif., November 04, 2019 — AT&T (NYSE:T) is expanding its relationship with RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE:RNG) making AT&T Office@Hand a lead offer for UCaaS solutions as part of its broad Voice and Collaboration portfolio. Based on the RingCentral® platform, AT&T Office@Hand…
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