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Verizon sweeps up MCI in $6.7 billion merger, 02/14/05
Verizon has agreed to acquire MCI in a deal valued at $6.7 billion, the companies announced Monday, ending weeks of speculation about a likely deal.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0214verizsweep.html?nl
Avici lands a sorely needed customer, 02/11/05
Swedish Internet and telecom service provider IP-Only Telecommunications AB has selected Avici IP core routers from Nortel for a core network upgrade.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0211avici.html?nl
Analysts see small impact of SBC deal on enterprises, 02/11/05
SBC’s announcement Jan. 31 that it intends to acquire rival AT&T may not have an immediate effect on most enterprise customers, other than a reduction in the number of employees servicing their accounts.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0211analysees.html?nl
Lucent, Fujitsu and eAccess partner on HSDPA, 02/10/05
Tokyo wholesale broadband Internet provider eAccess Thursday said it expects to begin tests in April of a high-speed wireless data system that can deliver speeds up to 3.6M bit/sec.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0210lucenfujit.html?nl
Sprint’s plans for 2005, 02/10/05
Sprint this week laid out its strategic direction for 2005, which includes executing on its wireless data network deployment, expanding its business services and seeing its Nextel merger through.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0210sprint2005.html?nl
BellSouth taps Alcatel, Redback for broadband plans, 02/08/05
BellSouth this week said it has selected Alcatel and Redback as suppliers for a next generation broadband build-out.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0208bellsouth.html?nl
Level 3 to phase out (3)Tone VoIP service, 02/08/05
Level 3 Communications plans to phase out (3)Tone, a VoIP service it provided to small and medium-sized businesses through channel partners, a company spokesman said Monday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0208level3to.html?nl
Nextel agrees to public-safety spectrum swap, 02/08/05
Nextel Communications on Monday accepted a U.S. government plan to eliminate interference with public safety radios in the 800-MHz frequency band, clearing the way for the U.S. mobile operator to give up some of that spectrum in return for frequencies …
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2005/0208nexteagree.html?nl
