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New realities roiling telecom mean everything is changing, 06/21/04
Broadband, wireless and IP services such as VoIP are disrupting the established order of the telecom industry. Carrier business models are being shaken. Regulatory frameworks are collapsing. The way businesses buy and are charged for services and interact electronically is fundamentally changing.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/062104newworldorder.html?nl
Supercomm to reflect telecom industry revival, 06/21/04
Supercomm, the telecom industry’s biggest party, kicks off this week at its new Chicago digs with upbeat news: Paid attendance, exhibitor count and square footage of exhibition space are all up from last year, show officials report.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/062104supercomm.html?nl
Carriers mull impact of rulings, 06/21/04
While industry experts call their concerns overblown, some alternate local carriers are predicting higher prices and possible service cutbacks while mulling a future without network-sharing regulations that have limited their costs.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/062104carrfcc.html?nl
AT&T president shares outlook, 06/21/04
AT&T is still the big dog in the telecom world, but it is one tough business, says President William Hannigan. Hannigan spoke with a small group of IDG editors and analysts last week, sharing his view on everything from competition to technology directions.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/062104att.html?nl
Verizon-Vodafone union may be put to the test, 06/21/04
It’s not as if Vodafone Group and Verizon Wireless have had a rocky relationship in the U.S. The two companies actually have enjoyed a successful partnership that has generated billions of sales and millions of customers. The problem is that the European mobile phone giant dislikes partnerships; it prefers instead to gain full control of companies to pursue its own branding, pricing and “seamless” service strategy, especially in the enterprise customer market.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/062104carrverizonvoda.html?nl
Cisco plucks Procket assets for $89 million, 06/17/04
Cisco this week announced a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property, a majority of the engineering team and select assets from privately held Procket Networks, a maker of routers …
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0617procket.html?nl
Sprint to lay off 1,100 workers, 06/16/04
Sprint announced Wednesday that it will cut 1,100 jobs over the next several months in order to be more competitive in the long-distance market.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0616sprintola.html?nl
AT&T wins over Nexfor, 06/15/04
AT&T this week announced that it won a contract valued at $1.7 million to build-out a 20-site IP VPN for Nexfor, a Canadian forest products company.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0615attwin.html?nl
World Wide Packets does VPLS, 06/15/04
World Wide Packets is introducing gear to support virtual Ethernet LAN services to homes and businesses over copper wiring or fiber optics.
