BellSouth names Alcatel, Redback lead IP vendors
Alcatel and Redback Networks today both announced that they were chosen as primary vendors for BellSouth's next-gen IP network buildout....
Consumer perception of DSL: cheap, not fast
Despite the recent blitz of marketing from DSL providers and upgrades to higher-speed service, consumers view the telco-provided Internet access as slower but cheaper than cable modems, according a recent survey by Accenture. ...
GlobalTouch opts for Telco System's ATA
GlobalTouch Telecom said today that it has picked Telco Systems' Access211 analog telephone adapter (ATA) for use in its SIPTalk calling service. ...
World Wide Packets lands UK deal
World Wide Packets said Telewest Business, the commercial arm of UK cable operator Telewest will use its LightningEdge platform to deploy a nationwide...
Carriers get technical help in bringing HDTV to market
CES demonstration shows high-definition over copper nearing reality...
Epana says hola to BayPackets
Epana Networks, which has specialized in providing voice services to the Hispanic market in the U.S., has selected BayPackets’ Agility Network Services...
Cable joins MCI broadband portfolio
MCI is adding high-speed cable access to its broadband services portfolio, extending the reach of its broadband services to about 90% of the U.S. Working...
New California commissioners may jeopardize consumer protection
Landmark consumer protection rules in California may be in jeopardy with the changing of the guard at that state’s public utilities commission. The arrival...
CES: Consumers, not businesses adopting IP video conferencing
LAS VEGAS--Consumers will adopt IP video conferencing before business users in large part because they are easier to please, according to Junien Labrousse,...
CES: 2Wire provides sneak peak at SBC service
LAS VEGAS--2Wire at the Consumer Electronics Show this week is peeling back the covers on the bundled package of voice, data and video that SBC expects...
SureWest upgrades to 3 Mbps, slashes prices
SureWest Communications announced today that it has bumped up the speed of its highest level DSL service from 1 Mb/s to 3 Mb/s in the area encompassing...
Net2Phone expands U.S. reach
Net2Phone announced today that its expansion plan now covers 80% of the United States, including all major markets. The company is in the process of acquiring...
Cable lurking in SMB market
Cox Communications is an anomaly. It has been an anomaly since it became one of the first major multi-system operators to install a Class 5 switch and...
Definitions vary on business markets for cable, telco
While cable operators claim they are pushing--or want to push--services into the small and medium business market to compete with incumbent telcos, there’s...
Got a cable network? (The wireless industry has a deal for you)
With the RBOCs becoming more aggressive in their bundling plans and convergence becoming a vaible strategy, cable operators are likely to make their wireless debut in 2005...
Content takes center stage at TelcoTV
For a segment of the industry that only recently has become comfortable with the technology, the TelcoTV show in Orlando has quickly evolved into a forum...
