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Telstra growing U.S., global connectivity 

As U.S. corporations look for more connectivity in Asia, Telstra Inc., the U.S. arm of the Australian service provider, is stepping up its service offerings...

Yankee Group: Rural SMBs want different VoIP services 

Small and medium business users in small markets are just as likely to adopt voice-over-IP--however, the applications they want are significantly different than those of their counterparts in larger cities, according to a report put out today by The Yankee Group...

Customers crave control, Forrester says 

Customers’ need for greater control, the buying habits of teenagers and wireless encroachment into the enterprise are all changing the way telecom service providers need to do their business, according to a Forrester Research survey of consumers and businesses...

Indies bulk up to compete 

Two fiber-to-the-premises vendors announced new independent telco customers today, both of which are using the new technology to overbuild nearby areas and compete with other incumbents....

WilTel will pursue enterprise 

WilTel Communications has not only secured an amicable divorce from SBC Communications, but has regained custody of its right to sell voice services to enterprise customers...

Carriers bid to become traffic cops 

New network security services from AT&T, SBC and others seek to soothe growing concerns among enterprises while creating a new niche market...

Enterprise services steal Supercomm spotlight 

Ethernet is a major focus as service providers look for new data revenues...

AT&T touts global expansion 

AT&T today announced further expansion of its global network including expansion into China that includes interconnection agreements with China Telecom and China Netcom...

WilTel pushes toward enterprise voice 

WilTel Communications not only has secured an amicable divorce from SBC Communications--by far its largest customer--but has regained custody of its right to sell voice services to enterprise customers in the process...

MCI aims for retailers, smaller sites 

MCI is taking square aim at the retail market space and other businesses with scattered smaller sites with the expansion of its Secure Interworking Gateway Services suite announced today. ...

Fonality uses VoIP in new way 

Internet Protocol PBX maker Fonality today introduced a low-cost option for small businesses that uses voice-over-IP technology to let small businesses get PBX features for about the cost of a key system...

Intel agreements move SightSpeed into mainstream 

Videoconferencing player SightSpeed today announced two major new agreements with Intel that will put its online video and VoIP service software into the hands of many more customers...

Services driving new network architecture 

The only thing less defined than the next-gen network architecture are the hoard of services for which it is being built. Ironically, that is by design...

Verizon take FiOS wholesale 

Verizon last week announced its first business services for its FiOS fiber-to-the-premises network and reiterated its plans to sell wholesale FiOS access...

Start-up tries to reinvent digital content navigation 

Multi-dimensional system focuses on instinct, not hundreds of buttons...

Lightpath, Cablevision target Verizon's New York City turf 

Companies will more tightly integrate business and residential brands...

BellSouth adds video chat 

BellSouth’s DSL customers can now get free video chat service, using BellSouth Messenger and a low-cost video camera/microphone to replace the typing of instant messages with a video interaction...

MCI adds global Ethernet 

MCI announced this week that it is adding Ethernet to its global service portfolio, initially offering its customers the chance to extend their Ethernet LANs from the U.S. to parts of Europe and Asia and eventually to the far reaches of MCI's global network. ...

Study: Telecom bundles coming undone 

Service providers need to do a better job of tailoring their bundled offerings and keeping them affordable, according to a study of U.S. consumers commissioned by CSG Systems and released today...

Progress Telecom launches wireless affiliate 

Regional broadband service provider Progress Telecom has launched a new initiative, PT Wireless, aimed at helping wireless service providers achieve greater network coverage and call quality, and at helping municipalities build Wi-Fi networks....

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