Canadian CLEC Iristel and its agents and partners are now offering VoIP services to consumers and businesses in Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Inuvik, Canada. It’s one of the first fruits born from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s decision last year to break the final phone monopoly in North America and set in place regulations allowing Read more >>
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The FCC has chosen New York-based CLEC Xchange Telecom as part of an 18-month pilot project to advance broadband adoption. Xchange will begin rolling out a discount plan beginning in February for eligible low-income customers. The company, which offers local, long-distance, Internet and VoIP services via its agent channel, is one of 14 chosen Read more >>
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As the telecom industry continues to hurtle forward, with operators building out fiber, 3G and 4G networks at breakneck speed, the supply side of the equation when it comes to bandwidth is but one part of the picture. According to Pyramid Research, new and secure applications that benefit from capacity-intense service offers will help drive Read more >>
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Consolidation in the competitive carrier space is continuing with the news that metro fiber provider Lightower Fiber Networks and high-bandwidth specialist Sidera Networks will be merging into one company in a transaction valued at more than $2 billion. The combined company will be led by current Lightower CEO, Rob Shanahan. The merger is pending regulatory Read more >>
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