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Verizon gains efficiencies through packet optical networking
(Editor's note: This article is also included in FierceTelecom's new eBook called Packet Optical Networking Platforms: Maintaining the legacy, next-gen balance. Click here to get your free copy... Read more >>
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Give Frontier a chance
Is the ghost of FairPoint Communications haunting Frontier Communications? Probably not as much as telecom industry insiders would think, though FairPoint's problems certainly could give Frontier's... Read more >>
La. PSC considers crafting statewide phone service standards
Even though many Northern Louisiana consumers aren't happy with AT&T's phone service, the state's Public Service Commission (PSC) voted 3-2 to not punish Ma Bell with a $175,000 fine. Instead,... Read more >>
Pacific Fibre sets ambitious undersea network course
New Zealand-based Pacific Fibre's founders have a simple goal: "break the digital divide between New Zealand, Australia and the rest of the world." Pacific Fibre wants to lure investors to help it... Read more >>
Juniper amplifies TeliaSonera's core network
The debut of Cisco's CRS-3 router may have scored high on this week's hype-o-meter, but now rival Juniper Networks is making some core routing noise of its own. TeliaSonera is leveraging Juniper's TX... Read more >>
FCC sets next Tuesday for broadband plan debut
After a flurry of debate and delays, the FCC's long-awaited National Broadband Plan will finally debut next Tuesday, a day before it is actually due to Congress in an open commission meeting. Now set... Read more >>
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Industry Voices
Comptel 2010: Competitive providers, wholesalers find new identities
As I prepare to hop aboard a plane to head down to Nashville, Tn. on Sunday to attend my first Comptel show in six years, I thought this was a good time to put out my thoughts on what I think will be... Read more >>
Editor's Corner
Give Frontier a chance
Is the ghost of FairPoint Communications haunting Frontier Communications? Probably not as much as telecom industry insiders would think, though FairPoint's problems certainly could give Frontier's... Read more >>
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