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Senator crafts revamp of 1996 telecom law
Jul. 28, 2005
A U.S. senator this week introduced legislation that some say is a first step in reworking the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

XO expands VoIP service
Jul. 25, 2005
XO Communications this week said it is expanding its business VoIP service to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

Supercomm panel discusses challenges for global corporate nets
Jun. 06, 2005
Businesses need to upgrade their networks to support more efficient interactions with their business partners, suppliers and customers, according to the keynote panel that opened Supercomm 2005 Monday.

XO bundles VoIP
Jan. 25, 2005
XO Communications this week said it will launch a bundled VoIP offering for small and medium-sized businesses later this quarter.

Vonage to debut wireless IP phones
Jan. 05, 2005
By late summer, Vonage will offer Wi-Fi phones as a way for customers to connect to its IP voice network, making it possible to use the devices at multiple locations without using a cellular service.

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Details on Verizon's ambitious packet telephony buildout
Dec. 15, 2004
Carrier is investing $1 billion in Nortel softswitch and gateway equipment for the local VoIP project.

A Beginning, Not an End
Nov. 17, 2004
The FCC's decision last week to exempt VoIP from state regulation is heralded as a watershed ruling by some, but it is only the first step in defining policy for broadband IP services.

Give us your DSL, your cable modems, and SOHOs that yearn to be free...
Jul. 20, 2004
Last column, we asked readers for ideas about how to approach VoIP for a distributed global company highly reliant on DSL and cable modems. The response has been overwhelming and quite interesting, so we'd like to ...

Deju vu or a better view?
May. 25, 2004
One of the real dangers of living through the 1990s in telecom is that it can be very hard to get excited about anything.

BellSouth unveils IP Centrex
May. 21, 2004
BellSouth has unveiled its first network-based VoIP service: Centrex IP throughout its nine-state Southeast region.