Category: Telco Services
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TC3 Part 3: UNIFI Communications- An Interesting Global VoIP Network Provider
Introduction: UNIFI Communications is not a well known telecom brand name. Yet the company handles one billion minutes of annual global traffic from over 100 million subscribers, through 22 peering locations or “points of presence.” That makes it one of the largest IP, international carriers in the world! The accomplishments, innovations, and future directions from this…
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New Telecom Services that Capitalize on Broadband Connectivity – Part 3
Background and Recap The theme of this three part series is to examine potentially new and different telecom services that enable telcos to particpate in the value chain created by broadband Internet access. Pressure is on telcos to build out their fiber based and/or mobile broadband networks for greater coverage and higher traffic carrying capacity.…
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Will Level 3 with GC Be Able to Compete in the Business Services Market?
Level 3 Communications Inc. announced today that it would buy Global Crossing (GC) in an all stock-for-stock transaction valued at US$1.9 billion (after assumed debt). As part of the deal, which is expected to close by year end, Level 3 will assume $1.1 billion of GC’s debt. The two companies had combined 2010 revenues of…
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Three Different Scenarios for Delivering Cloud Based Communications as a Service
“Communications as a Service” or CaaS can include any type of communications delivered as a service based on a subscription model. That is, Voice over IP (VoIP), instant messaging (IM), email, chat, web, audio and videoconference services. It might also include telco network operations and management in the cloud. Yet the term CaaS now means…
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Will 2011 Be the Year of Fiber to the Building?
Background: Stimulated by predictions of exponential Internet traffic growth and advances in DWDM/ fiber optic technology, the dot com and telecom bubble years of 1998-2001 were marked by waves of optical network start-up companies that were very well funded by VCs and Angel Investors. Many of those companies were focused on Metro Optical network access,…
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An Interactive Chat With an Old School Instrument
Received a fascinating telemarketing call that I almost hung up on, but have been listening now for 30+ minutes. One of the only groups that can escape the do not call laws are the politicians. This call was from Tom Campbell, who is running for the governor of California. Instead of a recorded call, this…
