By Bo Gowan
22 May 2008
8:48 am EDT
For several years the cable companies in the U.S. have been effectively taking customers from the traditional telcos in the residential voice market. An area they have not addressed as aggressively, though, has been the business market. That may be changing.
This week Nortel announced that Cox Communications, the nation’s 3rd largest cable operator, had signed a multi-year agreement with Nortel to become the first cable operator to use Nortel’s new Small Business Sales Center. The Center is dedicated to helping cable operators with the sales, products, installation and support of solutions targeted to the more than seven million small businesses in the U.S. that have fewer than 20 employees. …
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By Bo Gowan
21 May 2008
12:37 pm EDT
Click here to call me at home.
No, that doesn’t work yet, but this week Nortel unveiled a new solution called the IP Powered Home that makes it possible. Targeted at service providers, IP Powered Home is essentially a bundle of consumer-based applications that merge phone, Internet, and TV services in the home.
The solution uses residential VoIP as a base, then adds on optional services that customers can subscribe to from their service provider (much like today’s residential voice service model).
The core solution provides VoIP lines for each member of the family, a single number for both home and mobile phones, and video calling features. Customers can set up call routing preferences based on …
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By Mark Buford
24 January 2008
10:03 pm EST
The highly-anticipated U.S. 700 MHz spectrum auction finally begins today with much of the promise overshadowed by a frigid economic climate. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin remains optimistic, but concedes the timing may not be ideal.
AT&T and Verizon Wireless are expected to dominate. Google has deep pockets, but may not see the need to bid more than is required to ensure open access. Paul Allen, the cable giants, EchoStar and QUALCOMM are in. Sprint, T-Mobile and promising start-up Frontline Wireless are out.
Jeffrey Silva at RCRWirelessNews.com calls it March Madness, but with a twist. Since the auction will be ‘blind,’ it will be “like …
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