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Although many people remain convinced that the disadvantages of ISDN outnumber its advantages, there is a growing army of folks who think the technology provides their businesses with a competitive […]

Surviving Hurricane Andrew's rampage through southern Florida and Louisiana took a lot of planning and hard work for the state's telecommunications providers. But putting the devastated areas back together again […]

Copper's metallic glint glared almost as brightly as fiber's light at SUPERCOMM '92. While many showgoers ogled the latest in asynchronous transfer mode and synchronous optical network products they also […]

There's only one way to get ahead in this world--apply yourself. That axiom goes for technologies as well as the human beings that invent them. Integrated services digital network applications […]

Fiber is coming to the curb, but it may be a while before the pulse of deployment beats loud and clear. Faint rumblings in the form of requests for proposals […]

The city of Boston is expanding and relocating its other 'Big Green Monster,' the city's Central Artery. The new roadway will be built within the ground beneath the existing 2.5-mile-long […]

As a telecom industry insider or outsider, you probably know the famous Alexander Graham Bell story-which subsequently spawned the Bell System. But beyond that, what do you really know about […]

Test and measurement equipment manufacturers are ready and willing to put integrated services digital network technology to the test. And they will soon have that chance. A 20-node ISDN, which […]

The Tennessee Cable Television Association failed last week to derail FYI Tennessee, the state public service commission's 10-year, $500-million statewide telecommunications infrastructure upgrade program. In response to a TCTA lawsuit […]

BellSouth Enterprises Inc., Ram Mobile Data and Digital Equipment Corp. are teaming up to attack the burgeoning mobile data market, offering customers data solutions. The companies announced the venture, which […]

The water is no longer still and peaceful. Despite the absence of a TR-303 central office switch interface and operations system (OS) interface, several Bell regional holding companies have begun […]

Downtown Boston's elevated Central Artery has become so unsightly, clogged and congested with traffic that urban heart surgery to relocate the road underground is the city's only hope of breathing […]

Georgia has ESSX service on its mind PBXs may smile tenderly, but for the Georgia Department of Administrative Services, the road leads back to Centrex. More than half of the […]

Know thy competitor You may think that only armies or governments engage in spying, but businesses that want to survive in competitive markets usually do a little spying of their […]

Southwestern Bell has asked the Missouri Public Service Commission for permission to build an $82-million fiber optic superhighway in Missouri. It also is seeking an extension of a three-year network […]

High-bit-rate digital subscriber line (HDLS) technology is pushing its way into the networks of several local exchange carriers. The relatively new form of transmission has grabbed the attention of the […]

The devastation left by Hurricane Andrew on the East Coast was matched on the country's western-most state when Hurricane Iniki roared through the Hawaiian Islands on Sept. 12. Although GTE […]

Bellcore said last week that Robert Lucky will become the research group's new vice president of applied research on Oct. 1. Lucky, who is considered one of the nation's leading […]

Hurricane Andrew expressed a preference for BellSouth territory last week, blasting through the company's region twice in two days. The powerful storm raged across the southern tip of Florida early […]

Faced with crippling budget shortfalls, the nation's cities and towns are searching for new means to replenish their coffers. Advanced telecommunications capabilities are making it possible for many local governments […]

Sprint won a contract last week that will catapult the carrier to the forefront of the industry's migration to the next generation of technology. The Department of Energy and the […]

As the Republican party concentrates on communicating its message to the nation this week, several telephone companies will be working together to make sure that convention delegates assembled in Houston's […]

Illinois Bell disclosed last week initial et ails of its price regulation plan for its non-competitive service offerings. The proposal has been under development since mid-May, when the Illinois legislature […]

Remember one work: plastics Researchers at Cambridge University recently transmitted data at 530 Mb/s over 100 meters of fiber. What's the big deal, you say? Well, the fiber was made […]

AGT Cellular of Calgary turned up service last week on North America's first commercial time division multiple access (TDMA) digital cellular network in Calgary, Canada. The network consists of 27 […]

Over the past few years, the trend toward privatization or liberalization of the world's telecommunications markets has opened a floodgate of opportunity for U.S. carriers looking to expand their businesses […]

That some school calenders are still structured around crop harvests indicates how antiquated the U.S. educational system has become and symbolizes the acute need for new learning standards that use […]

AT&T Paradyne unveiled a four-wire, 3-Mb/s very high bit rate digital subscriber line (VHDSL) transmission technology last week that the company said will accelerate the deployment of broadband multimedia services […]

Ten of the nation's largest telecommunications companies detailed last week their commitments to provide fast-packet data services,intensifying the drive to bring frame relay and switched multimegabit data service (SMDS) to […]

Because two phone network outages in the past year personally affected lawmakers and regulators, the industry may find it hard to convince them that the government should play a limited […]

Two leading telecommunications CEOs, each in his own way, called on the industry to prepare for swift and unsettling change in the next few years. Speaking at separate times during […]

Researchers have spent 20 years investigating speech recognition technology, but have barely scratched the surface of its potential in telecommunications. Thanks to a technique called wordspotting and advances in digital […]

Ameritech unveiled two new business ventures last week based on the information processing capabilities of the company's network. Ameritech Information Systems is developing a health care network for the state […]

At first blush, it may appear that the tables have turned and copper technology now has fiber optics on the run. High-bit-rate digital subscriber line (HDSL) technology, which is available […]

Those wondering what the home and community of the future might look like should pay a visit next year to Sutter Bay, Calif. Pacific Bell, developer Sutter Bay Associates and […]

Pundits, policy-makers and service providers packed a large classroom at Northwestern University last week to hear the pros and cons of creating a telecommunications free trade zone (TFTZ) in Chicago. […]

When Tekelec discovered that some of its customers were using its MGTS signaling system 7 protocol testers as signal transfer points (STPs), the company decided it was time to tackle […]

While politicians battled for votes in the Illinois primary last Tuesday, Qualcomm Inc., Ericsson Radio Systems and SCS Mobilecom Inc. spent the day in Rosemont, Ill., stumping for support for […]

Selling ISDN may prove to be more difficult than deploying the infrastructure that will support it. After all, the Bell regional holding companies are not exactly famous for their fine-tuned […]

Nearly 200 industry players scrutinized the latest issues surrounding the evolution of National ISDN-1 at a workshop held in Huntsville, Ala., last week. The meeting wasn't all talk, however, as […]

A new cellular telephone company, Celsat Inc., has proposed a satellite communications system it hopes will challenge Motorola's Iridium system. Celsat is seeking a pioneer's preference from the Federal Communications […]

Two Iowa government agencies have teamed to examine the impact that modernization of the state's telecommunications infrastructure could have on future economic growth in the area. The Iowa Utilities Board […]

Ameritech is heralding the arrival of its Faxtra enhanced facsimile service, which was made available to customers in the Chicago area recently. Faxtra responds to some of the frustrations people […]

The frame relay train pulled into Washington, D.C.'s Communication Networks trade show last week, and what seemed like boxcar loads of frame relay customer premises equipment were not the only […]

Nynex Network Systems Co. is poised to begin building a 2-million-line telephone network in Bangkok, Thailand. TelecomAsia Corp. Ltd., a private-sector Thai company in charge of the major communications network […]

Presidential hopefuls won't be the only ones trying to gain momentum this year. While the candidates stump from state to state, the industry will be putting the nuts and bolts […]

Employees of Chicago's American Drug Stores and Continental Bank are the first outside the telcos to sample the benefits of Advanced Intelligent Network features. The two companies are participating in […]

Chicago could be the first place in the country to see all-out competition for local exchange services if the state's chief utility regulator gets his way. Terrence Barnich, chairman of […]

A mistake made during a routine maintenance procedure at an AT&T network transmission facility in Blackstone, Mass., knocked out 60% of the interexchange carrier's call handling capacity in its New […]