The Converging Network Carriers’ Challenge: Maximize Bandwidth, Minimize Space
White Papers Some competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) and other network service providers (NSPs) did spring up in large cities where there was a dense concentration of business customers. The CLECs typically pay the telephone companies a rental charge...
[January 29, 2004, 23:00]
LocustWorld: Swarming Over The Traditional Telcos
Talkback As a result of actions taken by our nation's leadership in the FCC, the CLECs here in the US have been 'lawfully' dis-placed from being a viable form of competition to the RBOCS and the RBOCS are reuniting as a result of the lobby powers to once...
[December 30, 2004, 16:35]
VoIP Hang-up Looming?
News Vonage representative Brooke Shultz said the company gets its telephone numbers from CLECs, although she declined to name the suppliers or the terms of the transfer deals. Currently, NANC and the North America Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA...
[January 27, 2003, 13:11]
Alcatel-Lucent Has Potential, But Dangers Too
News But the CLECs' infrastructure costs were too high for their low neighbourhood penetrations, and many, such as NorthPoint Communications and Rhythms NetConnections, are in bankruptcy or on the verge. The demise of the CLECs removed some incentives...
[May 29, 2001, 10:47]
Broadband Connectivity: The Revolution At The Network's Edge
White Papers As bandwidth requirements grow, Enhanced Service Providers such as ISPs and CLECs will increasingly turn to DS3 links to interconnect their POPs. But existing equipment does not support DS3 connectivity, and traditional DS3 multiplexers do not meet...
[October 22, 2003, 0:00]
Unbundling Digital Loop Carriers
White Papers The purposes of this paper are to show: that Integrated Digital Loop Carriers (IDLCs) can be unbundled; that there are four technically feasible ways of unbundling IDLCs with equipment that is in-place or generally available today; that CLECs can...
[March 1, 2004, 23:00]
Passive Optical Networks Bring Broadband To The Local Loop
White Papers Although their strategies and network requirements vary considerably, a new technology is emerging that promises to facilitate the rollout of broadband services by cable television operators, incumbent telcos, data CLECs and wireless carriers.
[October 6, 2003, 0:00]
Marconi Provides Cubecom With Neighbourly Solution
White Papers Cubecom's mission is to deliver high-quality telecoms services, such as VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) based on Frame Relay and MPLS/IP, to the middle and large enterprise marketplace, as well as wholesale services to Internet Service Providers...
[April 18, 2005, 0:00]
Building A Better Interconnect Gateway: The Clearinghouse Approach
White Papers Competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) require access to incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) operations support systems (OSSs) to support pre-order inquiry, service ordering, provisioning, trouble administration, and billing transactions.
[March 29, 2004, 0:00]
DSL: The Preferred In-Building Technology
White Papers Until Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology became a reality, service providers such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), and Network Service Providers (NSPs) did not have a viable technology for...
[December 7, 2003, 23:00]
Competitive Local Telecommunications Regulatory Issues
White Papers It is intended to identify issues facing competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), as well as Internet service providers (ISPs), that are considering entry into regulated telecommunications markets.
[July 18, 2007, 0:00]
Intel® Dedication To Network Reliability
White Papers Operators such as regional Bell companies and competing local exchange carriers (CLECs) demand network reliability so that they can reduce implementation costs and compete effectively in meeting critical service level agreements.
[November 3, 2003, 23:00]
MPs Unhappy Over ADSL Dominance
Talkback If 60 million population isn't big enough , how do all the CLECs & "baby Bells" in the US survive on a fraction of this number? Yeah right of course BT want FTTH - but as long as the shareholders don't have to pay for it .
[February 25, 2004, 3:06]
The Day Ahead: Techs Plunging Off Copper Mountain
News Turns out that competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) are cutting back spending. CLECs, which largely funded expansion with public equity and debt offernings, can't attract investors. The Copper Mountain meltdown is just a piece of what is...
[October 18, 2000, 12:44]
The Day Ahead: Sycamore Allays Wall Street Worries For Now
News Any company catering to competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) and telco upstarts could be hurt by a spending slowdown. Commentary: Sycamore Networks did what it had to on its conference call -- give a great outlook to get investors interested...
[November 15, 2000, 12:51]
