Cisco Rolls Enhanced IP PBX for Mid-Sized Businesses
Cisco Systems launched an IP Communications program aimed at mid-market (50- to 1000-employee) companies. The program includes new features for ...
Cisco Offers Automated QoS Solution for LANs and WANs
A new function has been added to Cisco IOS and the Cisco Catalyst Operating System to automate packet prioritization and ...
Half of Consumers Dissatisfied with Quality of Their Internet Service
In a study of 14,000 consumers' opinions of Internet service quality, the National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI) found that half ...
Verizon Offers Flat-rate Local – Long Distance Calling
Verizon is offering residential customers the Veriations Freedom flat-rate plan of unlimited local and long-distance calling to all US states ...
New Edge Networks Offers Layer 2 VPNs to Small Cities and Rural Areas
New Edge Networks began marketing Layer 2 VPN services over its 600 switch, national ATM network. Within New Edge Networks' ...
Cogent Offers 500 Kbps Fiber Service to Compete with DSL
Cogent Communications launched a 500 kbps, fiber-based Internet access service with a 99.99% reliability guarantee for $249 per month. Cogent ...
SBC Expands Managed Services, Targets Medium Sized Businesses
SBC Communications launched a new managed services initiative to offer outsourced voice and data communications services to both large and ...
Supreme Court Rules Against FCC in NextWave Case
The US Supreme Court ruled that bankrupt NextWave does not have to forfeit wireless licenses that it had previously won ...
Sprint Debuts Layer 2 Services over IP
Sprint introduced three new services based on Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3): SprintLink Frame Relay, SprintLink Packet Private ...
Microsoft SQL Slammer Worm Disrupts Internet Traffic
A quickly spreading worm attacked Microsoft SQL servers beginning at 0530 GMT on Saturday, significantly disrupting Internet traffic. Although the ...
Key3Media Sells Voice-on-Net (VON) Conference Back to Pulver.com
Key3Media has sold its Voice on the Net (VON) conference events back to pulver.com. It originally purchased the industry event ...
Level 3 Gains Court Approval for Acquisition of Genuity
A bankruptcy court approved Level 3 Communications' planned acquisition of Genuity. The deal is expected to close in February. In ...
Marconi Reports Slightly Lower Sales, Progress in its Restructuring
Marconi said that despite slightly lower sales revenues during the last fiscal quarter its key financial performance measures improved. Based ...
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