AT&T Launches Video Relay Service for Hearing Impaired
AT&T introduced a web-based service that enables deaf and hard of hearing people to communicate over the phone more easily ...
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China Railcom Deploys Riverstone
Shanxi Railcom, a subsidiary of China Railcom, deployed Riverstone routers in three cities in Shanxi province: Taiyuan, Datong and Linfen. ...
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 ...
P-Com to Acquire Procera Networks
P-Com, a provider of point-to-point, spread spectrum, and point-to-multipoint broadband wireless products, announced plans to acquire privately held Procera Networks, ...
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 ...
Nokia Confirms Readiness for CDMA2000 1xEV-DV Operator Trials in 2003
Nokia confirmed that it would ship a CDMA2000 chipset with DV modem functionality (IS-2000 Release C, also known as 1xEV-DV) ...
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