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Utilities continue to face spectrum challenges, UTC panelists say

Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) Annual Conference.   Jeff Sheldon spoke recently about securing the appropriate wireless spectrum necessary for smart-grid applications. Utilities can realize unprecedented benefits from communications that enable smart-grid functionality but securing the appropriate wireless spectrum needed to support these applications remains a barrier for many, panelists said during […]

It’s a fragmented UCaaS world, so buyers beware

Fierce Enterprise Communications. Marc Lindsey weighs in on best practices for accounting for reliability in UCaaS procurements. Reliability is a factor too often overlooked by unified communications as service providers and buyers. Some providers may be lacking in redundancy, while others have the ability to failover to multiple data centers. […]

What the FCC’s “Open Internet” Ruling REALLY Means for the Enterprise

Webtorials –  Colleen Boothby.  For enterprise customers, there’s no question that the FCC’s net neutrality decision tomorrow will be historic. (And no, not just because it’s one of the very, very few times that the lobbying juggernaut of cable+telco hit a wall.) The decision is a long overdue, formal acknowledgment […]

How Service Provider Agendas Affect Enterprise Customers

No Jitter –  Hank Levine.   Carriers and their enterprise customers agree on the need to migrate from TDM to IP but disagree over the specifics. LB3’s Hank Levine takes a look at their agendas with regard to the following, and what they mean for you: The TDM-IP migration Net neutrality […]

AT&T Expands Withdrawal of Service Matrix

Webtorials –  Deb Boehling & Janis Stephens.   AT&T to Withdraw Broadly Used Non-Ethernet Access, Non-Ethernet Private Line and Non-IP Toll-Free Service In early December, we let you know about AT&T’s Withdrawal of Service Matrix. We expressed surprise that only POTS/TDM telephony voice services were included in AT&T’s December 3rd chart, […]

AT&T Issues Withdrawal of Service Matrix

Webtorials –  Deb Boehling & Janis Stephens.   AT&T Gives a Hint on When it Plans to Discontinue Key Voice Services Many Enterprise customers understand the dangers of the carriers’ online terms and changes to them, but few have time to keep up with it all. A recent move by AT&T […]