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Competitive & Rural Providers

New Empirix Suite Combines Service Assurance, Network Analytics

Empirix says the solutions suite helps mobile operators to ensure the roaming experience and maximize partnership revenues for voice, data and SMS traffic. ...More
May 14, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Revenue Management, Service & Network Management
Democratizing BSS with Cloud Services

Cloud computing is leveling the playing field and enabling rural and regional providers to deliver excellent customer experiences and to deploy new services on par with larger service providers with much larger customer bases. ...More
May 7, 2013 By Rebecca Prudhomme
Posted in Blog, Customer Experience Management
Union Telephone Picks IDI Billing's CostGuard

IDI Billing says Union's customers can expect to see enhancements as CostGuard’s point-of-sale module brings additional care capabilities to the company’s retail stores. ...More
April 18, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing, Service Creation & Delivery
Level 3, FCC Reach Deal Over 'Unacceptable' Call Failure Rates in Rural Areas

The carrier will pay almost $1 million in fees and let the FCC review its service quality. ...More
March 13, 2013
Posted in News
Group Accuses AT&T, Windstream, Others of Failing Poor, Rural Communities

ColorofChange.org goes after "Big Telecom" and two cablecos for trying to ban municipal broadband networks. ...More
March 7, 2013
Posted in News
AT&T Grabs Spectrum, Rural Subscribers with Alltel Buy

AT&T gets all of the Little Rock, Ark.-based company's remaining wireless properties, including retail stores, 585,000 subscribers and perhaps most importantly, spectrum licenses. ...More
January 22, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
T-Mobile, Rest Easy: Sprint Won't Pursue MetroPCS, For Now

Busy working on getting its $20 billion deal with Japan's Softbank approved, Sprint isn't likely to counter T-Mobile USA's offer for MetroPCS, America's fifth-largest wireless provider. ...More
December 5, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Windstream 'Less Attractive Than Other Rural Wireline Operators'

Windstream is said to have "failed to meet expectations in 2012," with trends at the company capable of improving, "but probably not fast enough." ...More
November 29, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Carrier Ethernet OAM, Part 1

Controlling, measuring and reporting Ethernet service in a standards-based way across services and across vendors is a key to helping service providers with business continuity and reducing OPEX. ...More
November 13, 2012 By Eric Wegner
Posted in Blog, Service & Network Management
TDM Traffic, Technology Still Relevant in IP World

Smaller wireless operators are investing in 4G LTE networks; a new survey says 90 percent are doing so to stay competitive with the big boys. ...More
October 24, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service & Network Management