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RSS incumbent5 years ago...PSINet challenges incumbent telcos with wireless DSL
News Internet service provider PSINet has teamed up with wireless broadband service provider Winstar Communications because it is fed up with waiting for the incumbent telcos to open up the local loop. William Schrader, CEO... [11 Oct 2004]
Shared Loops: How Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) can Deliver Competitive Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) Applications
White Paper The provisioning of digital subscriber line (DSL)-based service by competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) and voiceband service by incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) on the same loop is frequently called line... [25 Feb 2004]
PSINet challenges incumbent telcos with wireless DSL
News Internet Service Provider PSINet has teamed up with wireless broadband service provider Winstar Communications because it is fed up with waiting for the incumbent telcos to open up the local loop. William Schrader, CEO... [11 Oct 1999]
Sweden's incumbent telco not fit to operate 3G
News The Swedish regulator - National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) - said Telia has failed to prove it has the technical capacity to fulfil the promises made in its 3G licence application. A PTS spokeswoman said: "Telia said it would give... [18 Dec 2000]
Dutch judge bans 'free broadband for schools' offer
News Dutch courts have criticised the country's incumbent telco, KPN, for its scheme to provide free high-speed internet access for schools. Two rival operators, Easynet and NL.tree filed the complaint against Xs4all, a... [19 Nov 2003]
Why BT shouldn't be broken up
Comment A research note today from Ovum pours scorn on any possible break up of BT, or any other incumbent European telcos for that matter. All that aside, if carving up incumbent national telcos is the way... [27 Nov 2002]
Telecoms expert comes to Oftel's defence
News He accused members of the Committee of bashing the incumbent UK telco for the sake of grabbing headlines and criticised them for showing a lack of understanding of the very services they were supposed to be protecting. [15 Nov 2000]
D&E Communications: Developing the Pennsylvanian Market With Full-Featured Services
White Paper D&E Communications is both an incumbent carrier, serving more than 175,000 access lines, and a competitive carrier, providing long-distance service throughout the state, as well as Internet access and telecom equipment... [06 Nov 2004]
Breaking up is hard to do - the argument against splitting BT
News A prominent telecoms analyst has spoken out against the idea of breaking up BT and other incumbent European telcos. Hewett says a look at Korea, which leads the world in numbers of domestic broadband connections, shows... [27 Nov 2002]
Are the days numbered for the traditional landline?
News Italian ISP Tiscali has sounded a warning to incumbent landline providers as it begins to roll out voice over internet protocol services to residential customers across Europe. Paulo Susnik, CTO of Tiscali, said: "Our... [27 Feb 2004]
BT Wireless takes £2bn hit in pre-float move
News The mobile arm of BT is expected to take on around £2bn of its parent company's debts as part of the old incumbent's major restructuring plan, expected to be confirmed in a meeting this Wednesday. BT Wireless will be... [03 Sep 2001]
The battle for Eircom
Comment Key shareholders in Eircom, Swedish and Dutch operators Telia and KPN, joint owners of 35 per cent of the telco, made it clear they welcome any offers for the Irish incumbent. But beside the dramatic bids and... [03 Aug 2001]
How many unbundled lines are there in Europe?
News The slow process of unbundling the local loop is not unique to the UK - less than one in 10,000 telephone lines across Europe have been wrested away from incumbent telcos by rival operators, according to a new report. [11 Feb 2002]
Service-Optimized Ethernet Solutions Are Critical to Achieving Carrier Business Transformation Goals
White Paper Whether the company is thought of today as an incumbent telco, cable company, wireless carrier or content provider, business model transformation is a critical first step toward building a competitive advantage. [11 Sep 2008]
Strategic Voting and Proxy Contests
White Paper We show that the shareholders vote towards compensating for the initial bias formed by supermajority amendments and the shares that the incumbent controls. Consequently, the amount of support given to the raider is an... [25 Feb 2004]
