MORRISVILLE, N.C. (BUSINESS WIRE) Oct. 11, 2004
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers Deploy Tekelec’s Distributed Class 4/5 Switching Solutions for Rapid Expansion
Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC), a leading developer of telecommunications products for next-generation fixed, mobile and packet networks to operators worldwide, today announced that Budget Phone Inc. and Pine Tree Networks have deployed the Tekelec 3000 (formerly SanteraOne) Multimedia Gateway Controller (MGC) and Tekelec 8000 Multimedia Gateway (MG) to enable expansion of prepaid calling and long-distance services.
Budget Phone, a Shreveport, La.-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), deployed Tekelec’s multimedia gateway and controller in May 2004 when its prepaid calling card subscriber base outgrew the capacity of its existing platform. Now, the Tekelec solution manages all of Budget’s inbound and outbound call traffic and provides real-time updates to the operator’s prepaid call application server for an almost unlimited number of subscribers. Tekelec’s switching solutions also have enabled Budget Phone to begin offering long-distance service to its subscribers and will serve as the foundation for future applications.
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Abandoning landlines doesn’t make sense for many — yet
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- In a few short decades, today’s children will tell their disbelieving kids that long, narrow cords once anchored telephones to outlets in the wall.
Traditional landline phones are facing a tandem attack from Internet calling services, or VoIP, and wireless phones -- both of which offer some distinct advantages to the standard handset-and-cradle. And a small but increasing number of Americans is making the leap to the cell-phone-only life. But there are plenty of reasons to stay anchored to the landline, at least for now, particularly for families with kids.
Among the concerns cited by consumers not yet ready to cut the cord: They need their phone line for Internet access, and they don’t feel comfortable relying solely on a cell given mobile-phones’ unreliable call quality, according to a Forrester Research report earlier this year.
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In a letter to Business Standard, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chief Pradip Baijal has said the reason why Trai is not investigating Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s allegations against Reliance Infocomm is that it has a staff of just 120 persons, as compared to the United States regulator’s 3,500 and Brazil’s 1,500, and so doesn’t have an investigative arm.
In the event, he said Trai had asked the government to investigate the allegation that Reliance was passing off international calls as local ones in order to avoid paying BSNL the access deficit charge -- under the law, for all incoming international calls, operators have to pay BSNL Rs 4.25 a minute, and since this is around 80–90 per cent of any company’s revenue from incoming calls, few are keen to pay this if they can avoid it.
What’s ironic is the day Baijal’s letter was published, The Financial Express had a story quoting a senior official as saying the government was not likely to interfere because «it is a fight between operators and they alone should resolve the matter.»
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Activation Of Newest Customer In Raleigh, NC Helps Network Telephone Reach Milestone
PENSACOLA, Fla., /PRNewswire/ Network Telephone, providing local telephone, long distance, and high-speed Internet and web service packages to businesses throughout the Southeast U. S., is pleased to announce today that the company has surpassed 150,000 lines-in-service with the activation of Alex Bee Photography located in Raleigh, NC.
«We are very proud of our latest accomplishment. Attaining 150,000 lines in service is just one of many milestones Network Telephone has reached as a result of the hard work of our employees and the on-going support of our customers,» said Network Telephone CEO and founder Ray Russenberger. «We look forward to what the future holds for our company as we continue to grow.»
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