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BT Urges UK SMEs to Go Digital by 2025 Deadline

VoIP Review

MARCH 4, 2025

UK telecommunications giant BT is calling on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the nation to transition from analogue to digital networks by the end of 2025. The countdown is due to the impending retirement of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which has been key but is now outdated technology.

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Draft BEAD program update would give states more leeway to use LEO, FWA services using unlicensed spectrum when more economical than FTTP.

EldoTelecom

AUGUST 29, 2024

billion in construction subsidies appropriated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 appears insufficient to bring fiber connections to most every American doorstep as with copper telephone lines in the previous century.

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Pennsylvanians Demand Consumer Protections in Verizon-Frontier Merger Review

Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

“Consumers depend on Frontier and Verizon for critical telephone service and other communications.” Representing a development of 17 dwellings in Salt Lake County, Tom Sniscak , an energy and telecommunications attorney with Hawke McKeon & Sniscak, painted a picture of broadband inequity in rural Pennsylvania.

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To Achieve Universal Service, It’s Time for a Change

AT&T Connects

JUNE 18, 2024

For most of the 20 th century, this meant access to landline telephones. We know USF currently relies on required contributions from revenues derived from legacy telecommunications services, primarily voice services. We also know Americans today rely on innovative and modern products, services, and platforms to communicate.

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Will FCC Title II rules provide relief for local officials besieged with chronic complaints over poor Internet access?

EldoTelecom

APRIL 16, 2024

That could potentially change this year if the FCC adopts regulations next week classifying Internet service as a telecommunications utility under Title II of the federal Communications Act. That would regulate Internet access like landline voice telephone service before it under a federal-state framework between the FCC and state PUCs.

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Thought Exercise on CPNI

Telefrieden

APRIL 30, 2024

Can you come up with any scenario where a landline or wireless telephone company will reveal to you the name and address of a subscriber? There are commercial ventures that can disclose home and business addresses associated with a telephone number. Here’s a thought exercise.

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Why We’re Running Out of Phone Numbers

2600Hz Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

While this seems to point toward the growing obsolescence of the phone network, what we’ve seen in the past decade is an explosion of use cases that have made it, if anything, more relevant and essential to everyday life.

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AT&T chief: BEAD goal should be universal service -- but not "devolve" to universal FTTP

EldoTelecom

JUNE 27, 2024

But while universal landline service was achieved for copper delivered voice telephone service in the 20th century, the program goal should not be to modernize it with fiber for the 21st as prioritized by the BEAD Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) as the best and highest use of public funds.

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Q&A: How Does a DECT Phone Work?

VoIP Insider

AUGUST 15, 2024

A: DECT stands for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications. It’s a standard primarily used for creating cordless telephone systems. The base station connects to your telephone line or VoIP service and acts as the central hub for the system. Q: What is DECT? Q: How does a DECT phone system work? Q: What about security?

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Understanding SIP Trunking: How It Transforms Communication Systems

Aatrox Communications

APRIL 12, 2024

Basically, instead of relying on physical landlines to connect your calls, youll be using a reliable internet connection. SIP trunking providers establish a virtual connection between the private branch exchange system and the public switched telephone network. If youre eligible, you may be able to get wholesale rates.

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Understanding SIP Trunking: How It Transforms Communication Systems

Aatrox Communications

APRIL 12, 2024

Basically, instead of relying on physical landlines to connect your calls, you’ll be using a reliable internet connection. SIP trunking providers establish a virtual connection between the private branch exchange system and the public switched telephone network. If you’re eligible, you may be able to get wholesale rates.

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Telecom Jargon Demystified

NetWork Telecom

AUGUST 29, 2024

Ever felt overwhelmed by the telecom jargon (technical terms and acronyms) that seems to dominate the world of telecommunications? By the end, you’ll feel more confident navigating the world of telecommunications and making informed decisions for your organization. You’re not alone.

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Time to modernize outdated telecom rules

Mark Goldberg

JANUARY 29, 2025

Is it time to modernize Canada’s outdated telecommunications rules? But this raises an obvious question: Why should traditional phone service still face stricter Title II regulation when modern telephone networks are increasingly integrated with the internet? households have a landline phone, down from nearly 50% a decade ago.

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Incoming federal government could place greater emphasis on “broadband” bandwidth over fiber, cut subsidies

EldoTelecom

DECEMBER 27, 2024

advanced telecommunications policy has been bandwidth focused: defining and delivering broadband speed and not modernizing the nations legacy metallic telephone and cable TV delivery infrastructure to fiber. For the past three decades, U.S. Blair Levin, a widely quoted analyst and former U.S.

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Telecommunications Trends

BT Urges UK SMEs to Go Digital by 2025 Deadline

Draft BEAD program update would give states more leeway to use LEO, FWA services using unlicensed spectrum when more economical than FTTP.

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Pennsylvanians Demand Consumer Protections in Verizon-Frontier Merger Review

To Achieve Universal Service, It’s Time for a Change

Will FCC Title II rules provide relief for local officials besieged with chronic complaints over poor Internet access?

Thought Exercise on CPNI

Why We’re Running Out of Phone Numbers

AT&T chief: BEAD goal should be universal service -- but not "devolve" to universal FTTP

Q&A: How Does a DECT Phone Work?

Understanding SIP Trunking: How It Transforms Communication Systems

Understanding SIP Trunking: How It Transforms Communication Systems

Telecom Jargon Demystified

Time to modernize outdated telecom rules

Incoming federal government could place greater emphasis on “broadband” bandwidth over fiber, cut subsidies

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