RBOC Update articles from September 2003

RBOC Update archives from September 2003

LTS FAILURES COST RBOC MILLIONS.(Loop Test system)
September 1, 2003... With most RBOCs shooting trouble on 3% of their lines monthly - and having dispatches required on half of them - maintaining the ability to remotely test those lines is critical. The Loop Test System (LTS), introduced by Lucent Technologies,...

BELLSOUTH TAKES HIGHEST HONORS IN J.D. POWER RANKING.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... In the J.D. Power and Associates regional study, BellSouth ranked highest overall and highest in all six major factors of the study: company image, customer service, performance and reliability, billing, cost of service, and offerings and...

BELLSOUTH RANKS FIRST ON NAACP REPORT CARD.
September 1, 2003... BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS) has finished first among 10 telecommunications companies surveyed in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 2003 Telecommunications Industry Report Card. This is the fourth consecutive...

CINGULAR AND NEXTWAVE AGREE TO TERMS FOR SPECTRUM LICENSES.
September 1, 2003... Cingular Wireless and NextWave Telecom have agreed to allow Cingular to purchase licenses from NextWave. Cingular will provide wireless services in 34 markets for $1.4 billion. The licenses, which cover approximately 83 million potential...

VERIZON FILES FOR FCC AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SHDSL TECHNOLOGY.
September 1, 2003... Verizon has filed for FCC authority to provide symmetric high bit-rate DSL (SHDSL) technology to businesses and information service providers. Under terms of the proposed service offering, Verizon would be one of the first in the market to...