Welcome to the new America's Network.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)

America's Network, originally entitled Telephone Engineer, was launched in Chicago in 1909. The publication listed its telephone number as "Harrison 3014." Single copies were 20 cents. An annual subscription was $2.00.

It was an exciting time for the industry. Long-distance telephone service extended westward all the way to Denver. Wireless telephony had achieved transmission distances of several hundred miles. The telephone industry, as the magazine noted, had "developed into a condition very similar to other commercial industries, and it promises to continue securely on this basis indefinitely into the future."

Zoom forward. The business of today would be unrecognizable to readers of 96 years ago--or even 10 years ago. In turn, the magazine has changed over the years. Today, we are changing again. Our new tagline is "Converged Communications at Work." Clearly, convergence will drive technology implementations and business models for the foreseeable future.

Our readership and coverage span are changing, too. Service providers remain at the core of our circulation, but we're expanding our reach to encompass the converged communications business as a whole, in particular the ...