What is telecom expense management (TEM)? Telecom expense management is a process to manage your telecom expenses (wireless, voice, data environment etc) while keeping your business’s overall operating costs low. This process normally starts by evaluating the current situation of the company and comprehensively reviewing all aspects of your expense management project. Normally, telecom expense […]
Large companies with expansive business campuses can be challenged when it comes to wireless coverage for their employees. Large, multi-building campuses, miles away from wireless provider’s cell towers can lead to multiple dead spots. One solution is the use of wireless extenders, amplifiers or bidirectional antennas. One word of caution, the systems aren’t always legal. […]
CarrierBid will be attending and conducting meetings at the Channel Partners Conference and Expo in Chicago, August 23rd through August 25th. Channel Partners is the only telecom industry event that caters exclusively to telecom agents, consultants, Value Added Resellers and interconnects. It’s a great place for telecom professionals to stay abreast of the latest technologies, […]
The local loop, or last mile, is the stretch of cable that runs from a customer’s premise to a carrier’s point of presence. It’s typically provided by the incumbent phone company that services a given area. The local phone company, Verizon, AT&T and Qwest (CenturyLink) for example, have agreements with most of their competitors and […]
My mom has saved every issue of National Geographic since she started receiving the publication in the 60’s. I like to grab one randomly and page through it. What I find most interesting are the ads in the beginning and end of the magazine. The last time I was at my mom’s house I picked […]
Windstream acquired Paetec today. August 1, 2011. Windstream expects to issue seventy-three million new stock shares, worth approximately $891,000,000, to complete the purchase. Windstream will also assume 1.4 billion of Paetec’s debt. Paetec’s stockholders will own approximately thirteen percent of the combined company when the sale is approved. The combined company services forty-six states and […]