EasyT1 Blog - Part 5

TelePacific is Expanding

TelePacific Communications is a Los Angeles, California-based CLEC that serves small and medium-sized businesses in California and Nevada is expanding. Back in early May of this year, it was announced that TelePacific would be acquiring two new companies: OCiX Inc. (Orange County Internet Xchange), a provider of dedicated colocation services, and its sister company Telekenex, a provider of IP services.

Aside from being purchased by TelePacific (the acquisition is anticipated to close in the third quarter), the two companies have a number of things in common – they sharing the same owners, such as Brandon Chaney (CEO) and Anthony Zabit… Read more »

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Verizon Strike is Over but New Deal Negotiations Are Not

The Verizon Communications strike that began on August 6^th has ended almost as quickly as it began – and without any major resolution. The duo of labor unions that represent 45,000 Verizon employees, the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have called off the strike after two weeks, even though they have not yet ironed out a new contract, leaving many workers confused, upset, and wondering what all the hubbub was for.

Throughout the strike, Verizon has stated that the negotiations were on-going, and now both sides agree that enough progress has been made… Read more »

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Verizon Reports Acts of Sabotage by Strikers

The Verizon strike, which began when Verizon Communications could not reach an agreement with roughly 45,000 of its union employees over healthcare premiums, retirement benefits, and pensions, has turned ugly.

Due to striker’s actions, Verizon Communications has successfully acquired preliminary injunctions in Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania, and was recently in court to obtain two more for New Jersey and Massachusetts. The injunctions prevent strikers from illegally blocking Verizon facilities as well as using intimidation tactics on non-striking employees that show up for work at picketed locations.

Since August 6^th, (just prior to 45,000 union members going on strike… Read more »

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Attention Verizon Customers, Verizon Workers are on Strike

After unsuccessful negotiations, Verizon union workers say they have had enough, and are now on strike. Approximately 45,000 Northeast wireline unit workers of the two unions involved – the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Communications Workers of America – believe that Verizon Communications wants too many concessions, and have refused the company’s proposals to make employees pay more for healthcare, change work rules, and cut benefits and pensions.

Workers say that in this economy they cannot afford to contribute more for their health benefits. Verizon claims that the wireline business has been waning for the past decade,… Read more »

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PBX Sales Are On the Rise

A Private Branch Exchange (PBX for short) is a small telephone switch that is purchased by an enterprise in order to reduce the total required number of POTS lines. Traditionally, businesses would purchase one telephone line from the telephone company for each employee. With a PBX system that number is decreased, and you are only required to lease as many lines as you plan to have employees making calls outside of the system at a given time. Moreover, making calls within the system is also made easier, as the person you are trying to reach is only 3 or 4… Read more »

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Business Mobile VoIP Use Is Expected to Soar Over the Next Five Years

Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (aka Mobile VoIP) acts as an extension of Voice over Internet Protocol wherein voice traffic is transmitted over the available broadband connection (either Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS or EDGE) so you can make IP-based calls from a mobile phone.

According to recent figures from In-Stat, a research and consulting firm with over 30 years of experience, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology is quickly advancing from fixed-line to mobile.

As it turns out, the ever-growing number of businesses employing mobile VoIP is producing considerable opportunity for suppliers of gateway equipment as well as their… Read more »

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NetInterCall Integrates with Microsoft Lync Online

For those of you that might be a bit unfamiliar with the cloud, let me back up a bit. There are countless definitions and explanations about what the cloud is, but when it comes down to it, the cloud is the Internet. Yes, it really is that simple! Today, the popularity of cloud-based services is on the rise – and there are many reasons why. For starters, employing cloud-based services eliminates your need to purchase or maintain hardware or software, and because you are always using the latest version, there is no need to fret over making sure you… Read more »

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SMBs find Opportunity in SIP Trunking

Typically, a traditional company might have a local Public Switched Telephone Network gateway, a line dedicated to routing voice calls to the outside – typically a PRI – and an Internet circuit dedicated for Web and data use – often a T1. Generally the data circuit is underutilized; however, by using Voice over Internet Protocol you eliminate the need for a PRI altogether, leaving only the T1 circuit and the necessary number of SIP trunks. SIP trunks save those same businesses $700 to $1000 per month, by letting those with an IP PBX connect internal data and… Read more »

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VoIP is on the Rise

Today there are over 120 million Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) customers around the globe, and that number is only expected to rise in the years ahead.

Last year in 2010, Voice over Internet Protocol grew an impressive 12.6%, and there is no shortage of headroom left for it around the globe. According to research conducted by Point Topic, they predict that the fixed-line Voice over Internet Protocol industry worldwide will hit an estimated annual $40 billion by 2015.

Senior analyst at Point Topic, John Bosnell, characterized the growth as “bumpy but shows signs of acceleration.” Bosnell went on… Read more »

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Sprint Actively Opposes AT&T Acquisition of T-Mobile USA

Earlier this week, Kansas-based Sprint Nextel Corp. filed a 337 page petition with the Federal Communications Commission opposing the $39 billion AT&T/T-Mobile USA merger. According to Sprint, simply requiring divestitures or imposing conditions will not solve the acquisition’s detrimental effects on competition.

If the merger is approved, AT&T and Verizon Wireless would control most of the nation’s wireless market. In the public filing, Sprint stated that the acquisition would make AT&T the biggest wireless carrier in the United States with 43% of the postpaid market and 118 million subscribers. Sprint went on to say that alongside Verizon… Read more »

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