Ameritech, Bell Atlantic get permission for New Zealand long-distance service

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Ameritech and Bell Atlantic Corp have received permission from Judge Harold Greene to provide international long-distance service between the US and New Zealand through Telecom Corp of New Zealand. The two telephone companies were picked in Jun 1990 by the New Zealand government to buy Telecom for about $2.46 billion. The two telephone companies immediately sought a waiver from the consent decree that broke up the Bell System and Greene granted the waiver, though he stipulated that the companies cannot own more than 10 percent of undersea cables or international satellite systems. Greene also barred the two telephone companies from marketing Telecom's international service in the US and stated that Telecom cannot interconnect with Bell Atlantic's or Ameritech's domestic networks.

Foreign operations, Laws, regulations and rules, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Telecommunications systems, Science and technology policy, New Zealand, Long-distance telephone service, International communication, TEL, Government Regulation, International Communications, American Information Technologies Corp., AIT, Greene, Harold, Telecom Corp.

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DSC says software change led to phone outages

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DSC Communications Corp of Plano, TX admits that an error in one of its programs caused recent telephone system disruptions. DSC says that the difficulties have been traced to a software modification that was done in Apr 1991. The problems began on Jun 10, 1991, when there was trouble with Pacific Bell's services in Los Angeles. On Jun 26, Bell Atlantic Corp's Chesapeake & Potomac subsidiary experienced disruptions in Washington, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. John O'Rourke of Bell Communications Research Corp is leading an investigation into the matter. The possibility of sabotage, he says, is not ruled out.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Management consulting services, Engineering services, Switchgear and switchboard apparatus, Evaluation, Officials and employees, Telecommunications industry, Investigations, Accidents, Regional Bell Operating Companies, Telephone systems, Bugs (Software), Telephone System, Program Errors, Sabotage, Bell Regional Holding Companies, Pacific Telesis Group, PAC, Out-of-band signaling, Signaling System 7 (Computer network protocol), Bellcore, Investigation, DSC Communications Corp., DIGI, O'Rourke, John

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