Baby Bells rediscover fast ISDN service; but just as demand rises, the lines may be obsolete

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The US network of regional Bell operating companies (RBOC) are emphasizing the corporate and consumer deployment of ISDN telephone lines, despite questions about the technology's future and the companies' notoriously inadequate ISDN installation and maintenance services. Cable modems and fiber-optic networks now threaten ISDN's ultimate viability, and the RBOCs must now improve their marketing and ability to meet service demand if they are to capitalize on the technological advantage they have held for over a decade. Burgeoning general and corporate use of the Internet is expected to provide RBOCs with substantial ISDN-installation increases throughout 1996, as technological advances have dropped ISDN implementation costs from $1,500 to approximately $300. However, in coming years cable companies intend to offer digital service at comparable speeds for a flat-rate of $30 per month.

Forecasts and trends, Marketing, Industry trend, Integrated Services Digital Network, ISDN, ISDN (Network standards), Market Trend Market Analysis

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BellSouth Corp. awards AT&T contract; Sprint is close to winning long-distance pacts from PacTel and SBC

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BellSouth and AT&T agree to the terms of a long-distance telephone service contract, marking the first time that an RBOC and AT&T have done significant business since passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The agreement calls for BellSouth to provide and market AT&T's long-distance service to its local telephone customers, providing an opportunity for AT&T to earn millions in the recently-opened local-phone market. Sprint has likewise inked a number of similar agreements with Bell Atlantic, Nynex, SBC Communications and Pacific Telesis Group (PacTel), while MCI has failed to complete any significant deals. SBC, PacTel and BellSouth have used their combined leverage to form a consortium and ensure optimum discounts from long-distance companies, saving an estimated $200 million annually.

AT&T Corp., T, Long distance telephone services, Contracts, BellSouth Corp., Sprint Corp., BLS, FON, Contract agreement, Company services, Long-distance telephone service

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Telecom czar frets over new industry rules

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US District Court Judge Harold Greene is concerned that the recently adopted telecommunications reform law may ultimately allow a relatively few number of phone companies to monopolize the restructured market. Greene oversaw the dismantling of AT&T's monopolistic control of the market in 1984, and he sees the same potential for the RBOC companies to repeat AT&T's actions unless the FCC remains attentive to the issue. Greene first assumed control of the AT&T case in 1978, abbreviating many of the processes that had previously hindered the lawsuit's prompt consideration. Despite his reputation among RBOC lawyers as clearly anti-Bell, Greene insists that he never ruled against them when the market did not demand it.

Laws, regulations and rules, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Industry event, Special events, Greene, Harold

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