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The Telecom Digest for Thu, 17 May 2018
Volume 37 : Issue 117 : "text" format

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BCE Panel: Open Source Makes Telcos 'Nimble'Bill Horne
Market Strategy : SMB Telecom Voice and Data Services Market in the US to ExpandBill Horne
Chilhowie, VA police investigate stolen telephone cables Bill Horne
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180516182900.GA26103@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 14:29:00 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: BCE Panel: Open Source Makes Telcos 'Nimble' AUSTIN, Texas -- Big Communications Event -- Open source can help telcos become "nimble," and shed their history of "wait and see," James Feger, CenturyLink VP of network virtualization, said here Tuesday at Light Reading's Big Communications Event (BCE). "The power of open source is it allows telcos to be more nimble, rather than the wait-and-see attitude we've traditionally been viewed with," CenturyLink Inc.'s Feger said, speaking on a panel about open source in telecom. https://www.lightreading.com/open-source/bce-panel-open-source-makes-telcos-nimble/d/d-id/743112?f_src=lightreading_editorspicks_rss_latest. -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180516184313.GA26148@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 14:43:13 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Market Strategy : SMB Telecom Voice and Data Services Market in the US to Expand Market Strategy : SMB Telecom Voice and Data Services Market in the US to Expand at a CAGR of 6.36% to 2021 by Nirav Gokani The SMB telecom voice and data services market in the US saw an increased number of subscribers in 2016. This is the only sector that touches technology-related businesses and offers services such as wireless communication, fiber optics, the Internet, and satellites to the US enterprise segment. The SMB segment of the US enterprises relies heavily on such services. https://theexpertconsulting.com/market-strategy-smb-telecom-voice-and-data-services-market-in-the-us-to-expand-at-a-cagr-of-6-36-to-2021/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180516182409.GA26084@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 14:24:09 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Chilhowie, VA police investigate stolen telephone cables Three hundred Chilhowie, VA businesses and residents were without telephone service following the Sunday evening theft of a telephone cable from a Main Street location, said Chilhowie Police Lt. Aaron Smith. Smith said he received a call from a CenturyLink representative around noon on Monday, explaining that technicians troubleshooting the outages discovered that about a thousand feet of cable was missing. http://www.swvatoday.com/news/article_d0d89512-592a-11e8-b4cf-ff323a7f92e8.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 17 May 2018

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