http://telecom.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Telecom GuideSite. en-us 2004-09-24T20:28:30-05:00 http://about.com/ http://z.about.com/d/lg/rss.gif http://telecom.about.com/b/a/114660.htm National Customer Service Week will be observed Oct. 4-8 and that gives customer service departments at telecoms an opportunity to show just how committed they are to taking care of their customers. This article by guest author, David Saxby, will... telecom 2004-09-24T20:28:30-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/113215.htm Are you searching for a job or career? There are some excellent articles on About that could help you in your search for a career. Here are some that I think are excellent.....read more... telecom 2004-09-18T21:04:55-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/112134.htm Planning to attend a telecom event next month? Here is a listing of telecom events for the month of October. Check to see if there is one in near you.... telecom 2004-09-13T19:20:03-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/110486.htm The BellSouth telephone network in Florida has been designed to withstand an extensive onslaught from severe weather. In the areas struck by hurricane Frances, many offices have been switched to generator or battery power because of extensive electical outages. When... telecom 2004-09-06T15:30:28-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/109576.htm The evening of August 31st marked the end of an era as the last Atlas 2 rocket was launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Atlas 2 carried a U.S. reconnaissance satellite into orbit. Check... telecom 2004-09-01T21:56:32-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/109564.htm Computer Scientists in a lab at UCLA linked two large computers with a 15 foot gray cable. They wanted to test a new way of moving data over networks. That was September 2, 1969. Soon this small network was linked... telecom 2004-09-01T21:32:10-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/108428.htm The residents of Sellery Hall at UW-Madison will attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by conducting the largest game of "telephone" ever recorded. In this game, also known as "Chinese Whispers", one person whispers a message... telecom 2004-08-27T20:26:52-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/107987.htm Last week the Federal Communications Commission gave a six-month extension to AT&T and other carriers on the discounted access fees they pay to use other carriers’ networks. In response to that Verizon, Qwest, and other carriers have petitioned the D.C.... telecom 2004-08-25T20:10:54-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/107984.htm AT&T is moving ahead with its VoIP service called CallVantage. The service will send telephone calls over the Internet instead of using the telephone network. This is in keeping with their decision to stop selling residential telephone service. AT&T is... telecom 2004-08-25T20:08:06-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/107742.htm Cingular will stop using the AT&T brand six months after it’s purchase of AT&T Wireless is complete. The agreement between AT&T Corp, AT&T Wireless and Cingular was announced Monday and will give Cingular time to transition after the purchase and... telecom 2004-08-24T21:48:57-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/107393.htm Sprint, Corp. has signed a multi-year contract with cash handler Loomis, Fargo & Co. Under the agreement Sprint would supply Loomis Fargo with a wide range of telecom services including wireless voice and data service and a data network to... telecom 2004-08-23T21:12:19-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/107375.htm During his comments at a “Progress and Freedom Foundation” conference FCC Chairman Michael Powell stated the current telecommunications laws are “broken” and new ones are needed. He specifically spoke about VoIP and the fact the 1934 and 1996 Telecommunications Acts... telecom 2004-08-23T20:11:22-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/107095.htm What do you want to see on the Telecom pages? Over the next few months, I will be adding lots of new content and would like input from readers as to what they would like to see. Your suggestions and... telecom 2004-08-22T19:12:32-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/106548.htm Here's an interesting Executive Summary from CIO.com on VoIP. This summary gives a description of VoIP along with future trends, ROI, hot questions and more.... telecom 2004-08-19T18:47:09-05:00 http://telecom.about.com/b/a/105630.htm National Customer Service Week will be observed Oct. 4-8 and that gives customer service departments at telecoms an opportunity to show just how committed they are to taking care of their customers. Guest author, David Saxby gives ways to observe... telecom 2004-08-15T21:35:14-05:00