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Business Definition for: Competitive Local Exchange Carrier

  • a company that offers an alternate service to the established telephone service provider in a particular area

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Adelphia CLEC plan approved.(settlement with competitive local exchange carrier)(Brief Article)
NEW YORK -- A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved a $1.9 billion settlement agreement between Adelphia Communications Corp. and its former competitive local exchange carrier subsidiary that will allow the CLEC to emerge from bankruptcy more quickl NEW YORK -- A U.S. Bankruptcy Court...
Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., competitive local exchange carrier
Research articles 2004-03-29
Adeiphia Sends Signal on CLEC Funding.(competitive local-exchange carrier )(Brief Article)
A delphia Communications Corp. is taking steps to strike competitive local-exchange carrier subsidiary Adelphia Business Solutions Inc. from its books. Such a move could relieve pressure from Adelphia's stock by signaling that the parent comp A delphia Communications...
Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., competitive local exchange carrier
Research articles 2001-10-29
Sempra Communications Acquires License to Become Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
Business Editors SAN DIEGO--BUSINESS WIRE--June 21, 2000 Sempra Communications, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE), today announced it has been granted authority to provide competitive local exchange telephony services on a statewide basis, as the result of a California Public Utilities Commission CPUC interim decision authorizing Sempra Communications...
Tags: California Public Utilities Commission, FINANCE, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2000-06-21
CCC GlobalCom Corporation Receives Certification Approval to Provide Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Telecommunication Services in California
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--July 27, 2000 CCC GlobalCom Corporation (OTC:CCGC), a Houston based telecommunications company, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ciera Network Systems ("Ciera"), has received certification as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC and Inter-Exchange Carrier in the State of California enabling it to...
Tags: Globalcom Inc.
Research articles 2000-07-27
INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS GAINS CERTIFICATION FOR LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICES IN NORTH CAROLINA; Competitive Telephone Company Authorized as Competitive Local Exchange Carrier - CLEC
TAMPA, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 13, 1996--Intermedia Communications Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: ICIX), a rapidly growing provider of integrated telecommunications services, today announced that the North Carolina Public Service Commission has approved its application for certification as a competitive local exchange carrier CLEC and long distance provider IXC for the state of North Carolina.
Tags: competitive local exchange carrier, phone
Research articles 1996-08-13
Videotron Seeks to Register as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
MONTREAL--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 14, 1998--(TSE:VDO.) (ME:VDO.) Videotron Communications inc. informed the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC today of company plans to create a second competitive local exchange carrier CLEC. Starting in 1999, Videotron ltee plans to provide local telephone service to consumers in several Quebec regions where competition has been...
Tags: Videotron, Videotron Communications
Research articles 1998-12-15
North American DataCom Receives Certification as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier -CLEC-
Business Editors/Technology Writers IUKA, Miss.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 12, 2000 In a public announcement today, the Lieutenant, Governor of the State of Mississippi, Amy Tuck, announced that North American DataCom, Inc. (OTC BB: NADA) had received certification by the Mississippi Public Service Commission MPSC as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier...
Tags: Datacom Inc.
Research articles 2000-05-12
CCC GlobalCom Corporation Receives Approval to Operate as a Facilities-Based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier in Texas
Business Editors & High Tech Writers HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 20, 2000 CCC GlobalCom Corporation (OTC:CCGC), a Houston-based telecommunications company, announced today that it has received approval to operate as a facilities-based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC in Texas. CCC will utilize the unbundled network elements platform (UNE-P) service...
Tags: Globalcom Inc.
Research articles 2000-09-20
Lakota Technologies Announces Intent to become Competitive Local Exchange Carrier — CLEC
Business Editors/High Tech Writers HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--March 17, 2000 Lakota Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: LAKO) announced today its intention to become a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC for the Houston area. As a CLEC, Lakota Technologies will be able to expand its current DSL services by utilizing the Southwestern...
Tags: DSL, FINANCE, Investment, merger, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., phone, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2000-03-17
ICG Tanks, Depressing Other CLECs.(ICG Communications, competitive local-exchange carriers)(Brief Article)
Stocks in the once-hot competitive local-exchange carrier sector dropped like stones last week in the wake of discouraging news from ICG Communications Inc. Stocks in the once-hot competitive local-exchange carrier sector dropped like stones last week in the wake of discouraging news...
Tags: Internet Capital Group
Research articles 2000-10-02
WinStar receives CLEC authority in Wisconsin; authorized to provide competitive local exchange services
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE-- Aug. 23, 1996--WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ-WCII) announced that it has received an "interim" certificate from the state of Wisconsin to provide competitive local exchange carrier CLEC services. Wisconsin is issuing interim certifications to CLECs while it completes an ongoing proceeding which will determine permanent rules for...
Tags: competitive local exchange carrier
Research articles 1996-08-23
Teleport Communications Group Files To Become Local Exchange Carrier In North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 3, 1997--Teleport Communications Group Inc. TCG today announced that it filed an application Monday with the North Carolina Utilities Commission seeking competitive local exchange carrier authority.
Research articles 1997-06-03
Fonix Telecom Now Certified in North Carolina to Provide Local Exchange and Long Distance Services
ATLANTA -- Fonix Telecom, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FonixR Corporation (OTCBB:FNIX), an integrated communications carrier providing telecommunications services and value-added speech technologies, received its Interexchange Company IXC and Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC Certification from North Carolina Public Service Commission NCPSC to provide local exchange and interexchange services,...
Tags: telecommunications
Research articles 2006-03-06
Fonix Telecom Now Certified in Georgia and Florida to Provide Local Exchange and Long Distance Services
ATLANTA -- Fonix Telecom, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FonixR Corporation (OTCBB:FNIX), an integrated communications carrier providing telecommunications services and value-added speech technologies, received its Interexchange Company IXC and Competitive Local Exchange CarrierCLEC Certifications from Georgia Public Service Commission GPSC and Florida Public Service Commission FPSC to provide local...
Tags: telecommunications
Research articles 2005-10-10
Frontier Communications Doubled Number of Competitive Local Access Lines in 1998
ROCHESTER, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 12, 1999--Over the last year, Frontier Communications has successfully deployed its local telephone service nationwide, doubling the number of local access lines it serves as a competitive local exchange carrier CLEC to 200,000. Using a strategy that combines reselling local service from the Regional Bell companies and...
Tags: Microsoft Access
Research articles 1999-01-12
Solunet Forms CLEC Division; Leading Networking VAR To Support ISPs In Providing Competitive Local Access
PALM BAY, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 12, 1999--Solunet Inc., a pioneer in providing remote access and internetworking solutions to the Internet industry, announced today that it had formed a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier - CLEC - division. The new division, is headed by William Bell, a telephony veteran with 38 years of...
Tags: Solunet Inc.
Research articles 1999-03-12
Telecom Wireless Board Approves Acquisition of Phoenix Communications, an ISP and Local Exchange Carrier
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 22, 1999--Telecom Wireless Inc. (OTC BB:NOYR) Monday announced that its board of directors has approved plans to acquire Phoenix Communications Inc. Phoenix is a privately held Colorado corporation that has significant management, financial support and agreements to acquire several Internet Service Providers "ISPs" and competitive Local...
Tags: Phoenix Communications Inc.
Research articles 1999-03-23
US ONE Communications names John Jacquay President of newly formed carrier services division
DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--July 26, 1996--US ONE Communications Corporation, a competitive local exchange carrier CLEC, has announced the formation of its Carrier Services Division, to be headquartered in San Francisco. John H. Jacquay has been appointed president of this unit, which will provide advanced switching and local telephone access to...
Tags: MCI Inc., One Communications
Research articles 1996-07-26
Local access line subscription reaches 32 million.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)
According to the Federal Communications Commission FCC, the number of local access lines of phone carriers registered an increase of 7 percent during the first half of the year. The competitive local exchange carrier CLEC lines increased from 29.8 million to 32 million. The increase was...
Tags: FCC, Government, network, phone, WIRELESS
Research articles 2005-01-01
NorthStar Access Leverages Actelis Networks Carrier Ethernet over Copper Solution
Wireless News 01-02-2008 NorthStar Access Leverages Actelis Networks Carrier Ethernet over Copper Solution WIRELESS NEWS-January 2, 2008-NorthStar Access Leverages Actelis Networks Carrier Ethernet over Copper Solution C2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Actelis Networks, a supplier of Carrier Ethernet over Copper solutions,...
Tags: Actelis Networks Inc.
Research articles 2008-01-02
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