Competitive Local Exchange Carrier: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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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

Additional Resources

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
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
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
Covad Communications Receives Interop Infr@structure Award For "Most Innovative CLEC"
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 27, 1998--Covad Communications, the first Packet Competitive Local Exchange Carrier and a leading provider of digital communications services, was named by Inter@ctive Week and Networld+Interop as the Most Innovative Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC at the First Annual Interop Infr@structure Awards.
Tags: competitive local exchange carrier, Covad Communications Group Inc.
Research articles 1998-10-27
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
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
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
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
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
MFS seeks Chicago entry rights. (MFS Intelenet of Illinois)
MFS Intelenet of Illinois, a subsidiary of competitive-access carrier MFS Communications, applied on Nov. 10 to operate as a local-exchange carrier for business customers in the Chicago metropolitan area. The Illinois Commerce Commission has alrea MFS Intelenet of Illinois, a subsidiary of competitive-access...
Tags: carrier
Research articles 1993-11-22
Time Warner Telecom To Buy GST Assets.(Brief Article)
VANCOUVER, WASH. -- Time Warner Telecom Inc., the competitive local-exchange carrier owned by Time Warner Inc., signed an agreement to buy the assets of GST ... VANCOUVER, WASH. -- Time Warner Telecom Inc., the competitive local-exchange carrier owned by Time Warner Inc., signed an...
Research articles 2000-08-28
ADELPHIA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC. (NASDAQ--ABIZ).(stock price trends)(Brief Article)
This competitive local-exchange carrier has been on a downswing in the past week, after enjoying a wild ride earlier this month. Its share price was up more than 40 percent since May 30, from $23 to $39 June 20. That changed after Merrill Lynch &am ...
Tags: Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock, stock price
Research articles 2000-07-03
Canada's Leading Independent Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Applies Click2learn Solutions to Manage Its Workforce Skills
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Tags: Click2learn
Research articles 2001-03-14
Parent Adelphia Buys CLEC Assets.(Brief Article)
In an effort to help pay down the debt of its troubled competitive local-exchange carrier subsidiary, Adelphia Communications Corp. agreed to buy some network and telecommunications assets of Adelphia Business Solutions Inc. for $88.5 million. In an effort to...
Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., asset, competitive local exchange carrier
Research articles 2001-02-26
Sure West eyes WINfirst.(SureWest Communications may buy Western Integrated Networks)(Brief Article)
SureWest Communications - operator of California's third-largest incumbent competitive local exchange carrier - last week said it's interested in buying all or part of bankrupt cable overbuilder Western Integrated Networks. At present, SureWe SureWest Communications - operator of...
Tags: network
Research articles 2002-05-20
Adelphia Strikes a Deal For Level 3 Connections.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Seeking a more cost-effective and quicker way to connect its existing cable and competitive local-exchange carrier markets in the Western United States, Adelphia Communications Corp. last week struck a deal to grab access to wavelengths supplied by Seeking a more cost-effective and quicker way...
Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., Level 3 Communications Inc.
Research articles 2001-08-20
WinStar receives CLEC certification in Oklahoma
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 28, 1997--WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ-WCII) announced that it has received authorization from the state of Oklahoma to provide competitive local exchange carrier CLEC services. This certification authorizes WinStar to provide a full array of local voice, video, and data services in competition with the incumbent local...
Tags: certification, competitive local exchange carrier
Research articles 1997-05-28
Deals Help Shore On Adelphia's CLEC.(Brief Article)
A delphia Business Solutions Inc. - the competitive local-exchange carrier subsidiary of Adelphia Communications Corp. - has reached an agreement to sell certain CLEC markets to its parent company for $125 million, a cash infusion some analysts bel A delphia Business Solutions Inc. -...
Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., bank, competitive local exchange carrier
Research articles 2001-09-10
WinStar Receives CLEC Certification in Kansas
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 23, 1997--WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ-WCII) announced that it has received authorization from the state of Kansas to provide competitive local exchange carrier CLEC services. This certification authorizes WinStar to provide a full array of local voice, video, and data services in competition with the incumbent local...
Tags: certification, competitive local exchange carrier
Research articles 1997-09-23
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