Incoming COMPTEL President Matt Salmon and COMPTEL CEO Jerry James share their plans for the association in 2008.

COMPTEL Chairman Sherm Henderson talks about market forces – wireless wars, economic slow-down and the 2008 election – impacting the competitive telecom market.

PAETEC Chairman and CEO Arunas Chesonis discusses the synergies of the McLeodUSA merger and the impact of the looming recession.

Bill Cheek, president of wholesale markets at Embarq, talks about his wholesale division's impact on the company's bottom line and the state of the CLEC market.

RCN Metro President Felipe Alvarez talks about the company’s integration of NEON and speculates that a downward economy actually means good things for telecom.

One Communications CEO Howard Janzen discusses how the company has compressed its product line and takes a few questions about the economy’s impact on telecom.

Tad Deriso, general manager of Mid-Atlantic Broadband, explains how the cooperative helps COMPTEL members and considers the effects of a recession on the industry.

Debra Swann, director of voice product management for Global Crossing, introduces the carrier’s new pseudo CIC product and explains its advantages for competitive carriers.

Endeavor Telecom CEO Justin McLain discusses the short- and long-term opportunities for competitors with VoIP.

Matt Lukens, vice president and general manager – Americas Converged IP Communications for Comverse, backs a six-screen strategy and shares how competitive carriers can take advantage of it with MyCall Communicator.

Gary Tabachnik, vice president of carrier sales for Broadvox, talks about the increasing demand for packet-based origination and termination among competitive carriers and Web 2.0 providers.