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COMPTEL PLUS
Welcome to xchange TV! This edition offers a multimedia
window into news and views at the COMPTEL PLUS Convention
+ Expo, which took place which took place Feb. 27-March
2, in Las Vegas. To watch one of the video interviews
xchange’s editors conducted with industry leaders
at the show, click below:
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This edition of xchangeTV is sponsored by
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| COMPETITION |
 COMPTEL CEO
Earl Comstock talks about the success of the
COMPTEL PLUS event, the association’s
momentum in recruiting new members and advancing
policy initiatives, including a win at the
FCC acknowledging incumbents’ obligations
to provide services to VoIP providers.
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here to watch. |
 COMPTEL Chairman
Sherm Henderson, president and CEO of Lightyear,
talks about the renewed energy in the telecom
business and interest from Wall Street, the
migration to IP-based business models and his
own company’s progress in that endeavor.
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here to watch. |
| POLICY |
 Everywhere
you look you see more and more projections
that wireless devices will support more and
more bandwidth-intensive services and drive
wholesale backhaul demand? What are the
regulatory changes that need to happen in order
to make this potential a reality for competitive
wireless and wireline backhaul providers? Find
out in this roundtable discussion, The
Pending Wireless Bandwidth Explosion: Regulatory
Issues and Opportunities.
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here to watch. |
 How
do mega-mergers affect industry players and
what do they need to know in order to compete?
Four experts discuss
the Tunney Act's impact on antitrust legislation,
competition and the communications industry's
growth in this 50-minute session, The
Tunney Act: What is the True Impact on Competition?
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here to watch. |
| CARRIER
SERVICES |
 Quintin
Lew, vice president of marketing and sales
for Verizon Partner Solutions, discusses
new product availability and commercial agreements
since the ILEC was granted regulatory relief
on its high-cap products. He also previews
some new products and a nationwide pricing
plan due out later in the year.
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here to watch. |
 Chris
Reid, vice president of marketing for Arbinet-thexchange
Inc., discusses the launch of its
managed paid PeeringSolutions offering, which
allows U.S. carriers to peer and exchange
traffic with each other regardless of their
network technology.
Click
here to watch. |
 John
Condenzio, executive vice president of sales
for DCI Voice Solutions,
talks about how competitive carriers are
migrating to IP networks and how DCI is helping
them make the transition.
Click
here to watch. |
| FIXED
MOBILE CONVERGENCE |
 Tekelec executive
Payam Maveddat talks about the company’s
new service that switches calls among desktop,
mobile and other devices. It uses only one
number and doesn’t interrupt conversation.
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here to watch. |
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| BILLING |
 Louis
LaNeve, director of business development, for OSG
Billing Services, talks about the
adoption of e-billing services among residential
and business customers, how carriers can increase
those rates and also integrate CRM into the
mix.
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here to watch. |
| PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES |
 Chris
Pond, CEO of Network Insight,
a professional and managed services consulting
firm, talks about the transformation in carrier
networks from legacy to next-generation technology
and a new practice the firm has launched to
aid competitive carriers with that transition.
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here to watch. |
 Justin
McLain, executive vice president of marketing,
sales and business development for Endeavor
Telecom, talks about the dirty side
of telecoms – installation and maintenance.
His company offers a private-label service
for carriers looking to outsource these tasks
economically.
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here to watch. |
| VOIP |
 Many
small-to-medium businesses are still skeptical
about the reliability and security of VoIP
business systems. What are the remaining security
concerns for SMBs? What are tomorrow's predictions
for SMBs' VoIP adoption rates? What are the
financial benefits for SMBs to adopt VoIP technology?
Do these benefits outweigh SMBs day-to-day
operational demands? Find out in this 50-minute
session, VoIP Systems for SMBs: Challenges & Opportunities.
Click
here to watch. |
| ETHERNET |
 Chris
Cook, a marketing executive for Hatteras
Networks, explains why the company
has beefed up its products with a feature called
Time Domain Reflectometer.
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here to watch. |
 Patrick
Coughlin, vice president of sales and marketing
for Neon Communications, discusses
the expansions in the company’s management
team, network and product set, including
a new metro Ethernet service.
Click
here to watch. |
 Mehmet
Balos, president of Americas & Chief marketing
officer for Actelis talks
about the validation of the company’s
Ethernet-based model with new funding and
another CLEC client while Craig Easley, associate
vice president of marketing for Actelis,
introduces the company’s latest product
offer, an MEF 10-compliant Ethernet access
device that offers classes of service.
Click
here to watch. |
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