Michael Martin

A recent study predicts North American carriers will have to reduce their operating expenses per bit by 32 per cent to compensate for expected revenue declines.

Fixed wireless data provider TeraGo Networks recently completed a network expansion that allows the firm to serve customers in downtown Toronto and several suburbs north and west of the city.

The latest generation of Cisco

The latest generation of Cisco

Converged voice, video and data networks, over the past three years, have grown from bleeding-edge technology into a potentially money-saving business tool. A variety of organizations across the country are now running critical voice traffic across their data backbones, or subscribing to videoconferencing services from a number of national carriers.

Private line revenue will continue to grow steadily through 2008, despite competition from Internet services, according to a recent report from Insight Research Corp., a telecommunications research firm.

Qwest Communications International Inc.'s recent decision to shutter half of its 16 hosting centres shouldn't have a dramatic effect on customers, according to the company.

SBC Communications Inc. has unveiled a service designed to help customers ensure their most important applications are given priority when traveling across a WAN.