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Fri Jan 15 | 2021

Understanding Your E911 Compliance Obligations

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Thu Jan 14 | 2021

Time to Consider System Integrators for Your Managed Network Services

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Fri Jan 8 | 2021

Trends to Watch in 2021 – Introduction

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Mon Dec 21 | 2020

SolarWinds Gets a Hacking Black Eye

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Fri Dec 11 | 2020

It’s Time to Reconsider your ICT Plan

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Thu Nov 12 | 2020

If You Think You’re Being Followed, You’re Right

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Thu Nov 12 | 2020

Complying with GDPR Has Gotten Tougher

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Fri Nov 6 | 2020

Are Your UC Sessions Safe and Secure?

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Fri Oct 30 | 2020

Perspective on Gartner’s TEM Market Guide

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Tue Oct 27 | 2020

Enterprises Depend on UC More Than Ever – Part 2

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Tue Oct 20 | 2020

Is Your Provider Delivering What You Bought? – Part 2

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Thu Oct 8 | 2020

Is Your Provider Delivering What You Think You Bought? – Part 1

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Wed Sep 30 | 2020

Enterprises Depend on UC More Than Ever – Part 1

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Tue Sep 15 | 2020

CenturyLink Becomes Lumen

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Mon Aug 31 | 2020

CenturyLink Causes a Massive Internet Outage

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Fri Aug 21 | 2020

The FCC’s Robocalling Order Comes Up Short in Helping Enterprises

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Fri Aug 21 | 2020

Microwave Licensees Challenge FCC’s Decision to Allow Uncontrolled Low Power Devices in 6 GHz Band

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Thu Aug 20 | 2020

What New Management Needs to Know about IT/Telecom M&As

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Wed Aug 19 | 2020

How to Drive Cost Savings from your Network Spend

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Fri Jul 24 | 2020

It’s Time to Decommission and Move Your TDM-based Networking

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Tue Jul 7 | 2020

M&A To Dos with Telecom Contracts – Part 2

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Tue Jul 7 | 2020

M&A To Dos with Telecom Contracts – Part 1

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Wed Jun 24 | 2020

Automation and Managed Network Services Deals

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Tue Jun 23 | 2020

Another USF Contribution Factor Increase from the FCC – Part 2

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Tue Jun 9 | 2020

Another USF Contribution Factor Increase from the FCC – Part 1

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Wed May 20 | 2020

Tips for Controlling Network Services Deals During COVID-19 – Part 2

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Wed May 20 | 2020

Tips for Controlling Network Services Deals During COVID-19 – Part 1

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Wed Apr 29 | 2020

How COVID-19 is Impacting Enterprise Telecom – Part 2

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Wed Apr 29 | 2020

How COVID-19 is Impacting Enterprise Telecom – Part 1

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Fri Apr 24 | 2020

How to Contract when Using a Portfolio Strategy to Buy Internet Transport – Part 2

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Fri Apr 24 | 2020

How to Contract when Using a Portfolio Strategy to Buy Internet Transport – Part 1

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Tue Apr 21 | 2020

A Deal at Last – T-Mobile & Sprint Finally Tie the Knot

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Fri Apr 10 | 2020

Internet First Strategy: The Power of the Portfolio – Part 2

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Thu Apr 9 | 2020

Internet First Strategy: The Power of the Portfolio – Part 1

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Fri Feb 28 | 2020

Information Security Demands More Than Privacy Laws Compliance

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Thu Feb 27 | 2020

Voice is (Not) Dead

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Thu Feb 13 | 2020

Catching the 5G Wave – Part 2

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Thu Feb 13 | 2020

Catching the 5G Wave – Part 1

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Fri Feb 7 | 2020

A Summary CCPA Procurement and Compliance Guide for Your IT and Telecoms Agreements

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Thu Jan 23 | 2020

Understanding the New Federal Laws Covering Enterprise 911

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Wed Jan 22 | 2020

Sprint and T-Mobile Merger Update: January 2020

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Tue Jan 14 | 2020

New Challenges when Negotiating a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement – Part 3

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Tue Jan 14 | 2020

New Challenges when Negotiating a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement – Part 2

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Tue Jan 14 | 2020

New Challenges when Negotiating a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement – Part 1

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Mon Dec 16 | 2019

Billing Terms that Improve Your Bottom Line – Part 2

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Fri Dec 13 | 2019

Billing Terms that Improve Your Bottom Line – Part 1

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Thu Nov 21 | 2019

The Impact of the Calero and MDSL Merger

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Mon Nov 11 | 2019

Common Problems and Opportunities with your Network Transport Expenses – Part 2

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Mon Nov 4 | 2019

Common Problems and Opportunities with your Network Transport Expenses – Part 1

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Thu Oct 31 | 2019

Optimizing the End-User Experience – part 2

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Fri Oct 25 | 2019

IoT – The Interdependence of (Numerous) Transactions

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Thu Oct 17 | 2019

The State of Play of IT Outsourcing and Managed Services

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Wed Oct 9 | 2019

Optimizing the End-User Experience – part 1

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Thu Jul 18 | 2019

New Initiatives to Curtail Robocalls

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Fri Jul 12 | 2019

NTT Makes Some Big Changes

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Thu Jul 4 | 2019

Why IT Services Deals Fail and How to Resolve Disputes

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Fri Jun 21 | 2019

A Huge Increase in the USF Contribution Factor

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Thu Jun 20 | 2019

Sprint and T-Mobile Merger Update

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Wed Jun 12 | 2019

Delivering Innovation and Cost Savings Conferences

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Fri May 17 | 2019

The Insatiable Appetite for Data and How Enterprises Can Avoid Over-Sharing

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Fri May 17 | 2019

How the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) Affects Your Service Provider Agreements

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Mon Apr 29 | 2019

Promoting Development of Communications Infrastructure

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Fri Apr 12 | 2019

Alternative Wireless Local Access Solutions

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Wed Mar 27 | 2019

SIP Trunking – An Enterprise Connect Session Summary

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Wed Mar 20 | 2019

Aligning Legal Resources with Technology Projects

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Wed Mar 13 | 2019

Ten Things to Watch for in 2019 – Final Episode

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Wed Mar 6 | 2019

Windstream and AT&T in the News

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Wed Feb 27 | 2019

Ten Things to Watch for in 2019 – Episode Three

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Mon Feb 25 | 2019

Should You Pay for a Vendor Support Team?

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Wed Feb 20 | 2019

Ten Things to Watch for in 2019 – Episode Two

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Wed Feb 13 | 2019

Ten Things to Watch for in 2019 – Episode One

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Fri Jan 11 | 2019

The Necessary Steps to Realize Big Network Cost Savings

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Thu Dec 13 | 2018

The Hidden Risk of Abandoned Infrastructure

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Thu Dec 6 | 2018

Verizon Reorganization

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Thu Nov 29 | 2018

The Bandwidth Tradeoff

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Thu Nov 8 | 2018

Verizon Severances

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Thu Nov 1 | 2018

Resolving Billing Issues with Service Providers Takes Time

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Thu Oct 25 | 2018

Wireless Optimization

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Thu Sep 20 | 2018

A Commonsense Approach to Data Security for IT and Telecom Agreements

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Tue Sep 18 | 2018

Why Use an Advisor?

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Thu Sep 13 | 2018

The Internet of Things – Key Commercial Considerations for the Enterprise

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Tue Sep 11 | 2018

Procuring TEM Services

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Thu Sep 6 | 2018

Deep Dive Billing Review and Service Optimization Tips

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Tue Sep 4 | 2018

Deploying TEM Services in an Integrated Expense Management Approach

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Thu Aug 30 | 2018

Broadband Aggregation

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Thu Aug 23 | 2018

The Continuing Evolution of Managed Network Services Deals

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Tue Aug 21 | 2018

Unified Communication (UC) – The Next Generation

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Thu Aug 16 | 2018

SD-WAN and Internet First Strategies

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Tue Aug 14 | 2018

Leveraging the Competition that Transformation Projects Create

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Thu Aug 9 | 2018

Supplier and Contract Management Best Practices

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Tue Aug 7 | 2018

Best in Class Business Terms

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Thu Aug 2 | 2018

Gaining the Advantage in Sole-Source Negotiations

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Tue Jul 31 | 2018

The Importance of Competitively Sourcing Your Network Infrastructure Services

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Thu Jul 26 | 2018

The Latest Network Infrastructure Pricing Trends

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Wed Jul 11 | 2018

Successful Competitive Procurements Start with a Robust Sourcing Strategy

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Thu Jun 21 | 2018

Own Your Deal or Your Supplier Will Own You

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Thu Jun 7 | 2018

Why Buying IT is a Team Effort

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Thu May 10 | 2018

Wireless Signal Boosters – What Businesses Need to Know

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Tue May 1 | 2018

Sprint and T-Mobile Merger – This Time for Real?

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Thu Apr 5 | 2018

SD-WAN – Catch the Next Wave of Cost Savings

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CONFERENCES

Articles

California Privacy Rights Act a.k.a. the Evolving and Expanded California Consumer Privacy Act 2.0 – Telecom and Technology Purchasers Get Ready

December 16, 2020

Trends to Watch in 2021

January 8, 2021

FCC Opens 4.9 GHz Band to Leasing and Public/Private Partnerships

October 16, 2020

FCC Declines to Stay Rules on Use of Unlicensed Devices at 6 GHz

August 19, 2020

Petition Seeks to Relieve FCC Licensees, Including Enterprise Users, of Big Headaches from Minor Ownership Changes

July 7, 2020

TDM: IT’S ‘TIME TO DECOMMISSION AND MOVE’

July 1, 2020

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