ATLANTIC-ACM Delivers Metro Carrier Excellence and Global Wholesale Carrier Excellence Awards.ORLANDO, Fla. -- ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading telecommunications research consultancy, announced today that it delivered its 2006 Metro Carrier Excellence Awards and its 2006 Global Wholesale Carrier Excellence Awards at CompTel's Fall Convention and Expo at the Marriott World Center in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . Metro Carrier Excellence Awards presented today were based on the results of the 2006 Metro Carrier Report Card, which evaluates the performance of Metro Carriers by their wholesale and business customers and is based on more than 5,000 individual carrier evaluations. Awards were presented by Dr. Judy Reed Smith, ATLANTIC-ACM CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , as follows: * AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System : Metro-Specific Facilities-Based Wholesale Service Partner * AT&T: Business SONET * BellSouth: RBOC/ILEC Service Partner, Business Local Voice * Cbeyond: Business PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. * Comcast: Business VoIP * Cox: MSO (1) (Multiple System Operator) Typically refers to a cable TV organization that owns more than one cable system, but it may refer to an operator of only one system. Service Partner, Business Local Access, Business Direct Internet Access See how to access the Internet. * Fibertech: Metro-Specific Facilities-Based Business Service Partner * Level 3: Regional/National Facilities-Based Service Partner, Wholesale Local Access, Wholesale Ethernet, Wholesale Direct Internet Access, Business Transport , Dark Fiber * Paetec: CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) Service Partner, Wholesale PRI * Qwest: Wholesale Local Voice, Wholesale Transport Services, Wholesale SONET , Wholesale Direct Internet Access * Time Warner Telecom Time Warner Telecom NASDAQ: TWTC is headquartered in Littleton, Colorado. The company provides managed network services, specializing in Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice, VoIP and security, to enterprise : MSO Service Partner, Business Ethernet * XO Communications: Wholesale VoIP Global Wholesale Awards were based on results from the 2006 edition of ATLANTIC-ACM's Global Wholesale Carrier Report Card, which evaluates the performance of wholesale carriers from ratings by their resale customers, and were presented as follows: * AT&T: Billing, Customer Service, Network Performance, Voice Quality * BT: Customer Interface, Provisioning * Verizon: Brand, Data Quality, Sales Representatives About ATLANTIC-ACM Boston-based ATLANTIC-ACM is a leading provider of strategic research and consulting services serving the telecommunications and information industries. In addition to producing the industry's principal benchmarking, sizing and opportunity studies, the company assists clients in evaluating telecommunications opportunities for successful investment, market entry, and long-term planning. For more information, visit ATLANTIC-ACM's website at www.atlantic-acm.com. Members of the press may contact Dr. Judy Reed Smith directly at +1 617 720 3700 or by e-mail a jrs@atlantic-acm.com. |
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