AUDITEL Helps the City of Dover Navigate the New World of Telecommunications.HAMPSTEAD, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999-- AUDITEL Inc. has signed a consulting agreement to assist the City of Dover with the design and vendor selection for their telecommunications equipment and services. The primary objective of the project will be to establish a pilot with a competitive local exchange carrier for local telephone lines and long distance services. AUDITEL will complete an audit of Dover's existing telephone services, an assessment of their voice communications equipment requirements, and the selection of a local exchange carrier (LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. ). J. Michael Joyal, Assistant City Manager for the City of Dover said "I am enthusiastic about the City and Public Schools using their purchasing power Purchasing Power 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you'd be able to purchase. 2. to further the cause of telecom competition in Dover." Joe Scotti, AUDITEL President, states that "this is an exciting project for AUDITEL since it is a direct result of the competition created by the Telecom Act of 1996. We are finally beginning to see real competition for customers at the local level." Facilities-based Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (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) ), are companies that own their telephone equipment and cable, and compete with the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier ILEC, short for incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) also known as the "Baby Bells". (ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. ). In New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , facilities-based CLECs only offer service in Nashua, Manchester, Portsmouth, and now Dover. "These are exciting times in the telecom industry," states Scotti. AUDITEL Inc. is an information technology management and consulting firm located in Hampstead, NH. Founded in 1992, AUDITEL provides telephone billing audits, telephone system design, local area network implementations, videoconferencing design services, and the management of technology projects, including strategic and disaster planning services. |
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