ChoiceCom Expands Communications Offerings into Dallas.ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1998--On November 5, 1998, Dallas will become the fourth major Texas city to become linked to ChoiceCom's high quality integrated telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. . As an alternative to the regional Bell operating company The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against American Telephone & Telegraph. History , Austin-based ChoiceCom is positioning itself to become the state's first telecommunications service provider A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. to offer customers one-stop voice and data solutions, including local, long distance, high speed Internet and data products and services. ChoiceCom began offering service to customers in Austin, San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. and Corpus Christi went earlier this year, with Houston scheduled to complete the five city network on December 15, 1998. Through ICG ICG indocyanine green. Netcom, ChoiceCom customers will soon have access to the nation's largest deployment of IP Telephony long distance service, that will cover some 90 percent of the nation's long distance market by the end of this year. "Texas is a very competitive and informed state when it comes to communications services," said Carey Balzer, ChoiceCom president. "We plan to position ChoiceCom as the company that can meet the needs of small- and mid-sized businesses, both now and in the future." Balzer added that ChoiceCom's network includes the latest Lucent 5ESS network switches, allowing the company to provide high quality services in each of the state's major market cities. In addition, Balzer said that ChoiceCom's all fiber network will provide the most reliable and economical transport service in the state. "Customers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a higher value alternative to traditional telephone service offerings," Balzer said. "ChoiceCom is well positioned in its various markets to provide that alternative at a more affordable price." About ICG Netcom ICG Netcom is the brand name for products and services from ICG Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ICGX) and ICG's subsidiary, NETCOM On-Line Communications Services, Inc. The combined entity is a leading integrated communications provider (ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ) offering high-quality telecommunications services. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., ICG has extensive switched fiber-optic networks and offers local, long distance and enhanced telephony and data services in California, Colorado, the OHIO Ohio, state, United States Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N). valley and parts of the southeastern United States. The company provides Internet communications solutions, connectivity and web site hosting to individuals and to small and medium sized businesses through its subsidiary, NETCOM On-Line Communications Services, Inc. ICG also is a leading designer and installer of copper, fiber and wireless infrastructure for buildings and campuses. Further information is available on ICG's web site located at http://www.icgcomm.com. |
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