Continental Cable wins approval to offer phone service; Southern California test planned for third-quarter 1996.EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1995--Continental Cablevision, California's second-largest cable-television operator, Wednesday announced that it has received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, to offer local telephone service in 10 California counties. The company, which operates its telephone business under the name Continental Telecommunications of California Inc., received permission to provide competitive local telephone service in the counties of Fresno, Kings, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Madera, Orange, Riverside, San Joaquin San Joaquin (săn wäkēn`), river, c.320 mi (510 km) long, rising in the Sierra Nevada, E Calif., and flowing W then N through the S Central Valley to form a large delta with the Sacramento River near Suisun Bay, an arm of San Francisco Bay. , Sutter, Tulare and Yuba. The counties consist of rural and urban communities and have a combined population of 14 million residents. Continental plans to begin testing telephone services in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, beginning in third-quarter 1996, with a statewide rollout planned for 1997. ``The CPUC CPUC California Public Utilities Commission CPUC Current Procurement Unit Cost has opened the door for Californians to have a choice in local telephone-service providers, and Continental is prepared to make that vision a reality,'' said James H. ``Trey'' Smith III, senior vice president of Continental's Western Region. ``Given our powerful existing networks, Continental is best positioned to deliver to its communities a choice in local telephone-service providers.'' Continental to Buy AT&T Network System's Equipment Continental has selected AT&T Network System's 5ESS-2000 switch to route voice traffic over its 14,700 miles of telecommunications networks. The switch, which can be used with analog, mixed analog/ digital or all-digital networks, will handle data and video switched applications as well. The company will use Synchronous Optical Network (networking) Synchronous Optical NETwork - (SONET) A broadband networking standard based on point-to-point optical fibre networks. SONET will provide a high-bandwidth "pipe" to support ATM-based services. (SONET) digital transmission technology with broadband optical transmission equipment in a dual ring architecture to provide advanced voice, video and data services. ``As a result of this construction program, our networks will not only be capable of support switched voice services but also new video and data services,'' said Smith. ``Continental's broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. ultimately will be the conduit that enlivens our customers' entertainment and information appliances.'' Continental Cablevision, the nation's third-largest cable- television company, serves more than 4.1 million customers in 20 states and is a part owner of joint ventures providing network services in Argentina, Australia and Singapore. In the West, Continental serves 900,000 customers and passes 2 million homes and businesses. CONTACT: Continental Cablevision Inc. Rob Stoddard, 617/854-3138 Susan Ritchie, 310/647-5715 (Western Region) |
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