July 2002
WorldCom's Backbone Is Safe For Now [July 23]
McLeod Sells Illinois Telephone Firm [July 22]
IDT Interested in WorldCom Customers [July 8]
Korea Thrunet Sells Assets [July 8]

June 2002
Shaw Losses Widen, But VOD Debut Stands Firm [June 28]
Ma Bell Wrests AAA Contract Back From Bells [June 25]
SureWest Picks Up Assets of Bankrupt WINfirst [June 24]
Broadview Closes $40M Funding [June 11]
United Online Offers Long Distance [June 7]
WaveSmith Notches First Customer [June 5]
DSL.net Completes Financing [June 5]

May 2002
Bells, FCC Lose Reciprocal Compensation Court Case [May 6]

April 2002
GCI Deploys OptiFlow Network [May 2]
Covad Puts Teeth in its SLAs [April 24]
WorldTeq Rolls Out VoIP Services [April 22]

March 2002
Williams Signs HDNet Agreement [March 28]
Adelphia Commences Voluntary Chapter 11 [March 28]
Verizon Refiles For New Jersey Long-Distance [March 27]
Report Dispels DSL Misconceptions [March 26]
NBC To Use AT&T Optical Network [March 26]
BellSouth Announces Georgia DSL Service [March 26]
Redback Networks Wins Verizon Contract [March 26]
Yipes Files Chapter 11 [March 25]
Verizon to Refile New Jersey Long-Distance Application [March 22]
SBC Ameritech Files Wisconsin Long Distance Application [March 22]
Cape Cod Bank Selects CTC [March 22]
Williams to Broadcast Academy Awards [March 22]
Hearing Reveals RBOCs Anti-Consumer Practices [March 22]
Verizon Filing for Maine Long Distance [March 22]
IM To Help Boost Telcos' Revenues, Says Report [March 21]
NuVox Integrates Danet Billing System [March 21]
US LEC Completes Network Software Upgrade [March 21]
ALLTEL to Purchase CenturyTel Wireless Properties [March 20]
Touch America Deploys OPTera Connect HDX Optical Switch [March 20]
SureWest Opens Recovery and Data Services Center [March 19]
MFN Defers Interest Payment and Withdraws Guidance [March 19]
Qwest CEO Named Chairman Of Presidential Committee [March 18]
Report Shows RBOC Is Real DSL Problem, Says Coalition [March 18]
FCC Takes Major Step Toward Deregulating Broadband [March 15]
Industry Responses to FCC Change [March 15]
Level 3 Closes Acquisition [March 15]
Fiber Optek Weighing Offer for Global Crossing [March 15]
Global Crossing Receives U.S. House Request [March 14]
TELUS Standardizes on Siebel eBusiness Applications [March 14]
BellSouth Launches FastAccess HomeNetworking Service [March 14]
Verizon Launches New Global Services [March 13]
Broadwing Completes Sale of Directory Business [March 13]
Qwest Receives SEC Inquiry [March 12]
MegaPath Announces Nationwide Supplier Agreements [March 12]
Cox Selects SEAGULL [March 12]
VoDSL Experiencing Growth, Says Study [March 11]
Verizon Begins Offering Rhode Island Long-Distance [March 11]
Global Crossing Announces Plan to Streamline Operations [March 11]
Shareholders Urge Alltel to Adopt Equal Employment Policy [March 11] Logix Submits Voluntary Chapter 11 Reorganization Petition [March 7]
Allegiance Completes Link With Verizon [March 7]
SBC Introduces Self-Install DSL [March 7]
IP Communications Launches Alliance Partner Program [March 7]
New Edge Completes Migration from Bankrupt AtHome [March 7]
NewSouth Launches New Bundled Product [March 6]
Dominion Expanding Chicago to Washington Network [March 6]
Covad Enters 10 New Markets With TeleXtend T1 Service [March 6]
Global Crossing Execs Improperly Reported Earnings [March 6]
Global Crossing Offers Services to Club Med [March 6]
RCN Consolidates Network Operation Centers [March 6]
Study Reveals Subscribers' Interest in Broadband [March 5]
KMC Selects Aptis 3.0 [March 5]
FPL FiberNet and Centennial Florida Switch Sign Agreement [March 5]
US LEC Captures Pittsburgh Account [March 5]
Williams Launches IP VPN Service [March 5]
Williams Offers Web-Based Network Management Tool [March 5]
DixieNet Communications to Build New Network [March 5]
Bankruptcy Court Approves McLeodUSA Disclosure Statemen [March 4]
Focal Offers Service In Twin Cities [March 4]
PUCO Approves BroadWing Application to Abandon Service [March 1]
Broadview Signs LOI to Acquire Network Plus [March 1]
Allegiance Responds to Passage [March 1]
Z-tel Reacts to House Vote [March 1]

February 2002
U.S. House Hoodwinked by Bell Monopolies, Says CompTel [Feb 28]
California ISPs Urges Senate to Reject Legislation [Feb 28]
ASCENT: Passage Deals a Harsh Blow to the Industry [Feb 28]
New Edge Reacts to House Approval [Feb 28]
Sprint Dismayed by Passage [Feb 28]
U.S Distance Learning Association Pleased [Feb 28]
National Grange Applauds Passage [Feb 28]
Verizon Says Legislation Sets Stage for Broadband Growth [Feb 28]
Disability Community Applauds Passage [Feb 28]
Qwest Commends Passage [Feb 28]
SBC Applauds House Vote [Feb 28]
XO Sells European ISP Business [Feb 28]
Log On America Enters EarthLink Agreement [Feb 28]
TELUS Partners With Billing Concepts [Feb 28]
CLEC Coalition Asks Tennessee to Encourage Competition [Feb 27]
CWA Urges Support for Tauzin-Dingell [Feb 27]
Coalition of State/Local Officials' Blast H.R. 1542 [Feb 27]
Maryland Coalition Warns Broadband Act Is a Trojan Horse [Feb 27]
Covad Confident Tauzin/Dingell Bill Will Not Become Law [Feb 27]
Tauzin-Dingell Threatens Local Phone Competition, Says Carrier [Feb 27]
Opposition to Tauzin-Dingell Bill Grows, Says Michigan Alliance [Feb 27]
RCN and Starpower Sign Deal [Feb 27]
New Edge Urges Congress to Reject Tauzin-Dingell [Feb 26]
Speakeasy Launches Security Service For Residential Broadband [Feb 26]
CloseCall America Urges Increase In Maryland Competition [Feb 26]
Connect Michigan Supports HR 1542 [Feb 26]
Mpower Reaches Recapitalization Agreement-Plans Chapter 11 [Feb 26]
Yipes Supports InteliHealth [Feb 26]
Williams To Restructure Balance Sheet, Considers Chapter 11 [Feb 26]
Verizon Earns FCC Approval in Rhode Island [Feb 26]
TELUS Selects BroadJump's Software [Feb 26]
Competitors File Motion to Strike Testimony of Ameritech Indiana [Feb 26]
Congresswoman Opposes Tauzin-Dingell Legislation [Feb 26]
SBC Claims Illinois Telecom Market is Open and Competitive [Feb 25]
Global Crossing Shareholders To Refinance Company [Feb 25]
Global Crossing Offering Employees Separation Package [Feb 25]
e.spire's Addresses Industry Concerns [Feb 22]
CompTel Calls For Senate Hearings [Feb 22]
EPICUS Certified for UNEP in Mississippi [Feb 22]
NEC Expands Verizon Agreement [Feb 22]
Broadwing Introduces SLA Suite [Feb 21]
Group Telecom Announces Corporate Restructuring [Feb 21]
Yipes Supports Caspian Group [Feb 21]
Network Telephone Selects Danet [Feb 21]
Choice One Activates Pittsburgh Fiber Ring [Feb 20]
Yipes Partners With Storm [Feb 20]
Norlight Selects MetaSolv Solution [Feb 20]
Level 3 Announces Backbone Agreement With Triumph [Feb 20]
TelePacific Enhances Unified Communications Services [Feb 20]
New Edge Networks Buys AtHome Assets [Feb 18]
Pacific LightNet to Use Inovaware Solution [Feb 18]
Global Crossing Launches Direct Dial Services [Feb 18]
Time Warner Says Not Impacted By GST Liquidation [Feb 18]
NY Telecom Settlement to Advance Competition, Says Z-Tel [Feb 18]
Broadband Success Needs More Than Regulatory Clearance [Feb 18]
Montana Power Restructures Into Touch America [Feb 15]
eLEC Delisted From Nasdaq [Feb 15]
TDS to Acquire Telecommunication Systems [Feb 15]
BellSouth Files Long Distance Petition for Georgia & Louisiana [Feb 15]
Covista Reduces Staff [Feb 14]
Qwest Issues Statement Regarding KMC [Feb 14]
AT&T Enters Residential Local Phone Market in Michigan [Feb 14]
CCC GlobalCom Launches Los Angeles Platform [Feb 14]
Qwest Signs With J.P. Morgan Chase [Feb 13]
North American DSL Market Reaches 5.5 Million, Says Firm [Feb 13]
Aspire.net Selects Yipes as a Primary Metro Carrie [Feb 12]
Covista Completes Capsule Acquisition [Feb 12]
GiantLoop and Williams Deliver Data Solutions [Feb 12]
AT&T Seeks $2 Million Owed by Verizon [Feb 12]
AT&T Deploys Cisco Optical Solutions for Optical Network [Feb 12]
CoreTel Details Twisted Path of Telecommunications Act [Feb 12]
Global Crossing Subject of SEC Investigation [Feb 11]
'Voices' Coalition Unveils Database of Bell Company Sanctions [Feb 11]
ADSL Dominates Residential Broadband Market, Says Study [Feb 8]
DSL.net Launches New T1 Service [Feb 8]
IDT Acquires Horizon Global Trading LLC [Feb 7]
BellSouth Signs Wholesale Agreement With Qwest [Feb 7]
Conversent Helps Network Plus Customers Maintain Services [Feb 7]
Covad Introduces VPN/Firewall Security Services [Feb 6]
New Report Profiles Of U.S. ILEC Market [Feb 6]
US LEC Customer Base Surpasses 7,000 [Feb 6]
LecStar and CLEC Solutions Announce Partnership [Feb 6]
ACSI Sells Conduit to Dominion Telecom [Feb 6]
Dominion Telecom Deploying Amdocs ClarifyCRM [Feb 6]
Inter-Tel Acquires McLeodUSA's PBX and DataNet Operations [Feb 6]
VINA Inks Contract With Pac-West [Feb 6]
EPICUS, Signs Nationwide IP Backbone Contract [Feb 6]
Broadwing Sells Majority Interest in Telephone Directory Business [Feb 6]
ACSI Providing Network Infrastructure For Looking Glass [Feb 6]
Network Plus Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition [Feb 6]
Touch America Says Qwest Selling Prohibited LD Services [Feb 6]
Eschelon to Provide Internet to Olympic Ski and Snowboard Teams [Feb 5]
GartnerG2 Says Europe's Broadband Revolution is Stalled [Feb 5]
CCC GlobalCom Expands National Presence [Feb 5]
TheMuniCenter Selects MFN [Feb 5]
DSL.net Acquires Customer Lines From Broadslate [Feb 5]
Global Crossing Issues Details On Reported Allegations [Feb 5]
Coalition Says Verizon is Asking Congress to 'Watch What We Say, Not What We Do', [Feb 4]
SureWest Completes First Phase of Fiber Buildout [Feb 1]
PUCO Orders Ameritech to Pay a Forfeiture [Feb 1]
Level 3 Sells Dark Fiber to District of Columbia [Feb 1]
McLeodUSA Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy [Feb 1]
Law Firm Announces Class Action Against McLeodUSA [Feb 1]
Law Firm Files Suit on Behalf of Purchasers of McLeodUSA [Feb 1]
Nasdaq Halts Trading of McLeodUSA [Feb 1]

January 2002
US LEC Increases Charleston Presence [Jan 31]
Williams Calls Market Reaction Overblown [Jan 31]
Touch America Closer to Stand-Alone Company [Jan 31]
Network Telephone Completes Trials [Jan 31]
Class Action Lawsuit Commenced Against Rhythms [Jan 30]
Level 3 Announces SBC Agreement [Jan 30]
e.spire Launches New Integrated Service [Jan 30]
BellSouth Trials Jetstream [Jan 30]
Cogent Signs Dark-Fiber Agreement [Jan 30]
Williams to Carry Super Bowl Broadcast [Jan 30]
Global Crossing Declares Bankruptcy [Jan 29]
Broadview Acquires Net2000 Assets [Jan 29]
Qwest Withdraws Plan to Share Private Information [Jan 29]
Verizon Long Distance App in New Jersey Approved [Jan 29]
Verizon Competitors Concerned by Pa. PUC Order [Jan 28]
BellSouth Signs $2 Billion in New Contracts [Jan 25]
Lawsuit Filed On Behalf Of Investors In Rhythms [Jan 25]
Gartner Says Broadband Policy Needed to Stimulate Economy [Jan 25]
Choice One Praises New York Public Service Commission Ruling [Jan 25]
Commission Votes to Reduce Verizon's Wholesale Rates [Jan 25]
Focal Offers Managed Service In Atlanta [Jan 24]
Verizon Ordered to Pay $4 Million to Pac-West [Jan 24]
New York to Reduce Telecom Rates [Jan 24]
Log On America Names Newest 'CyberAgent' [Jan 24]
Qwest Claims Strong Service Results [Jan 24]
Coalition Proposes Special Access Provisioning to Bell's Facilities [Jan 24]
Time Warner Delivers Services to the University Of Washington [Jan 23]
US LEC Offers Internet Package [Jan 23]
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Selects Global Crossing [Jan 23]
e.spire Introduces Internet Security Services [Jan 23]
Fibertech and Conversent Sign Dark Fiber Agreement [Jan 23]
ATSI Signs Multiple Strategic Deals Under Mexico Operations [Jan 23]
Williams Deploys Usage-Based Billing [Jan 23]
CompTel Urges FCC to Adopt Performance Metrics [Jan 23]
Apple Chooses PRIMUS [Jan 22]
McLeodUSA Signs With Yell [Jan 22]
Yipes' Networks The Nation's 5th Largest [Jan 22]
Log On America Introduces LOA.XPRESS [Jan 22]
Time Warner Asks for Access Rule Enforcement [Jan 21]
Ameritech Asked To Clarify Privacy Notices [Jan 21]
SBC Reacts to FCC Notice [Jan 21]
FCC Releases Notice To SBC [Jan 21]
Verizon Applauds Vermont Endorsement [Jan 18]
Verizon Seeks to Offer Vermont Long-Distance [Jan 18]
Williams Expands Global Offerings [Jan 18]
MFN Provides Pumatech Infrastructure [Jan 17]
AT&T Chides Qwest [Jan 17]
Level 3 Inks Agreements With Cox [Jan 17]
Covad Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End Results [Jan 17]
NTELOS to Sell Excess PCS Spectrum [Jan 16]
SEC and BellSouth Reach Settlement [Jan 16]
Class Action Filed Against Rhythms [Jan 15]
Choice One Activates Albany Fiber Ring [Jan 15]
SBC's Whitacre Says Broadband Policy Could Fuel Recovery [Jan 15]
Telecom Requires a New Regulation, Says BellSouth's Ackerman [Jan 15]
Firm Files Suit Against Rhythms [Jan 15]
Firm Announces Class Action Against Rhythms [Jan 15]
Firm Announces Class Action Suit Against Rhythms [Jan 14]
New Jersey Public Utilities to Support Verizon Bid [Jan 14]
Demand for Services Requires Fourth NY/NJ Switch [Jan 14]
Asia Global Crossing Announces Landing Of Cable System [Jan 14]
New Edge to Provide Services to SBC Ameritech [Jan 14]
Lawsuit Filed Against Log On America [Jan 14]
Firm Announces Shareholder Action Against Log On America [Jan 14]
Log On America Launches Vertical Suite [Jan 14]
Firm Commences Suit Against Log On America [Jan 14]
MFN to Provide Fiber to RealNetworks [Jan 10]
Qwest Criticizes AT&T Over Rates [Jan 10]
Time Warner to Serve NASA [Jan 10]
Choice One Activates Buffalo Fiber Ring [Jan 9]
US LEC Chosen by Dekalb County Schools [Jan 9]
Focal launches Houston Service [Jan 9]
AT&T Canada Selects ClickSchedule [Jan 9]
Birch Telecom Expands To 5 Southeastern Cities [Jan 9]
Covad Purchases InternetConnect Assets [Jan 8]
Verizon Units Receive Quality Assurance Certification [Jan 8]
ITC DeltaCom Announces Passwerks Agreement [Jan 8]
Log On America and One Star Partner [Jan 8]
Mpower Expands in South Florida [Jan 8]
Yipes Builds Network for Wolverine Trading [Jan 8]
Verizon Hiding Information, Says Comptel [Jan 7]
Justice Department Recommends Verizon Approval [Jan 7]
BellSouth Expands DSL Market [Jan 4]
BellSouth's "Howling Repudiation' Says Coalition [Jan 4]
Interland Negotiating With e.spire [Jan 2]
Qwest Filing With FCC to offer Arizona Long-Distance [Jan 2]
Level 3 to Provide Services to Sony [Jan 2]