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Covad Extends Service to Birch Telecom
TMCnet Contributing Editor
Covad Communications Group has added yet another DSL customer to its roster. The California-based provider of integrated voice and data communications has announced that Birch Telecom will be transferring its dedicated business DSL customers to Covad (News - Alert)’s network.
Birch Telecom, a telecommunications company offering service to 12 states in the Midwest and Southeast, will continue to operate its local and Internet network, partnering with Covad for last-mile DSL distribution.
“Serving Birch’s high-value business customers underscores Covad’s continued strategy to partner with companies that provide business-class services and to maintain our position as an alternative to the phone company in the business telecommunications marketplace,” said David McMorrow, executive vice president of sales & marketing for Covad. “Voice Optimized Access (VOA) is yet another example of Covad’s ability to innovate and enable partners like Birch.”
The implementation will begin immediately. Birch will maintain its relationship with the end customers who will now be served through Covad’s network.
Less than a month ago, Covad announced that it had been chosen to be a preferred DSL and T-1 provider to Bandwidth.com for its VoIP solution, to be sold through an agreement with CompUSA. Under the terms of the partnership announced at the Spring 2006 VON Conference last week, Bandwidth.com will launch its voice over IP solution targeting small businesses through CompUSA’s retail locations, commercial sales and website. The service is a fully hosted IP telephony solution that incorporates Bandwidth.com’s robust platform and feature set and will be available over Covad T-1 and SDSL voice-optimized access (VOA). CompUSA will launch the service this month. Covad has been providing Bandwidth.com with T-1 and DSL services under a wholesale arrangement since 2002.
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Cindy Waxer is a Toronto-based freelance journalist specializing in business and technology. She has written for publications including TIME, Fortune Small Business, Business 2.0, Computerworld, Canadian Business, and Workforce Management. To see more of her articles, please visit Cindy Waxer’s columnist page.
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