In the News 2014

October
October 13, 2014 
Washington Post: How ‘Braveheart’ explains the future of tech policy
October 8, 2014
FierceTelecom: COMPTEL’s Pickering on setting a new competitive agenda, TDM/IP transition and Telecom Act rewrite
October 7, 2014
FierceTelecom: Verizon Wireless' dark fiber backhaul quest poses opportunities, challenges for wholesalers
October 6, 2014
Washington Post: Big phone companies are racing to abandon old copper networks. The FCC says, ‘not so fast.’
October 6, 2014
Broadcasting & Cable: Wheeler Wields Big Stick on Interconnection
October 6, 2014
FierceTelecom: FCC's Wheeler: IP transition is not a license to limit competition
October 6, 2014
FierceTelecom: Dark fiber, small cells represent the next stage of the wireless backhaul land grab
October 6, 2014
Light Reading: Wheeler: FCC Will Protect Competition in All-IP Era
September
September 29, 2014
FierceTelecom: "The Enduring Need for Competition Policies in the IP Era"
September 29, 2014
Telecom Reseller: Podcast Interview with COMPTEL CEO Chip Pickering
July
July, 2014
Skinny Wire - Robust Competition Needed to Drive Continued Momentum in Wireless and Wireline Innovation
June
June 19, 2014
The Hill:  Democrats accuse chairman of waving the white flag on mergers
June 13, 2014
Chip Pickering gets another shot at association leadership
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May
May 15, 2014
FierceTelecom: Lifting the veil off the rhetoric of old networks vs. new networks
April
April 8, 2014
Wall Street Journal: AT&T's Plan For the Future: No Landlines, Less Regulation
March
March 24, 2014
TMC: Fatbeam Educates Us on the Competitive Fiber Services Market By Paula Bernier
March 24, 2014
TCM: Comlink Tells Story of Software, Network Expansion By Paula Bernier
March 21, 2014
Light Reading: See Comptel Plus 2014 in Pictures: Springtime in Vegas By Carol Wilson
March 20, 2014
TCM: The Future of Legacy Networks, Regulation and Service Provider Competition By Paula Bernier
March 20, 2014
TCM: SwitchRay, Still Feeling Acquisitive, Talks About Its Multifunctional Product Line By Paula Bernier
March 20, 2014
TCM: 14 Members Elected to COMPTEL Board of Directors
March 19, 2014
Light Reading - US Carriers Should Fix Own Regulatory Crisis By Carol Wilson 
March 19, 2014
Light Reading - Comptel Board Gets First Female Chair 
March 19, 2014
FierceTelecom - Windstream's Gardner on driving enterprise sales growth, post-Paetec acquisitions and the IP transition By Sean Buckley
March 19, 2014
TCM: Overture Helps Carriers Make Their Networks More Programmable, Cost Efficient By Paula Bernier
March 19, 2014
TCM: Wilcon Announces Integration of Freedom, IX2, and Wilshire Connection By Paula Bernier
March 18, 2014
Light Reading - indstream CEO: Protect Interconnection By Carol Wilson
March 18, 2014
FierceTelecom - AT&T, CenturyLink, Frontier see utility with copper but want flexibility in technology transition By Sean Buckley 
March 18, 2014
FierceTelecom - Global Capacity extends network presence in the UK, updates Ethernet tariff capabilities
March 18, 2014
TCM: Tango Networks Brings Mobile UC Message to Competitive Wireline Providers By Paula Bernier
March 18, 2014
TCM: Sonus Gets Big with SBCs By Paula Bernier
March 18, 2014
TCM: Transition Networks Makes Testing and Launching Ethernet Services Easier for Carriers By Paula Bernier
March 18, 2014
TCM: Wolfe: Don't Underestimate the Little Guy By Paula Bernier
March 17, 2014
FierceTelecom - Windstream's Gardner: IP transition should recognize difference between enterprises and consumers By Sean Buckley
March 17, 2014
FierceTelecom - BlueOSS' new billing platform sets focus on wholesale cloud opportunities By Sean Buckley
March 17, 2014
FierceTelecom - FirstLight Fiber employs Cisco ASR for core upgrade, aligns New England, upstate NY presence By Sean Buckley
March 17, 2014
FierceTelecom - UNSi establishes interconnection agreement with Alpheus, deepens Texas Ethernet presence By Sean Buckley
March 13, 2014
FierceTelecom - AT&T's IP transition trial should consider impact on business customers By Sean Buckley
March 6, 2014
Telecom Reseller:  Podcast Interview with COMPTEL CEO Chip Pickering
February
February 4, 2014
Skinny Wire article "The Truth about the IP Transition"
February 4, 2014
CQ Weeky - "On The Move - Telecommunications: Charles W. ‘Chip’ Pickering Jr."