A
CLEC STRATEGIES FOR INDEPENDENT
TELEPHONE COMPANIES
review of the motivation and options for independent telephone
companies to expand through offering competitive services
outside of their existing region.
A MetaSwitch™ White Paper
CLEC Strategies for Independent Telcos: A MetaSwitch White Paper
SUMMARY
Independent telephone companies are faced with increasing competition in-region. At the same
time, regulation and technology have opened up opportunities to expand out of region with
competitive offerings such as IP Centrex and Voice over IP, as well as traditional circuit-switched
services.
This paper reviews the motivation for such expansion, and options available to independent
telephone companies seeking to go down that route. We conclude that the opportunities are real,
and that there are several different viable strategies for growth; each company must decide for
itself which of those strategies best applies to its situation.
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CLEC Strategies for Independent Telcos: A MetaSwitch White Paper
CONTENTS
1.
Introduction.........................................................................................................................1
1.1 A Tradition of Reliable Service......................................................................................1
1.2 CLEC Doesn’t Have to be a Dirty Word........................................................................1
2. Approaches to Out-of-Region Expansion..............................................