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Sprint’s wireline initiative

on October 16, 2008 by Mike McRoberts

It seems Sprint has come full circle. What started as a traditional local telephone company evolved to become the first all-fiber-optic long-distance phone company, which morphed into a full-service phone company with local, long distance, and wireless solutions.  Then a couple of years ago we spun off our Local Telephone Division but proceeded to build a VoIP CLEC with our cable partners. That CLEC is now larger than the local business we spun off, with a local service footprint larger than Verizon.  Revenue from our IP services for wholesale and retail business customers has grown 42 percent year-over-year. All of this is possible because Sprint has committed to an all-IP network designed for convergence. More...