Sizing up the competitive shifts at COMPTEL Fall 2011

As has been the case in previous COMPTEL shows, the competitive telecom industry has been in a constant state of change. In the past year, the competitive telecom market has been driven by the continual entrance of more players, including aggressive moves by cable operators and independent ILECs such as Comcast and Windstream to take a bigger chunk of the business market via targeted acquisitions. With a focus on business and wholesale services, the event, which organizers said bought in 2,000 attendees, had four trends that were dominant throughout the three days. Editor's Corner