Telecom or all

This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)opened the official period for public comment on a petition AT&T filed on October 18. The petition requests a declaratory ruling that AT&T's phone-to-phone IP telephony services are exempt from access charges.

As Zelos Group has discussed in great detail over the last few years, the directory assistance, directory enquiry/inquiry (DA/DQ) industry is rapidly evolving worldwide. At the epicenter of this transformation are the wholesale DA/DQ providers, which have been both recipients and drivers of change in many markets.

Zelos Group's annual Global Directories & Databases Conference (GDD2002) held earlier this month in Alexandria, Virginia, brought a unique mix of international players together to discuss the key issues facing the directory assistance, directory enquiry/inquiry (DA/DQ) industry. This venue provided for rich discussions, both formal and informal, about these concerns and opportunities, and how to best address them.