While reading some industry news recently, I was reminded of how much telecommunications has changed in the more than 53 years since I joined General Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, fresh…
After celebrating our 32nd anniversary just a few months ago, ICORE would like to wish all of our clients and friends a Very Merry Christmas. We have come a long…
ICORE is very pleased to announce that Chris Ulmer has become a partner in the firm. Chris has been a great asset since joining us after his college graduation from…
As ICORE works for client companies, and analyzes industry events and trends, we are continually amazed at the complete control the FCC exercises over the interstate revenue of RLECs. From…
Once used by thousands of companies, and at the center of more than a few industry battles, the interstate average schedules have settled into a kind of quiet anonymity. There…
Remember Divestiture, that 1984 blockbuster culmination of a DOJ antitrust lawsuit initiated ten years earlier? The one that broke up the mighty Bell System into AT&T and the seven “dwarfs?”…
ICORE began its corporate life as a small, upstart consulting firm trying to prevent NECA from introducing new, revenue-reducing interstate average schedules. NECA felt that a number of small, high…
