Modern Telegraph

Infobox_Company
company_name = Modern Telegraph
company_
company_type = Private
slogan = Connect. Communicate. Collaborate.
foundation = 2006
location = Atlanta, Georgia
key_people = Wesley Barnes,
Principal
Oliver Anderson,
Principal
products = Data, Telecommunications and Business Services
homepage = [http://www.moderntelegraph.com/ www.moderntelegraph.com]

Modern Telegraph is based in Atlanta, Georgia and services the entire North American market as well as part of South and Central America. The principals of Modern Telegraph have over 30 years industry experience.Fact|date=August 2008 Modern Telegraph sponsors "Community. Connect." a quarterly industry outreach effort with several local non-profit agencies.Fact|date=August 2008POV-statement|date=August 2008

History

Modern Telegraph originated as a custom Operations Support Systems (OSS) software development consultancy writing and deploying software for conferencing as well as online ordering systems. The consultancy was one of the first companies to develop online provisioning tools for PBX vendors and integrators based on overall call capacity, independent of telephone numbers.Fact|date=August 2008 The company evolved as a network aggregator to service the growing needs of its existing customer base.

The name Modern Telegraph was inspired by the words of Alexander Graham Bell in reference to Joseph Henry and the invention of the telephone from Henry’s work with the telegraph.Fact|date=August 2008 Alexander Graham Bell's quote follows: "But for Joseph Henry, I would never have gone ahead with the telephone."

Network

The company is aligned with key Tier 1 providers in the industry.Who|date=August 2008Fact|date=August 2008 Having such alliances, the company easily supports commercially restrictive services such as MPLS, data via satellite and E911 services.POV-statement|date=August 2008 Modern Telegraph's network services extends to Canada and the Caribbean.

=Regulatory= The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has mandated that all Voice over IP (VoIP) providers offer 911 service to their end customers.Specify|date=August 2008 A core business concern of VoIP providers is the need to aggregate services across multiple DID providers.Fact|date=August 2008 This has caused compliance challenges with VoIP providers with respect to the FCC mandate regarding E911 compliance as multiple providers introduces multiple processes.Fact|date=August 2008 The system provides FCC and NENA compliance and covers the United States and Canada as well as aggregates across multiple vendors.Specify|date=August 2008 This is currently the only service that provides vendor aggregation.Fact|date=August 2008

Legal structure and management

Modern Telegraph's legal structure is that of a limited liability company, registered in the State of Georgia, USA.Specify|date=August 2008 Managing members use the term "Principal" to reflect the flat nature of the organization. Company filings can be found through inquiry with the Georgia Secretary of State.Specify|date=August 2008

Visual identity

Modern Telegraph's wordmark is ModernTelegraph.

The humanist sans-serif typeface used in the ModernTelegraph wordmark is Myriad, by Robert Slimbach (born 1956) and Carol Twombly (born 1959) in the period 1990–92 for Adobe Systems. Fact|date=August 2008

The corporate descriptor for Modern Telegraph is "Connect. Communicate. Collaborate."

The descriptor “Connect. Communicate. Collaborate.” details the company’s business concentrations of data, telecommunications and supporting business services.POV-statement|date=August 2008

External links

* [http://www.moderntelegraph.com/ Modern Telegraph Official site]

References

* [http://www.sos.state.ga.us/default1024.asp Georgia Secretary of State] Failed verification|date=August 2008
* [http://www.redtram.com/go/57460356/ Red Tram News Engine] Verify credibility|date=August 2008
* [http://agentsandbrokers.phoneplusmag.com/articles/801/76h814201328348.html Phone+]

Additional information

*Asterisk
* Satellite Data Access Service
*Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO)
*Direct Inward Dialing
*Data
*VoIP
*Softswitch
*Telecommunication
*Telephone
*E911