myerston@cts.sri.com (09/19/89)
The firm has been reorganized more times than AT&T (and with worse
results!; they are in or near bankruptcy). They have recently bailed
out of the Long Distance voice markets (WULDS). They "sold" their
installed base of users to Telecomm*USA but NOT their network which
consisted of 6 Tamden Switches and owned and leased IMTs between
them.
There is a glut of Long Distance system equipment in the
market as resellers and smaller carriers drop by the wayside. WULDS
has been unable to sell many of their switches (DMS 250s and DEX).
Not all of the old WULDS user choose to be "sold" to Telecomm*USA,
many have gone elsewhere.