DataRemote Newsroom
Company announcements, regulatory and copper-retirement updates, press coverage, and media resources — every record dated and sourced.
Latest headlines
All articles- Technical Insights Nurse Call and Panic Buttons After Copper: A 90X1 Use Case
- Executive Commentary ICBA's Independent Banker Quotes DataRemote on Community Banks and Copper Retirement
- Technical Insights Campus Blue Light Phones After Copper: A 90X1 Use Case
- Regulatory Updates AT&T PrimePath Discontinuance: How to Identify and Replace Affected Business Lines
- Executive Commentary DataRemote COO Timor Brik to Join MetTel Webinar on AT&T's November 15 Copper Shutdown
In the press
All press coverageContributed articles, interviews, and third-party coverage of DataRemote.
- Forbes Business Council
Digital Transformation: Why New Technologies Still Need Legacy Minds
Experienced workers who understand analog systems are essential to digital transformation — from copper landline replacement to nuclear plants. Learn why.
- Forbes Business Council
The End of Copper Phone Lines: What to Do Next
Copper landlines still power fire panels, elevators, alarms and payment terminals — and carriers are retiring them fast. What leaders should do next.
- Yahoo Finance
POTS IN A BOX® Earns Cal Fire Marshal Listing
DataRemote's 90X1, 90X2 and VAB-1 earn California State Fire Marshal listing, joining the CDS-9090 and CDS-9010 in meeting fire life-safety rules.
Regulatory & copper retirement
FCC rules and carrier retirement programmes — the items that set deadlines.
- Regulatory Updates
AT&T PrimePath Discontinuance: How to Identify and Replace Affected Business Lines
AT&T may end PrimePath and other CLEC business lines in 34 states and D.C. on or after Nov. 5, 2026. How to spot them and move alarm and elevator lines.
- Regulatory Updates
FCC Invites Comment on AT&T Application to Discontinue PrimePath and Other CLEC Business Phone Lines in 34 States and D.C.
On October 5, 2026, the FCC accepted for filing an AT&T Section 214 application to discontinue TDM-based business phone lines sold by its competitive local exchange carrier affiliates as PrimePath Service or as Business Local Exchange Service with AT&T Business Network, OneNet Option, or ACC Business, throughout 34 states and the District of Columbia. Comments are due October 20, 2026, and unless the Commission notifies AT&T otherwise the application will be deemed granted on November 5, 2026, with discontinuance authorized on or after that date.
- Copper Retirement Updates
Verizon Copper Retirement: What It Means for You
Verizon plans to retire copper POTS at 750,000 locations across nine states and D.C. starting Nov. 30, 2026. See who’s affected and replacement options.
Product announcements
New hardware, platform releases, and product updates.
- Product Announcements
DataRemote Launches MCP to Bring AI Device Management to POTS IN A BOX® Fleets
On October 7, 2026, DataRemote announced the DataRemote MCP, a Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants answer questions about — and, once changes are switched on, manage — the POTS IN A BOX® devices on a customer's Ara account. It is read-only by default and runs on the customer's own computer.
- Product Announcements
Stormproof Your Internet Connection with the DataRemote 90X1
When storms take down fiber and power, the DataRemote 90X1 keeps you online with instant 5G cellular failover and up to 48-hour battery backup.
Certification & compliance
Carrier certifications, life-safety listings, and regulatory authorizations.
- Certification and Compliance
Full POTS IN A BOX® Line Achieves California State Fire Marshal Listing
All five shipping POTS IN A BOX® models are now listed by the California State Fire Marshal under two listings, covering the 90X1, 90X2, VAB-1, CDS-9090 and CDS-9010.
- Certification and Compliance
POTS IN A BOX® Earns Cal Fire Marshal Listing
DataRemote's 90X1, 90X2 and VAB-1 earn California State Fire Marshal listing, joining the CDS-9090 and CDS-9010 in meeting fire life-safety rules.
- Certification and Compliance
90X1 Certified on Verizon, AT&T & T-Mobile
DataRemote's 90X1 POTS IN A BOX® is certified on Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile — carrier flexibility, dual-SIM redundancy and nationwide 5G/4G coverage.
Partnerships, contracts & awards
Carrier and channel partnerships, procurement wins, and recognition.
- Awards
MetTel Wins ChannelVision Visionary POTS Award
MetTel's POTS Transformation, built on DataRemote's POTS IN A BOX®, won a 2026 ChannelVision Visionary Spotlight Award for digital transformation.
- Partnerships
MetTel Debuts POTS Transformation with DataRemote 90X1
MetTel's POTS Transformation solution integrates DataRemote's UL-864-certified 90X1 POTS IN A BOX® with 5G, LTE fallback and 48-hour battery backup.
- Contracts and Procurement
DataRemote Powers MetTel's $54M VA POTS Transformation Contract
MetTel secured a $54 million contract to modernize roughly 15,000 landlines across 1,875 VA sites, using DataRemote's POTS IN A BOX® to migrate lines while keeping existing analog equipment in service.
Technical insights
Deployment stories, executive commentary, and engineering explainers.
- Technical Insights
Community Bank Copper Landline Retirement: A Branch Playbook
Community banks still run alarms, ATMs, fax, and elevator phones on copper. How to inventory each branch, split backup power, and plan for the FCC's 2026 order.
- Technical Insights
TTY Machines After Copper: A 90X1 Use Case
Keep TTY/TDD text telephones working after copper retirement: the 90X1 replaces the POTS line with a G.711 path that carries TTY tones intact. Setup, test, PDF.
- Technical Insights
Medical Alert Devices After Copper: A 90X1 Use Case
Keep medical alert systems (PERS) reaching the monitoring center after copper retirement: the 90X1 replaces the POTS line, not the base unit. Setup, test, PDF.
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