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Company announcements, regulatory and copper-retirement updates, press coverage, and media resources — every record dated and sourced.
Verizon Copper Retirement: What It Means for You
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Verizon Files to Discontinue Copper POTS Across Nine States and D.C. From November 30, 2026
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Digital Transformation: Why New Technologies Still Need Legacy Minds
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All articles- Executive Commentary Health Data Management Quotes DataRemote on FCC Order's Impact on Rural Hospitals
- Technical Insights How Much Does POTS Line Replacement Cost? A Savings and ROI Guide
- Certification and Compliance Full POTS IN A BOX® Line Achieves California State Fire Marshal Listing
- Deployment Stories University POTS Replacement: A Campus Guide
- Technical Insights The Economics of Copper Retirement, Explained
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. Timor Brik explains 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.
- Copper Retirement Updates
Verizon Copper Retirement: What It Means for You
Verizon has asked the FCC to end copper POTS at about 750,000 locations in nine states and D.C. from November 30, 2026. Who is affected, what counts as a replacement, and what to do.
- Copper Retirement Updates
Verizon Files to Discontinue Copper POTS Across Nine States and D.C. From November 30, 2026
On September 9, 2026, Verizon and its Frontier operating companies applied to the FCC under Section 214 to discontinue copper-based legacy voice service at roughly 750,000 remaining residential and business locations in nine states and the District of Columbia, effective on or after November 30, 2026, pending approval.
- Copper Retirement Updates
Copper Shutdown: A Building Owner's Guide
Copper POTS lines are being retired nationwide through ~2029. How to migrate fire panels, elevators, alarms, fax and voice to 5G/LTE without failing code.
Product announcements
New hardware, platform releases, and product updates.
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.
- Executive Commentary
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. Timor Brik explains why.
- Executive Commentary
Health Data Management Quotes DataRemote on FCC Order's Impact on Rural Hospitals
On August 12, 2026, Health Data Management reported that the FCC's March 26, 2026 network modernization order is pressing rural hospitals and clinics still on copper POTS lines to migrate, quoting DataRemote COO Timor Brik and MetTel's Sean Sullivan.
- Technical Insights
How Much Does POTS Line Replacement Cost? A Savings and ROI Guide
What POTS line replacement costs depend on, how the savings work versus rising copper rates, and a worksheet to build your own migration business case.
Media inquiries
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