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Fusion Connect Announces World’s Best POTS Replacement Solution

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Superior customer experience from our completely US-based Services team led to groundbreaking +667% NPS increase in 2024

ATLANTA, Feb. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Fusion Connect, a Morgan Stanley company, and a proven leader for connectivity and communications services, is launching a new solution that allows customers to lock in ‘guaranteed not to increase’ pricing for existing POTS lines while transitioning to the industry’s best prices for POTS Replacement technology based upon modern IP services.

“Fusion Connect helped us save thousands of dollars per month,” said Matthew Smith, IT Director, Ken Ganley Companies.

This compelling solution is part of the Fusion Connect full suite of managed network, communications and collaboration solutions. POTS (or legacy copper phone) lines are being decommissioned as this old analog technology becomes outdated, and expensive to support by traditional telcos. Consequently, prices for existing POTS lines are skyrocketing, which has created a sense of urgency for businesses to find a way to get these growing costs under control.

Fusion Connect’s entire POTS Replacement solution is project managed and delivered by a fully US-based installation and support team, making our service even more desirable to customers who are right here in America. By eliminating outsourcing and replacing it with an entirely American-based, highly skilled in-house team, Fusion Connect has achieved outstanding net promoter score (NPS) results, far exceeding industry averages. These strategic shifts reinforce Fusion Connect’s customer-centric approach and underpin the wave of recognition from the industry’s partner ecosystem.

Best POTS Migration and Replacement Offer in Market

Recent survey results among the Fusion Connect partner community reveal that businesses are seeing huge price increases, often paying $300$1000 per POTS line, which is untenable for many businesses! Fusion Connect is countering the trend of soaring POTS line increases by offering customers fixed-rate pricing at strikingly low rates, eliminating the business shock of escalating costs and the disruption customers feel when rushed into replacement projects as the only path to savings.

“Listening to customers, it was clear that some of their toughest communications and financial problems stemmed from their legacy POTS lines,” noted Frederic Dickey, SVP, Product Management at Fusion Connect. “So, we created a new POTS migration solution to curb costs and put customers back in control. Now, customers can save over 75% off their POTS costs initially, when moving to Fusion. And the flexibility on when to tackle their migration to a modern architecture to save an additional 53% cost savings, along with the performance benefits that come from adopting an IP-based solution.”

“We rely on and use Fusion services every day and are happy we moved to their services. Fusion Connect’s strong point is their customer service,” said Matthew Smith, IT Director, Ken Ganley Companies. “We have 54 rooftops, and the telecom services can be a headache, but Fusion Connect helps us stay on top of everything. By using their service, we have been able to eliminate most of our costly POTS lines. Getting rid of our costly POTS lines has saved us thousands of dollars per month.”

Fusion Connect is excited to detail how our new POTS migration and replacement offer will give customers the assurance of rate decreases and the flexibility of determining when they move to a more resilient and effective modern approach. Offer highlights include:

A business-friendly two-step path towards savings, starting with a simple migration of any existing POTS or copper lines followed by a replacement project implemented gradually over the next 12 months.Secure locked-in rates of $85 per line when migrating existing POTS lines to Fusion Connect, followed quickly by further reductions to a special introductory price of $45 per line as the POTS lines are converted over to IP-based POTS Replacement.End-to-end project management by US-based Fusion Connect experts to ensure success from planning to implementation and ongoing operations.

“When evaluating the ideal managed services provider, businesses consistently choose Fusion Connect because of their outstanding reputation and ability to deliver the right custom-fit solution,” said Troy Blanchard, Pre-Sales Engineer at VLCM. “When it comes to POTS migration and replacement projects, Fusion Connect has a depth of expertise and experience that drives customer success. Fusion Connect is known for their excellent customer care and support demonstrating true customer understanding.”

100% American-Delivered Services Demonstrate Customer-Centric Approach

Unlike many providers who choose to offshore customer-facing services such as support and installation in order to trim expenses, Fusion Connect is prioritizing an excellent customer experience over internal cost cutting measures. Fusion Connect decided to cancel outsourcing and bring these operational capabilities back in-house, delivered in America, by a wholly US-based team with deep industry and technical expertise. This translates to stronger customer connection, higher quality of service, and overall better experience.

“Our customers were extremely clear about their preferences for dealing with a fully US-based team. We listened and are now able to deliver a combination of technical expertise, product knowledge, and cultural alignment that is simply a world-class experience for our customers,” said Rod Brownridge, SVP Customer Support at Fusion Connect. “More than ever before, customers feel heard, understood, and supported by individuals who truly grasp their needs and priorities. This enhanced trust and satisfaction is directly reflected in our tremendous NPS upswing of 667% during 2024.”

By switching to fully US-located support, Fusion Connect was able to elevate the quality of care delivered by a team of experts working in the same time zone as our customers:

Proven Expertise: Our workforce has twice the typical industry tenure, giving them the experience and perspective to proactively address customer needs.Deep Products and Tools Knowledge: The team is proficient in the intricacies of our full suite of products with hands-on experience that benefits customers.Customer Connection: Our employees share the same context and alignment as our clients, fostering deeper connections.

Fusion Connect Provides Full Stack Solutions and 100% US-based Support

Fusion Connect offers a comprehensive suite of communication solutions that can be fully customized for your unique business and can grow at the pace of changing business needs. The Fusion Connect advantage includes one-vendor simplicity from implementation to ongoing support backed by a dedicated, American-based team of experts and the industry’s best 100% uptime guarantee for unwavering confidence.

“Fusion Connect always puts the customer first ensuring clients are fully supported, from solution design to implementation, by a dedicated team of experts that have the experience and commitment to deliver customer success,” remarked JW Stanley, Director of Engineering at Telarus. “We are confident recommending Fusion Connect solutions because we know clients love working with Fusion Connect as much as we do.”

Visit our website for more information about Fusion Connect and details about our POTS migration and replacement solution along with their fully customizable suite of connectivity and communication solutions.

About Fusion Connect
As a Morgan Stanley company and leading cloud communications provider, Fusion Connect takes pride in delivering a full suite of US-based managed services that remove all the complexity so customers can focus on running their business. We use our deep technical expertise and industry know-how to build the ‘right-fit’, best of class communications and collaboration solutions for our customers right here in the US. Fusion Connect is proven at delivering customer success for managed broadband access, UCaaS, CCaaS, SD-WAN, managed security, or Microsoft Teams solutions. Fusion Connect is unique in providing exceptional customer support backed by industry-leading, uptime service guarantee. For more information on how to get started, visit Fusion Connect or connect with one of our experts at +1-888- 301-1721.

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JAMS Launches AI for Enterprise Job Scheduling: JAX and JAMS MCP, on the Model You Choose

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A new AI agent and an open-standard connector let IT teams query, diagnose, and manage automation in plain language, on the model they choose, with operational data staying inside their own network

LONDON, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JAMS Software, an orchestration solution for scheduled and event-driven automation, today announced the general availability of two AI capabilities for enterprise job scheduling: JAX, an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client, and JAMS MCP, a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard that brings JAMS into external AI coding tools. Both capabilities ship at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

Automation environments grow faster than the teams that run them. Jobs multiply across SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Airflow, SAP, JDE, and Banner, and when one fails, finding the root cause often means searching several consoles at once, frequently outside business hours. At the same time, IT leaders carry pressure to adopt AI while staying accountable for where operational data goes. JAX and JAMS MCP close both gaps together.

Full details on how JAX and JAMS MCP work, including the control model behind every action, are available at jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

JAX is an AI agent that runs inside the JAMS Web Client. It finds jobs, troubleshoots failures, and answers how-to questions in plain language, with each response grounded in the JAMS user guide and checked against a built-in glossary. JAX acts only when a user asks it to. Reads flow freely, and every write action pauses for the user’s explicit approval before it runs. JAX does not learn between sessions, and conversations are not retained on the server.

JAMS MCP is a connector, built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, that brings JAMS into the AI tools engineering teams already use, including Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex. Users query jobs, investigate failures, and manage runs in plain language without leaving their tool.

Both capabilities run inside the customer’s own network and act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions. There is no elevated AI account: whatever a user cannot do in the JAMS interface, JAX and JAMS MCP cannot do on that user’s behalf. Every JAX and MCP operation is recorded in its own dedicated log, and changes made through the JAMS API land in the JAMS audit trail like any other change. Customers choose their own AI model, whether a commercial provider such as OpenAI or Anthropic or a model running entirely on their own hardware, and JAMS never trains on customer data. In the current release, neither feature edits or deletes a job, folder, schedule, or agent definition. For teams that must keep operational data within a defined boundary, JAX runs on a local model entirely inside the customer’s own network, so nothing leaves at all.

“Adopting AI usually means giving something up, most often visibility into where your data goes,” said Pete Hegland, Chief Executive Officer of JAMS Software. “We built JAX and JAMS MCP so that trade does not have to happen. Every action runs as the signed-in user, every change waits for approval, and the model itself can run entirely inside your own network.”

“IT teams across the United Kingdom and EMEA tell us the same thing: they want the benefit of AI without losing sight of where their data goes,” said Greg McLaughlin, Account Executive for EMEA at JAMS Software. “JAX and JAMS MCP let them keep operational data inside their own network and still get answers in plain language. That combination is what makes this practical for the teams I work with.”

JAX and JAMS MCP are available now to all JAMS Web customers across the United Kingdom and EMEA, with no separate licence, SKU, or additional cost. AI-assisted creation of new jobs and workflows from a plain-language description is on the roadmap for a future release, gated by the same approvals and permissions as every other action.

Learn how JAX and JAMS MCP work at https://jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

Fast facts

JAX is an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client for job scheduling and workflow automation.JAMS MCP is a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, for Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex.Both act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions, and there is no elevated AI account.Customers choose the AI model, including a local model that runs entirely inside their own network.JAMS never trains on customer data.Both are available now at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

About JAMS Software

Founded in 1987, JAMS Software is an orchestration solution that helps IT teams centralize, automate, and manage scheduled and event-driven jobs across complex, hybrid environments. Over 850 customers rely on JAMS to run their automated workloads. JAMS Software, LLC is headquartered at 108 Patriot Drive, Suite A, Middletown, DE 19709.

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Video: CNPC offers green chemical answer

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BEIJING, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:

Located on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the Tarim 1.2 MTA Phase II Ethylene Project and its supporting green and low-carbon demonstration facility of PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, are offering a new example of China’s low-carbon industrial transformation.

Watch the video to discover how CNPC is exploring a cleaner and more circular future for the industry.

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Shanghai Electric showcases embodied intelligence robot matrix and AI-native smart factory solutions at WAIC 2026

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Featuring humanoid robots with 41 degrees of freedom, pipe‑inspection robots with ±1mm positioning accuracy, and 51 industrial‑grade AI agents

SHANGHAI, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Operations in high-end equipment manufacturing often involve confined spaces, complex objects, and fine manipulation tasks that demand sustained and stable precision. At the recent 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance (WAIC 2026), Shanghai Electric (SEHK: 02727, SSE: 601727) showcased its comprehensive portfolio of embodied intelligence solutions tailored to a range of industrial scenarios.

Themed “AI for All: Smart Squad, Shining Without Limits,” Shanghai Electric highlighted its capabilities across embodied AI robots, robot core components, and AI-native smart factory solutions, demonstrating end-to-end capabilities spanning complete robot systems, critical parts, industrial software, and smart factory architecture.

“The true value of embodied intelligence lies in understanding real industrial tasks: combining the strength, precision, and stability of machines with human experience and judgment to drive a genuine paradigm of ‘machine-assisted, human-machine collaboration,'” said Wang Chunlei, deputy general manager of the Robotics Business Unit at Shanghai Electric Automation Group.

Shanghai Electric’s robotics portfolio covers five key industrial scenarios: connector insertion, electrical operations, flexible sorting, intelligent assembly, and pipe processing. Highlights include:

“SUYUAN” bipedal humanoid robot: With 41 degrees of freedom for enhanced mobility, it is equipped with a multimodal visual sensing system on the head and torso, along with a dual-battery hot-swap system. It is well-suited for inspection, material handling, and assembly tasks.”TUOYUAN” industrial wheeled humanoid robot: Powered by an embodied intelligence foundation model and force-position hybrid control, it is capable of multi-spec connector insertion, material sorting, and loading/unloading of automotive sheet metal parts.”Mermaid” bionic wheeled humanoid robot: Capable of autonomously identifying buttons, knobs, and air switches, it generates real-time operation paths.Autonomous pipe inner-wall chamfering robot: Designed for confined spaces, it can position and process thousands of hole edges with accuracy within 1 millimeter while transmitting data in real time.

Shanghai Electric also showcased its portfolio of core components ranging from power-output to end effectors. Among them, the planetary roller screw offers more than three times the load capacity of traditional ball screws, while the DexHand dexterous hand is designed to meet diverse gripping and manipulation requirements.

Shanghai Electric launched 51 AI models and agents under its “StarCloud Intelligent Manufacturing” series across three domains: R&D and design, production and manufacturing, and operations and maintenance—covering critical equipment processes such as process optimization and wind power facility maintenance.

These industrial agents are embedded in robotic decision-making systems and the operational logic of AI-native smart factories, transforming industrial expertise into digitized, reusable capabilities. They support production-line scheduling, quality inspection, and predictive maintenance, driving the evolution of manufacturing systems from experience-driven to data-driven operations.

Shanghai Electric also released the “AI-Native Smart Factory Technology White Paper,” proposing an active evolution architecture that enables real‑time, closed‑loop optimization of production data, giving the factory self‑perception, self‑decision, and self‑execution capabilities. Built on First Principles, the AI‑native smart factory vertically integrates process flows, industrial software, agents, and smart equipment to dismantle traditional hierarchies while horizontally bridging data silos. The architecture features three core layers: the AI factory brain as the “control center,” industrial agents and embodied robots as the “execution network,” and the physical twin as the “digital mirror.”

Leveraging its deep industrial expertise and comprehensive solution capabilities, Shanghai Electric will continue to drive the implementation of AI in industrial settings, tackle technical challenges facing embodied intelligence in complex scenarios, accelerate the large‑scale deployment of AI‑native smart factories, and deliver replicable solutions across diverse manufacturing environments.

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