Robert Kulewicz

Chief Growth Officer (SaaS | Enterprise) at MarketSpark

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How Manufacturers Are Navigating POTS Replacement Across Multi-Site Operations

Manufacturing organizations are among the most operationally complex environments for POTS replacement. A typical manufacturer does not have one facility with a handful of lines. It has plants, warehouses, distribution centers, and administrative offices spread across dozens of states, each with its own mix of fire alarm panels, elevator phones, industrial equipment, and legacy systems

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POTS Replacement for Banks and Financial Institutions: Compliance and Connectivity

Banks and financial institutions run some of the most compliance-dense physical infrastructure in any industry. Every branch location carries fire alarm panels, elevator phones, vault communication systems, ATM lines, security dialers, and surveillance equipment, much of it wired to POTS lines that have been in place since the branch was built. In a regional bank

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POTS Replacement for Hospitals: What Healthcare Facilities Need to Know

Hospitals and healthcare systems have more POTS lines than almost any other type of organization. Between fire alarm panels, nurse call systems, elevator phones, medical alert devices, and the communication infrastructure that runs across dozens or hundreds of facilities, a large hospital network can have thousands of active POTS lines spread across its portfolio. That

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POTS Line Shutdown in the U.S.: Why IT Teams Can’t Afford a Line-by-Line Migration Strategy

The POTS Shutdown Is Already Impacting U.S. Businesses The phase-out of POTS lines and legacy PSTN infrastructure across the United States is no longer a future concern. It is actively affecting how businesses operate today. Telecom providers such as AT&T and Verizon continue to retire copper networks under guidance from the Federal Communications Commission. At

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FCC Copper Retirement Order 2026

What Enterprises Must Do Now On March 5, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission fundamentally changed the trajectory of U.S. telecom infrastructure. What had long been a gradual transition away from copper networks is now accelerating rapidly. For enterprise organizations, this isn’t just a regulatory update. It’s an operational and compliance risk already unfolding. What the

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Copper Retirement and Its Impact on Commercial Real Estate

Why CRE can’t treat copper retirement like “just a phone issue.” For decades, the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) industry leaned on copper POTS lines as the quiet utility behind life-safety and building-critical systems: fire panels dialing a central station, elevator emergency phones, burglar alarms, gate call-boxes, and “one last analog line” for a legacy control

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AT&T Copper Network Retirement: What You Need to Know

What Is a Copper Network? A copper network is a telecommunications infrastructure built on physical copper wire that transmits electrical signals between endpoints. For more than a century, copper networks formed the backbone of telephone service across the United States and most of the developed world. Every building connected to traditional landline telephone service has

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FCC Moves to Fast-Track U.S. Wireless Network Expansion

FCC Aims to Accelerate Wireless Infrastructure Buildout The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched a new rulemaking to accelerate the buildout and modernization of wireless infrastructure, including cell towers and other facilities critical for 5G and future 6G networks. The decision, adopted on September 30, 2025, marks a major step toward expanding mobile connectivity across

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Powerful POTS Replacement for Data Centers

A Game Changer from MarketSpark In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving technological landscape, data centers are the backbone of many industries, from cloud services to enterprise IT solutions. As these facilities grow more complex and require higher levels of reliability and efficiency, the need for cutting-edge solutions becomes even more critical. One such solution gaining significant

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