DENVER, Jan.

Qwest Communications has announced that Thomas Richards, currently executive vice president of business markets group, will become COO of the company.

DiversityNXT: Ahead of the Evolution, the leading conference for the telecommunications industry and its diverse suppliers, last night bestowed its three prestigious awards for excellence in supplier diversity in the Next Generation of telecommunications.

ISCO International, a provider of radio frequency management and interference-control systems, has appointed Gordon Reichard, Jr as its new CEO.

By Jon Van and Wailin Wong, Chicago Tribune Dec. 4--After years of seeing its public pay-phone business migrate to cell phones, AT&T Inc. said Monday that it will phase out its pay phones in Illinois and 12 other states by the end of 2008.