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Cox Communications, an Atlanta-based communications company, entered the residential telephone market in Roanoke. This is the company’s 12th phone market nationwide and the first in which it offers Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology to allow phone calls over Cox’s IP-based data system. (Business Wire)

Nextel Communications, a wireless communications company based in Reston, and Motorola, a Shaumburg, Ill. electronics company, partnered to offer a mobile phone specifically designed for rigors encountered by outdoors workers and enthusiasts. The Motorola i530 is the only flip-top phone in the U.S. that meets military standards for resistance to dust, shock, vibration and humidity. (Business Wire)

SENTEL Corp., a engineering services company headquartered in Alexandria, unveiled its Version 3.0 of the Remote Data Relay system, a networking tool to monitor and control sensors for the detection of nuclear, biological, chemical and other toxic agents. (Press release)

Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business plans to launch an executive MBA program in the Washington, D.C. area in February. The 18-month program is aimed at senior-level professionals. (Press release)