Telecommunication News For October 2012...Ethernet over Copper, Hosted Voice, High Speed Networks, Business Ethernet, Optical Networking, Fiber, And More

Here's the current news for October from the telecommunications industry.

* MegaPath - completes national Ethernet over Copper rollout, adding to the largest EoC footprint in the United States.

* Zayo - wrapped up its acquisition of the remaining piece of USCarrier Telecom.

* XO Communications - announced its expansion into the Toronto market where it can now offer high-speed network services to enterprise and wholesale customers.

* Integra - now offers Hosted Voice Service. This service provides a fully managed and feature-rich integrated voice, data and equipment solution for business customers of all sizes.

* CBeyond - has selected BTI's Ethernet Business Services and Metro Packet Optical Networking Solutions to rapidly provision services to small and mid-sized businesses on its high-speed dedicated network.

* tw telecom - aims to reach more than 300 new business customers by expanding its fiber network to fast-growing parts of Kansas City.

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Telecommunications News For September....Level 3, Windstream, Earthlink, Megapath, tw telecom

Here's the latest news for the telecommunications industry for September.

* Level 3 - will be working with Hughes Cloud Services to extend service level agreements for the last mile to its clients' desktops.

* Windstream - now offers LifeSize Communications' video conferencing equipment alongside its IP networking services.

* West IP Communications - unveils MediaCloud, a hybrid environment for deploying Microsoft Lync throughout enterprises.

* EarthLink - Following the launch of its National Master Program July 19, EarthLink Business channel executive Sherri Turpin is sharing the goals for the program that she helped create and will oversee as vice president of channel strategy.

* MegaPath - announced the opening of a new field sales office in Phoenix to support its Ethernet over Copper (EoC) network expansion.

* tw telecom - tw telecom just released their new dynamic network product! Now a customer can turn up their bandwidth on-demand and only pay a metered fee for usage, and turn it back down when they are done. Here's a few tidbits you should know about tw telecom.....

- telecom offers MPLS, IP-VPN WAN, and Integrated PRI services
- tw telecom has more lit buildings than everyone but AT&T and Verizon
- tw telecom's customer retention is second to none
- tw telecom is financially strong - one of just a few profitable companies in the telecom space

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Telecom Provider News For March

Here's the news from the Telecommunications industry for March 2012 .....

* Cbeyond - announces it plans to invest more capital into fiber build-outs so it can better serve high-bandwidth customers.

* Earthlink -

- EarthLink announces the launch of its new EarthLink Business IT Services suite of solutions.

- The launch of EarthLink's IT Services enables customers to partner with EarthLink to streamline their internal IT resources and offerings by leveraging a comprehensive mix of IT and security experts in an enterprise class data center.

* MegaPath - is serving up a suite of cloud-based Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Hosted Microsoft SharePoint services. Developed with both the SMB and enterprise customer in mind, the new service suite is part of MegaPath's Complete Office solution.

* Telx - launches Connect Portfolio, a simplified, comprehensive family of scalable interconnection service options for quickly establishing data center, IT, cloud or point of presence colocation infrastructures.

* tw telecom - unlike many of its competitive service provider counterparts isn't anxious to make a big acquisition anytime soon. Instead, the competitive service provider would rather invest its capital in building out its own fiber network to more buildings to deliver Ethernet and related IP services to its growing large business customer base.

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Telecom Provider News For January

Here's the news from the Telecommunications industry for January 2012 .....

* AT&T - The Federal Communications Commission voted to approve AT&T Inc.'s proposal to buy spectrum from Qualcomm in the 700 megahertz band for $1.93 billion.

* Cbeyond - has gained Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) 16 Type ll SOC 2 certification for its Louisville, Ky. data center.

* EarthLink - announced that it has completed the acquisition of the IT Solution Center and hosted application business from Synergy Global Solutions, a provider of hosted IT products, services and solutions based in Western, NY.

* Integra Telecom - has made its managed PBX and hosted PBX services for business available throughout its entire footprint , rather than in just select markets.

* MegaPath - announced several enhancements to its unified threat management (UTM) security services, a move that should help further differentiate a product that already has little direct competition.

* PowerNet Global - announced the addition to its call center solutions suite with Inbound SIP DIDs to complement its outbound calling solution, NetDialer.

* Telx - announced it will expand into a 215,000-square-foot, three-story data center at 2 Peekay Drive in Clifton, New Jersey.

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October Telecom Industry News

Here's the news for October from the Telecommunications industry. Get the latest from vendors such as AboveNet, AT&T, Broadview Networks, Integra Networks, Megapath, XO Communications, PAETEC, Level 3 Telecommunications, Telx, and Time Warner Cable.

AboveNet - may not be offering cloud services in the classic sense, but its new agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to become an AWS Direct Connect Solution Provider illustrates how its fiber network can be an enabler for the cloud services market.

AT&T ....

* AT&T will officially launch its faster LTE wireless service on Sunday in five cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.

* In a move to salvage its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, AT&T has reportedly approached smaller competitors to sell spectrum and subscribers.

* Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky has asked the FCC to hold off on its decision on the proposed AT&T-Mobile merger until the Justice Department's antitrust suit is settled, preferably a negotiated settlement with telecom companies.

Broadview Networks - rolled out key enhancements to its flagship cloud-based OfficeSuite(TM) hosted IP phone service. OfficeSuite(TM) is now even more user friendly, provides more ubiquitous access via mobile and web applications, and includes a new set of options and features that let companies realize faster the benefits of the system while lowering their total cost of ownership.

Integra Telecom - introduced a cloud security services suite of managed, networked-based security products for companies that rely on the Internet for their business and need to protect their network from unauthorized and malicious access and content. The first available product is Cloud Firewall Service, a network-based unified threat prevention service that provides secure inbound and outbound Internet access without the need for on-premise equipment or additional staff.

Level 3 ....

* Level 3 Communications, Inc. announced that it is now offering a new wide area networking (WAN) solution for enterprises. The solution offers a comprehensive approach to enterprise networking needs, including an integrated portfolio of Level 3's advanced services, to better enable enterprises to optimize the performance of critical business applications.

* Level 3 Communications Inc. said Tuesday it completed its acquisition of Global Crossing Ltd. in a stock swap valued at about $2 billion. Both companies operate long-distance telecommunications networks.

MegaPath - is expanding its use of Adtran Ethernet-over-copper gear to create a nationwide Ethernet footprint that will reach 680 Central Offices (COs) by June 2012.

PAETEC - PAETEC announced the nationwide launch of the cloud-based Advanced Application Reporting (AAR) solution as part of its comprehensive portfolio of data and cloud solutions for enterprise businesses, universities, and government institutions. Using the system, IT leaders and administrators can monitor IP-based traffic by application across their entire network to improve performance with near real-time reporting in five-minute intervals. IT management may then use that information to support their end users, troubleshoot network issues, and plan for future growth and new application deployment.

Telx - announced the successful completion of SSAE 16 compliance in 12 data centers.

Time Warner Cable - is pumping $15 million into a new Wi-Fi network in the Los Angeles area that all TWC high-speed data customers will be able to access for free. The New York City-based cable giant also plans to offer a pay-as-you-go, fee-based service to non-customers and visitors to L.A.

XO Communications ....

* XO Communications announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Laura W. Thomas, XO's Chief Financial Officer, to lead the company as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Thomas will also retain responsibility for the company's financial leadership as chief financial officer at this time.

* XO Holdings, the telecommunications provider backed by billionaire Carl Icahn, has become a private company.

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May Telecom Vendor News

Here's the latest Telecom vendor news for May ......

* AboveNet

o AboveNet, Inc. announced it has provided fiber connectivity into DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc (DFT) wholesale data center NJ1 located in Piscataway, New Jersey.

o AboveNet announced its successful completion of real world pan-European interoperability tests carried out by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) across Equinix's Carrier Ethernet Exchange (ECEE) platform between London and Frankfurt.

* AT&T - AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG on Thursday filed applications with the Federal Communications Commission to approve AT&T�s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.

* EarthLink - EarthLink announced that it has completed the acquisition of One Communications Corp.

* Level 3

o Level 3 Communications Inc., agreed to buy Global Crossing Ltd. for about $1.9 billion to expand its network over three continents and reduce expenses.

o Level 3 Communications, Inc. announced that it is providing Verizon Wireless with backbone infrastructure and cell-site backhaul solutions to support its ongoing rollout of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

o Level 3 in Europe can now offer Dedicated Internet Access services from all IP gateway locations and is presently developing a new VPN and Managed Services portfolio. In addition, these international enterprise services will leverage the NNIs available to connect customers to the Level 3 Network at over 17,000 new locations throughout Europe.

o Internet2 and Level 3 Communications, Inc. announced a new, multi-year agreement to build a national network with an unprecedented 8.8 Terabits of capacity designed to support more than 200,000 community anchor institutions nationwide.

o Level 3 Communications, announced an agreement with INTERNEXA, a leading telecommunications carrier with extensive regional coverage with more than 18,000 kilometers of fiber-optic network across seven countries in South America, to expand Level 3's content delivery network (CDN) services to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Peru.

* MegaPath - Dan Foster is returning to MegaPath and will become their new President of Commercial Markets effective May 2nd. Bruce Chatterley, the former CEO of Speakeasy, who has served as President of MegaPath�s Commercial Markets since their merger, has departed the company to pursue other opportunities.

* PAETEC - PAETEC Holding Corp., announced that its newly acquired Intellifiber network and products are now available for PAETEC's channel partners to sell nationwide.

* Smoothstone

o West Corp., a voice and data provider based in Omaha, Neb., has agreed to buy Smoothstone IP Communications for $120 million

o Smoothstone IP Communications announced the launch of the Mobile Connect application for Android phones. Mobile Connect is an app that allows enterprises to extend the reach of their corporate communications services to mobile employees by connecting their mobile phones to the enterprise IP network.

* TelePacific - TelePacific Communications announced that it has received regulatory approval for and completed the acquisition of NextWeb, Inc., dba Covad Wireless, a broadband fixed wireless carrier operating in California, Nevada and the Chicago, Illinois area.

* Telx

o Telx, announced that iRiS Networks, a leading wholesale telecommunications provider headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., has joined the Telx Ethernet Exchange. Deployed within Telx's data centers in Atlanta and downtown Chicago.

o Telx announced the deployment of its award-winning Ethernet Exchange service at its data centers in Clifton, New Jersey, and Dallas, Texas.

o Telx announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with CoreLink Data Centers, a national provider of state-of-the-art data center hosting facilities and services for the management of mission-critical business applications.

o Telx announced that Pinpoint Network Solutions, a national provider of fiber optic and microwave transport, has joined the award-winning Telx Ethernet Exchange.

* Time Warner Cable - Time Warner Cable Business Class has rolled out an online backup service for businesses across its entire footprint.

* tw telecom - tw telecom has won a multi-year contract to provide Core NAP last-mile Ethernet services that will allow the data center provider to expand their reach in the Austin, Texas market.

* XO Communications

o XO Holdings, Inc. President and CEO Carl J. Grivner has resigned, the telecommunications company announced Friday.

o XO Communications announced an expansion of its metro network across the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, more than doubling its addressable market across the metropolitan area.

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January Telecom Vendor News

Here's the January Telecom vendor news for the Broadband Nation ....

1. AboveNet -

* AboveNet announced a strategic sales campaign to expand its network reach to enterprises and carriers in the top U.S. metro markets. The campaign will initially focus on customers in the more than 400 data centers already connected to AboveNet's high performance, low latency network.

* AboveNet has cleared a major hurdle in offering services to Canadian businesses as the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruled that it can lease dark fiber and light it to sell services.

* AboveNet is once again on the network build out trail. This time the service provider is bringing its network connectivity to the data cent provider Philadelphia Technology Park.

2. AT&T -

AT&T is entering 2011 with a new generation of mobile broadband products and services. The telecommunications titan announced plans to accelerate the development of its fourth generation, or 4G, network based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.

3. Cavalier -

PAETEC announced that it has completed its acquisition of Cavalier. As a result of the acquisition, PAETEC now has over 10,600 metro fiber-route miles, over 36,700 total fiber-route miles, and 1,178 collocations to support connectivity to enterprise businesses nationwide.

4. Level 3 Communications -

Level 3 Communications announced it has launched its ultra-low-latency fiber-optic network connections from both London to Madrid and Frankfurt to Madrid. Level 3 will now offer customers transport services on these ultra-low-latency routes, with circuit speeds capable of up to 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps).

5. MegaPath -

MegaPath now offers two new Business Ethernet speeds: 2 x 2 Mbps and 3 x 3 Mbps. The formal product launch will take place during the first week of January, but the speeds are now available in the MegaPath Qual engine for sales.

6. New Edge Networks -

After more than a decade as part of Vancouver's business community, the name New Edge Networks is going away...The business telecommunications company is officially changing its moniker to EarthLink Business over the next few months.

7. One Communications -

EarthLink has agreed to acquire One Communications in a deal valued at $370 million.

8. PAETEC -

PAETEC has announced the grand opening of a new data center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In addition to serving Milwaukee, the center plans to offer colocation for enterprise businesses throughout the Midwestern U.S. including Chicago, Madison, St. Louis, and the Twin Cities.

9. PowerNet Global -

PowerNet Global announced that it has chosen to work with XO Communications, an industry leading Ethernet service provider, to bring its agents and customers high quality Ethernet service at lower prices.

10. Smoothstone -

Smoothstone announced the availability of Smoothstone's cloud-based voice solutions combined with Mobile Integration delivered over the Sprint Global MPLS network to provide unprecedented flexibility and performance for the most dynamic and demanding businesses.

11. TelePacific

* TelePacific announced that its SmartVoice and VoIP services are now available with Ethernet over Copper deployments.

* TelePacific now offers Ethernet over Copper (EoC) delivery in the majority of its California and Nevada service areas, and will bring a total of 120 EoC wire centers online by the end of Q1 2011.

* TelePacific announced a definitive agreement for TelePacific Communications to acquire MegaPath's NextWeb, Inc. subsidiary, dba Covad Wireless, a broadband fixed wireless carrier operating in California and Nevada.

* TelePacific announced that it has launched mobile voice services. TelePacific customers can add mobile service to their TelePacific accounts so they can have one point of contact and one bill for voice, data and wireless services.

12. Telx -

Telx has expanded their data center in Dallas and Clifton New Jersey.

13. tw telecom -

tw telecom announced a major expansion of its fiber network in the metro Atlanta area. The expansion reaches more than 600 additional commercial buildings in business districts within the cities of Johns Creek, Suwanee, Duluth, Norcross, Emory University area, Decatur and Tucker.

14. Windstream -

* Windstream announced that it completed the $818 million acquisition of privately-held Q-Comm Corporation.

* Hosted VoIP is flying off the shelves! Windstream currently has over 200 orders sold and in the install pipeline. They are taking the necessary steps to ensure that they can accommodate the increased volumes, as well as, future increases.

* As of December 24, Windstream Integrated Solutions are now available to the businesses of Glenwood, Iowa and Lonoke, AR!

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Introducing the New MegaPath!

On September 1, 2010, Megapath proudly announced that Covad, MegaPath, and Speakeasy have combined to form a single business, operating under the MegaPath name, that is now poised to better meet the needs of their Partners and customers. The new MegaPath offers an unprecedented variety and level of service based on:

* Covad’s nationwide facilities-based footprint
* MegaPath’s wide range of managed network services
* Speakeasy’s expertise in voice and data services

This merger opens the door to new options that they didn’t have as single operating companies, and it offers you services and solutions through a single provider utilizing over 4,000 COs nationwide. Starting September 14th and over the next few weeks, they will be doing Partner trainings covering a general Merger overview as well as specific product-based trainings on their access, voice, managed security, and MPLS solutions, and they would love to have Telarus agents join them.

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October Telecom Vendor News

Here's the latest news on what's up with Telarus vendors for October ......

1. AboveNet - AboveNet is expanding its international network to key European markets with growing demand for dedicated, high performance and high bandwidth services. Customers will be able to connect seamlessly between the U.S., London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris.

2. ACC Business - ACC Business now offers international MPLS in over 150 countries around the world.

3. Airband - Airband Communications announced at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo that channel sales have doubled since January as a percentage of Airband’s overall monthly sales (thanks to Telarus).

4. AireSpring - AireSpring announced at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo the launch of its new Managed Voice over MPLS product (VoMPLS). Available nationwide across three tier-one networks.

5. AT&T - AT&T Inc. has decided to launch its 4G LTE service by the middle of 2011, covering 70 million to 75 million PoPs by the end of the year.

6. Broadview Networks

* Broadview Networks' OfficeSuite service was recognized as the "Product of the Year" by both Communication Solutions and Unified Communications magazine. OfficeSuite was also awarded with the NGN Leadership Award by NGN Magazine for "Outstanding Innovation in Hosted VoIP Arena," and it was named as the business VoIP services leader for the second consecutive year by Infonetics (News - Alert) Research.

* Broadview Networks has rolled out its 50,000th station in service on OfficeSuite, the company’s hosted IP phone solution.

7. Cavalier

* Cavalier has joined the Session Initiation Protocol bandwagon with the recent expansion of its SIP-based services.

* Cavalier has been purchased by Paetec Holding Corp. for $460 million in cash, seeking to boost its fiber-optic-network business amid surging broadband use in homes and offices.

8. MegaPath

* MegaPath, Covad and Speakeasy announced regulatory approval and the completion of their merger, creating a next generation Managed Services Local Exchange Carrier (MSLEC). The combined company will be called MegaPath and will operate one of the largest end-to-end facilities-based IP communications networks in the country.

* MegaPath is adding a comprehensive set of security-as-a-service offerings to its managed services portfolio.

9. New Edge - EarthLink, the parent company of New Edge Networks, announced the purchase of DeltaCom. The transaction is valued at approximately $516 million, including assumption of $325 million in debt.

10. PAETEC

* PAETEC opened new rate centers last week in Florida, New York, and Iowa.

* Telecommunications company Paetec Holding Corp. has agreed to buy regional rival Cavalier Telephone LLC for $460 million in cash, seeking to boost its fiber-optic-network business amid surging broadband use in homes and offices.

* PAETEC Holding Corp.opened a new data center in Houston, Texas. In addition to serving Houston, the company plans to increase capacity out of the site, and will be able to offer additional high bandwidth services to San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas by the end of the year.

11. TelePacific

* TelePacific Communications (Booth #3007), a CLEC serving California and Nevada, announced at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo it is rolling out new Ethernet over Copper service in locations across California and Nevada. The service is for sale through its Telepartners.

* TelePacific has officially released their equipment leasing program, helping agents finance the cost of their client's equipment.

* TelePacific Communications announced at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo it has expanded its Extended Reach MPLS Private IP Network services through a new partnership with Global Crossing Ltd.

* TelePacific Communications announced at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo TelePacific Mobile, which is available for sale by TelePacific’s Telepartners. For more info, please click here.

12. Windstream - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday said it has given Windstream Corp. of Little Rock a $7.3 million grant to extend broadband Internet access into unserved areas of rural Arkansas. Windstream will match the grant with $2.4 million of its money, according to a company spokesman.

13. XO Communications

* XO Communications announced an expansion of its metro network presence in the Los Angeles metropolitan market.

* XO Communications can now deliver MPLS IP-VPN and Private Line services to customer locations in the following European Union countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

* XO Communications announced the successful interoperability testing and certification between XO SIP and the ShoreTel 10.2 IP PBX for use with Ingate SIParator 4.8.1.

* XO Communications announced that it has expanded its Ethernet over Copper (EoC) network by more than 30 percent, increasing the company's coverage in 39 existing markets and launching availability in Charlotte, N.C., Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y. This growth is due to XO Communications' recent deployment of new EoC-enabled local service offices (LSOs), bringing its count to more than 400 LSOs across the U.S.

* XO Communications has announced an expansion of its metro managed network presence in the Atlanta metropolitan market.

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