Ethernet Innovation Summit May 22nd-23rd 2013

Different Strategies For Incumbent Carriers On Vertical’s Incumbent Carrier Business Ethernet LEADERBOARD

BT Moves Up On Vertical Systems Group’s 2012 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD

Take Five with Rosemary Cochran

Windstream Takes Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Nationwide

Global Capacity “One Hub” Supports TDM and Ethernet on a Single Link

Frontier Continues Carrier Ethernet Build Out Across Eastern Region

Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Comes to Silicon

Independents Fiber Network Demonstrates 100G Ethernet Services

Global Ethernet Services Market Headed For Nearly $50 Billion By 2017

• Telecom Italia Sees Wholesale Opportunities from Carrier Ethernet 2.0-Certification  
• Digital Realty Announces Rollout Of Global Network-Neutral Ecosystem Featuring GigE Connections  
• Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Comes to Silicon  
• Global Ethernet Services Market Headed For Nearly $50 Billion By 2017  
• Lumos Networks Sees Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Certification Simplifying Transactions  
• Seattle’s “Green” Bullitt Center Taps Integra For Cloud-Based Ethernet Services  
• Alaska Communications Joins Elite Group of Carrier Ethernet 2.0-Certified Carriers  
• Independents Fiber Network Demonstrates 100G Ethernet Services  
• Washington Nationals Strengthen Line Up With Comcast Business Ethernet  
• Frontier Continues Carrier Ethernet Build Out Across Eastern Region  

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1. Tech Valley hires Sidera veteran Mahoney to lead marketing, product management Explore FierceTelecom (14 hours, 42 min ago) Mobile Backhaul Tech Valley Communications has named 20-year telecom veteran Maura Mahoney as its senior director of marketing and product management. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Lightower   sidera   Sidera Networks

2. TI Sparkle inks deal with Libya's Gateway Explore Telecompaper (16 hours, 18 min ago) Middle Mile , Global (Telecompaper) TI Sparkle, the international services arm of Telecom Italia, and Gateway, a Libyan operator, have signed an agreement for the provisioning of international end-to-end services to and from Libya. The two firms will offer end-to-end international SDH and Carrier Ethernet services to and from Libya. (Read Full Article)

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3. Telecom Italia Sees Wholesale Opportunities from Carrier Ethernet 2.0-Certification Explore CEN Feature (16 hours, 55 min ago) MEF , Software Defined Networking (SDN) , Wholesale The first European service provider to obtain Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification is Telecom Italia. Company executives believe the new certification will have strong appeal to wholesale customers, including international carriers who need connectivity in Italy for serving multi-national businesses as well as alternative carriers and branches of public utilities that offer telecom services. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum

4. Head of FMCG Group, Swift Networks, Nigeria: “LTE is critical to the introduction of advanced broadband in Nigeria” Explore Telecoms.com (19 hours, 51 min ago) "Operators are transitioning from TDM-based backhaul to Carrier Ethernet-ready microwave as well as acceleration in fibre to the cell sites. All these are cost intensive. In addition, in some cases it is practically impossible to backhaul over fibre especially over long distances, hence operators resort to microwave radios." (Read Full Article)

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5. 40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids Explore NetworkWorld.com (May 20 2013) Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. (Read Full Article)

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6. M&A Buzz Followup: What tw telecom Could Buy Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 20 2013) National Following my contrarian article last week where I predicted that tw telecom would not only not sell as analysts are predictingbut actually buy something, several folks asked me the rather obvious followup of ‘whom’. One regular commenter went so far as to ask if all roads still stop at XO, which of course has been [...] (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Zayo   tw telecom   Lightower

7. 10 things you may not know about Ethernet Explore NetworkWorld.com (May 20 2013) Business Ethernet Ethernet's value to networking and IT is well established over the past 40 years. But did you know that "Ethernet" refers to two slightly different ways of sending information between endpoints on a LAN? That and some other perhaps lesser known facts about this 40-year-old technology are reviewed here: (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   IEEE

8. EuNetworks delivers Carrier Ethernet connectivity from London to Basildon Explore Telecompaper (May 17 2013) Core , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Wholesale / Exchange (Telecompaper) European data network operator EuNetworks Group has built a diverse route from London to Basildon, supporting a connectivity requirement in the market. This connectivity service is now live and supporting customer's bandwidth requirements from 100Mbps Carrier Ethernet through 10Gbps Wavelengths. At the core of euNetworks capacity as a bandwidth infrastructure provider, is its thirteen fibre based city networks owned and operated across Western Europe. euNetworks' London metropolitan network enables customers to connect from their office building, a key data centre or exchange, through to NYSE Euronext with either Ethernet or Wavelengths services. (Read Full Article)

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9. CenturyLink's Ewing: Carrier Ethernet to the tower will stabilize revenue in 2014, reduce maintenance costs Explore FierceTelecom (May 16 2013) Regional CenturyLink's chief financial officer said that its aggressive fiber to the tower plans will help it stabilize revenue and reduce maintenance costs. During the quarter, wholesale revenues slid 1.5 percent year-over-year to $573 million as declines in copper-based revenue were partially offset by increases in wireless carrier bandwidth demand and Ethernet sales. (Read Full Article)

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10. Zayo's acquisitions drive up fiscal Q3 revenues to $251.4 million Explore FierceTelecom (May 16 2013) National Zayo reported that its fiscal third quarter 2013 revenues rose $7.9 million, sequentially, to $251.4 million due to an increase in net installations and growth, mainly from its acquisitions of First Telecom Services and Litecast. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Zayo   tw telecom   Level (3)

11. Digital Realty Announces Rollout Of Global Network-Neutral Ecosystem Featuring GigE Connections Explore CEN Feature (May 16 2013) Core , Wholesale , Global Global data center solutions provider Digital Realty Trust, Inc. recently unveiled a new initiative to create an ecosystem of network services. The services and connectivity will be available to the company’s carrier customers that are collocated in any of Digital Realty’s 130-plus data centers worldwide. (Read Full Article)

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12. Vodafone Germany offers fixed access over DT network Explore Telecoms.com (May 16 2013) Going forward, the two companies have agreed that a more advanced Layer 2 (Ethernet-based) bitstream product will be made available from 2016, which will allow an even greater level of differentiation and control over the design and delivery of the services that Vodafone offers to consumers and enterprise customers. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Deutsche Telekom

13. Alpheus Communications Extends Ethernet Services Into Mexico Via New Relationship With Concessionaire Marcatel Explore Fiber Optics Online (May 16 2013) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet Alpheus Communications, a leading provider of Texas metro-regional fiber and networking solutions, has expanded its capabilities to provide Ethernet services from the U.S. into Mexico through a new network-to-network interface (NNI) agreement with Marcatel, a leading Mexican concessionaire (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Alpheus Communications

14. Windstream hires Nicklas away from XO Communications Explore FierceTelecom (May 15 2013) Local Windstream appointed Randy Nicklas, who was rumored to have left XO Communications recently, as its executive vice president of engineering and CTO. In his new role at Windstream, he will oversee network planning and engineering, outside plant, records and capital management. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   XO Communications   NuVox

15. Windstream's Gardner: Our wholesale team needs to sell more than wireless backhaul Explore FierceTelecom (May 15 2013) Mobile Backhaul , Local Jeff Gardner, president and CEO of Windstream told investors this week that while the telco's wholesale sales force has been successful in selling fiber to the tower services, they will focus more on selling other network services. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   NuVox

16. BT gears up for mass market mobile services Explore FierceWireless (May 15 2013) Mobile Backhaul BT could return to the mobile services market with a vengeance next year, after its CEO dropped the strongest hints yet about the future mobile plans of the former UK monopoly. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Telefónica   Virgin Media

17. Comcast Business Earns Top Ranking in Infonetics Research’s 2013 North America Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard Explore businesswire.com (May 15 2013) Middle Mile , Managed Data Services , Cable / MSO PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast Business, a unit of Comcast Cable, today announced that it has earned the #1 position in Infonetics Research’s 2013 North America Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Infonetics   Comcast Business Services

18. BT holds the line in fiscal Q4, doubles fiber customer base to 1.5 million Explore FierceTelecom (May 14 2013) Europe , Metro Ethernet Openreach, which was impacted by regulatory price changes and a shaky European economy, nevertheless saw fiber broadband and Carrier Ethernet stem overall revenue losses, keeping them at 3 percent for the quarter and 1 percent for the year. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Ofcom

19. Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Comes to Silicon Explore CEN Feature (May 14 2013) MEF The Carrier Ethernet 2.0 standard has gained some serious momentum in recent months, with numerous manufacturers and service providers having gained Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum. Silicon vendors also are getting serious about the technology, as a late-April announcement from Vitesse illustrates. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Overture Networks   Vitesse

20. Alpheus Communications deepens Ethernet reach into Mexico via Marcatel Explore FierceTelecom (May 14 2013) Middle Mile Alpehus Communications is giving service provider and enterprise customers that need access to Mexico an additional Carrier Ethernet connectivity option via a new Network to Network Interface (NNI) agreement with Monterey, Mexico-based Marcatel. (Read Full Article)

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21. Overture Accelerates Carrier Ethernet Innovation with Introduction of Next Generation Gigabit Ethernet Access Device (EAD) Explore Business News & Financial News (May 14 2013) Press Newest member of the Open Service Delivery Family, Overture 65 delivers performance-assured Ethernet, lays the foundation for tomorrow's software-defined services RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2013-- Overture, innovating at the metro edge for service providers and network operators worldwide, today introduced the Overture 65, the industry's most sophisticated gigabit optical Ethernet Access Device (EAD). Immediately available in multiple configurations, it is the ideal C (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   OAM   Heavy Reading   Overture Networks

22. Overture Upgrades Ethernet Access Line Explore Light Reading (May 14 2013) Other , Business Ethernet Overture Networks Inc. is beefing up its carrier Ethernet offerings with a higher-capacity line of gigabit Ethernet Access Devices (EAD) for the metro edge. Essentially an upgrade to (and replacement for) the company's 20 series, the Overture 65, being (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Overture Networks   Overture Networks Inc.

23. Columbus, CWC set up JV in Caribbean, Americas Explore Telecompaper (May 14 2013) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Wholesale , Wholesale / Exchange (Telecompaper) Columbus Networks and CWC Wholesale Solutions have created a joint venture to provide expanded wholesale bandwidth capacity to global, regional and local communications companies in the Caribbean and Americas Region. The joint venture company will be called CNL-CWC Networks. The joint venture’s services portfolio will span clear channel services, IP transit, carrier Ethernet and carrier MPLS. (Read Full Article)

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24. BT says experiencing Openreach Carrier Ethernet delays Explore Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance (May 13 2013) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet Britain's BT said on Monday it was experiencing problems within its Openreach division and was having to work hard to restore normal lead times for delivering Carrier Ethernet services. BT's Openreach, which enables rival telecom operators to access BT's network, sent an email to clients last week to explain what they were doing to improve the service. Carrier Ethernet services are used by communications firms to provide high-speed networks for corporate customers, and not consumers. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Virgin Media

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