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Zayo bolsters its wireless backhaul capabilities in Phoenix
Explore FierceTelecom (May 17 2012)
While this network expansion effort was related to a specific wireless customer, the build out will have implications for other wireline wholesale customers and business customers that are looking for an alternative source for fiber-based Carrier Ethernet services.
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Mobile data traffic to grow more than 15-fold in Germany
Explore Telecompaper (May 16 2012)
German mobile data traffic is expected to increase more than fifteen fold between 2011 and 2016 and this is expected to put strong pressure on operators, according to a study by Solon Management Consulting. Mobile operators face significantly higher cost for providing additional network capacity.
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CTO, Deutsche Telekom: “There can never be enough innovation”
Explore Telecoms.com (May 8 2012)
Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, is the CTO of Deutsche Telekom, Germany, one of the largest operators in Europe. Jacobfeuerborn is delivering a keynote on Day One of the LTE World Summit 2012 taking place on the 23-24 May 2012 CCIB, Barcelona, Spain. Ahead of the conference, Jacobfeuerborn presents his take on where the operators stand with regard to LTE.
Comment Mentions: Deutsche Telekom
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Cenx launches Ethernet Backhaul Management Services
Explore Telecompaper (May 8 2012)
(Telecompaper) Carrier Ethernet exchange operator Cenx has introduced a set of services designed to provision and manage Ethernet Backhaul Services for any mobile...
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Cbeyond employs Fiberlight, Zayo to expand its national fiber network reach
Explore FierceTelecom (May 4 2012)
Cbeyond has put more fiber in its diet by establishing network relationships with FiberLight and Zayo, two arrangements that will immediately extend its reach into a larger set of buildings and SMB locations.
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Consolidated Communications broadband and backhaul initiatives help minimize Q1 voice service declines
Explore FierceTelecom (May 4 2012)
Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL), which is in the process of acquiring fellow ILEC SureWest (Nasdaq: SURW), saw its share of IP service growing pains as it reported first-quarter 2012 revenues of $93.4 million, down 1.4 percent year-over-year, from $95.4 million in Q1 2011.
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SureWest's broadband growth drives Q1 2012 revenue up 3.6 percent
Explore FierceTelecom (May 3 2012)
SureWest Communications reported that its first-quarter 2012 revenue rose 3.6 percent, to $62.8 million, up from $60.6 million, due to an increase in broadband revenue.
Comment Mentions: tw telecom Comcast Business Services MegaPath Wholesale
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FairPoint's Q1 2012 revenue stabilizes as broadband, Ethernet services grow
Explore FierceTelecom (May 3 2012)
FairPoint Communications reported revenue of $248.5 million for the first quarter of 2012, down from $254.8 million in Q4 2011, due to an expected decline in voice access lines, but growth in business and broadband services continue to close that gap. In Q1 2012, FairPoint's results included a reversal of $1.2 million in penalties, down from the $3.9 million in reversal of service quality penalties in Q4 2011. The service provider narrowed its losses to $46.7 million, down from the $84.0 million it reported in Q4 2011. On the regulatory front, the service ...
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tw telecom serves up new Ethernet interconnection product
Explore FierceTelecom (May 3 2012)
tw telecom is addressing the challenge that competitive providers face in trying to expand their out-of-region Ethernet and network reach with its national Ethernet solution. Targeted at international carriers and cloud application providers--which typically don't own a lot of their own domestic network facilities--the new service allows these service providers to get access to what tw telecom says is thousands of enterprise customers and buildings via a single Ethernet connection. Having a single provider to get to multiple Ethernet connections means that these service providers don't have to seek out multiple individual External Network to Network Interconnection (E-NNI ...
Comment Mentions: NuVox Zayo Group Integra Telecom
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Boston Red Sox Add Metro Ethernet To Starting Line-Up
Explore CEN Feature (May 1 2012)
The same week the Boston Red Sox celebrated 100 Years of playing baseball at Fenway Park, the team also announced its selection of Comcast Business Services to provide the team with 100 Mbps Metro Ethernet service.
Comment Mentions: Comcast Business Services
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Lumos Networks names Timothy Blitz as CEO
Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 27 2012)
Blitz comes to Lumos at a time when the service provider continues its journey as a separate company focused on growing its data services, including fiber-based Metro Ethernet and IP-based voice services.
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Sizing up Connection-Oriented Ethernet approaches: A new eBook from FierceTelecom
Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 23 2012)
There's no question that Ethernet has become the accepted service of choice for data that service providers are using for their business and wholesale customers. But an emerging group of vendors, service providers and standards groups are driving a new generation of Ethernet called Connection-Oriented Ethernet (COE). Offering the deterministic qualities that traditional service providers love about SONET and the flexibility of Ethernet, COE has emerged as a high performance version of point-to-point Carrier Ethernet (CE). However, COE is not just one standard, but a collection of implementations that leverage Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), IEEE, IETF and ITU-T standards ...
Comment Mentions: IEEE Metro Ethernet Forum IETF
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Congrats Vodafone, but heed Groucho Marx
Explore Telecoms.com (Apr 23 2012)
It’s about time for a shakeup. And for a mere £1 billion (US$1.7 billion) in cash, Vodafone may pull it off. If successful, its bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide creates nothing less than a new top-tier player in the global enterprise telecoms market. Not least, Vodafone’s move underscores a truth that mobile network operators [...]
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It’s Official: Vodafone to Buy C&W Worldwide
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Apr 23 2012)
After more than two months of consideration and a challenge from Tata Communications (NYSE:TCL, news, filings), Vodafone Group (NYSE:VOD, news, filings) said this morning that it has reached an agreement to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide (LON:CW, news). They had received a three day extension on Friday, which seemed to indicate the tying up of [...]
Comment Mentions: Tata Vodafone Group Cable & Wireless Worldwide
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iGR Bullish on Carrier Ethernet Backhaul, but not Carrier Ethernet 2.0
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 19 2012)
Comment "The iGR opinion on CE2.0 doesn't seem to be consistent with most analysts' perspective. Any other analysts want to comment?" - Carrier Ethernet News
By now readers have become accustomed to seeing skyrocketing mobile backhaul forecasts driven by huge mobile data usage. Nevertheless, research firm iGR caused a bit of a stir recently when its “U.S. Mobile Backhaul Forecast 2011-2016” predicted a particularly ambitious compound annual growth rate for mobile backhaul of nearly 58% between 2011 and 2016 – and fiber backhaul CAGR of nearly 85% over the same period.
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