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Articles in category: Wholesale
Alpheus Communications Extends Ethernet Services To Mexico
Explore CEN Feature (May 23 2013)
Alpheus Communications recently implemented its first network-to-network interface (NNI) agreement that crosses the border into Mexico. Located in McAllen, TX, the optical NNI is with Marcatel, a leading Mexican concessionaire.
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Telecom Italia Sees Wholesale Opportunities from Carrier Ethernet 2.0-Certification
Explore CEN Feature (May 21 2013)
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.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Digital Realty Announces Rollout Of Global Network-Neutral Ecosystem Featuring GigE Connections
Explore CEN Feature (May 16 2013)
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.
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Columbus, CWC set up JV in Caribbean, Americas
Explore Telecompaper (May 14 2013)
(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.
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Global Capacity “One Hub” Supports TDM and Ethernet on a Single Link
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 11 2013)
Global Capacity hopes to better address the needs of enterprises that require a mixture of Carrier Ethernet and TDM services with a new offering called One Hub announced yesterday. The company offers both types of connectivity through its One Marketplace offering, but previously customers had to buy a separate connection into the One Marketplace hub for each service type.
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Global Capacity launches One Hub interconnection service
Explore Telecompaper (Apr 11 2013)
(Telecompaper) Global Capacity has introduced One Hub interconnection to its One Marketplace network...
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Mentions: Overture Networks
Telekom Malaysia provides Ethernet to Redtone
Explore Telecompaper (Apr 2 2013)
(Telecompaper) Malaysian broadband services provider Redtone International and Telekom Malaysia have signed a wholesale Ethernet deal. Under the agreement, Redtone will be provided access to Telekom Malaysia's Metro-E infrastructure nationwide. Redtone says the collaboration will widen its coverage for its data and broadband services and strengthen its presence in the corporate and SME segment.
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CyrusOne deploys Texas Internet Exchange on-net platform
Explore Telecompaper (Apr 1 2013)
(Telecompaper) Global data centre services provider CyrusOne has introduced the CyrusOne Texas Internet Exchange (IX), an on-net platform deployed across CyrusOne facilities in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, Texas. The CyrusOne Texas IX delivers deep statewide interconnection between all metro-enabled sites within the CyrusOne facility footprint and beyond. The CyrusOne Texas IX enables customers to connect to their own enterprise-owned facilities and to third-party facilities to engage in the full ecosystem of business partners, content providers, networks, carriers, Internet service providers and Ethernet buyers and sellers.
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Carrier Ethernet providers in the U.S. CLEC segment
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 18 2013)
Here's an at-a-glance look at seven competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) that provide Carrier Ethernet services.
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Telstra Wholesale brings Carrier Ethernet 2.0 to the APAC
Explore Computerworld Malaysia (Mar 8 2013)
Telstra Wholesale has become the first company in the Asia Pacific region - and only the second company in the world - to offer certified Carrier Ethernet (CE 2.0) services, according to Nan Chen, president of the MEF. Telstra Wholesale is a Telstra business that sells access to Telstra's networks into the wholesale market. The MEF is a global industry alliance comprising more than 200 organisations including telecommunications service providers and network equipment/software manufacturers.
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Mentions: Telstra Metro Ethernet Forum
Frontier Communications rolls out wholesale EVPL services in 23 states
Explore FierceTelecom (Feb 7 2013)
Frontier Communications (Nasdaq: FTR) on Tuesday made a statement in the wholesale Ethernet space by introducing its new Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) Silver service to address the needs of service providers targeting multi-site businesses.
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Frontier deploys Wholesale EVPL Silver service
Explore Telecompaper (Feb 5 2013)
(Telecompaper) Frontier Communications has announced the deployment of Wholesale Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) Silver service. EVPL Silver offers point-to-point digital connectivity with standard Ethernet interfaces of 10/100/1000 Mbps and scalable throughput of 1Mbps through a full Gigabit. Frontier's Wholesale Channel offers EVPL Silver in twenty-three states including: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
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Frontier Exec Shares Details of new Wholesale Ethernet Offering
Explore Telecompetitor (Feb 5 2013)
Frontier is getting serious about the Carrier Ethernet wholesale opportunity, today announcing its first broadly available wholesale Carrier Ethernet service, which will be a best-effort Ethernet virtual private line (EVPL) offering dubbed EVPL Silver. In an interview, Frontier executive Lisa R. Partridge told Telecompetitor that Frontier plans to add a priority EVPL Gold offering during the second quarter of 2013, followed by a Platinum real-time offering during third quarter.
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Mentions: Frontier Joan Engebretson
Transtelco wraps its Mexico City metro fiber buildout
Explore FierceTelecom (Jan 18 2013)
Transtelco, a competitive wholesale and business service provider, on Wednesday put the final touches on its metro fiber network in Mexico City, enabling it to address growing wholesale and enterprise service opportunities in a high growth Latin American country. The multi-duct, multi-ring network will be able to provide a suite of services--including transport, IP access, Carrier Ethernet, voice, collocation, content delivery and IT services-- to other service providers and businesses located along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Mentions: XO Communications
European telcos must work harder to offset voice revenue declines
Explore TelecomTV (Jan 17 2013)
A report from Ovum urges European carriers to do more in non-voice and mobile wholesale to offset a decline in voice revenue. “Wholesalers must lessen their dependence on traditional wholesale fixed voice sales by meeting customers’ needs for non-voice services, said David James, principal wholesale telecoms analyst at Ovum. "Many carriers have already expanded their non-voice portfolios by offering emerging new services such as carrier Ethernet, content distribution, and hosting.
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Mentions: Telefónica Deutsche Telekom
Europe’s wholesale telecoms market remains stable, reports Ovum
Explore Telecoms.com (Jan 14 2013)
Despite the economic downturn, intense competition, and regulatory actions, revenues for the European wholesale telecoms market remained steady between 2010 and 2011, according to research firm Ovum. In the firm’s annual analysis of the size of the European wholesale market it revealed that the market was worth $48.4bn in 2011, just 0.5 per cent less than in 2010. This represents 11 per cent of the leading wholesalers’ total European revenues.
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Mentions: Telefónica Deutsche Telekom
BT to run 200 Mbps FTTP trial in 4 UK telephone exchanges
Explore FierceTelecom (Jan 2 2013)
BT Openreach (NYSE: BT) on Thursday announced that it will begin a technical trial of its 220/20 Mbps Generic Ethernet Access (GEA) Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) service in four of its telephone exchange areas. Set to run throughout February, the four trial areas include Bradwell Abbey, Chester South, Exeter and York.
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tw telecom broadens reach of its "One to Many" wholesale Ethernet service
Explore FierceTelecom (Dec 18 2012)
tw telecom (Nasdaq: TWTC) on Monday expanded the reach of its Ethernet E-Access, or "One to Many" wholesale service, for its service provider customers. tw telecom's E-Line network provides a Layer 2 nationwide Ethernet backbone. (Source: tw telecom) With the One to Many Ethernet service, wholesale customers that need to expand Ethernet access for a customer that has facilities outside of their respective network footprint can go to tw telecom to get a single connection point to get to multiple buildings in the CLEC's 75-city U.S. footprint.
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Mentions: China Telecom IEEE tw telecom
VTLWaveNet joins Equinix Ethernet Exchange
Explore Telecompaper (Dec 5 2012)
(Telecompaper) VTLWaveNet, part of the Viatel group, will participate in the Equinix Ethernet Exchange programme. The Equinix Ethernet Exchange connects buyers and sellers via a portal to discover, transact with and interconnect with each other. The agreement between VTLWaveNet and Equinix will enable customers of Equinix's International Business Exchange LD4/5 in Slough, UK to connect to Ethernet PoPs in cities on VTLWaveNet's Western European footprint such as London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris. Within the London metro, VTLWaveNet is offering a promotion for Equinix customers to connect to any one of five London Docklands sites.
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GTS Central Europe wins award for best wholesale services
Explore Telecompaper (Nov 19 2012)
(Telecompaper) GTS Central Europe has won an award for being the 'Best provider of wholesale telecommunications services in Central and Eastern Europe in 2012'. It was granted by Capacity Magazine and GTS won it for the fifth time out of the eight years that the award has been running. GTS said this is another prestigious award besides the MEF award 2012, showing that it is the leader in telecommunications services in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Pacnet expands Lightning to Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Explore Telecompaper (Nov 7 2012)
Asian communications provider Pacnet has expanded the coverage of Lightning to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the exchange for futures and options-on-futures in the United States. Pacnet Lightning guarantees secure lowest-latency point to point connections to stock exchanges for traders and market data vendors, for their information access and trading needs. It uses Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) and Ethernet technology to connect traders with low latency bandwidth of up to 1 Gbps into the various stock exchanges.
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Ethernet Exchanges Shift From Public to Private
Explore Light Reading (Nov 6 2012)
Carrier neutral exchanges have gone from a frumpy off-the-rack service to a custom, tailored fit and finish As Ethernet Expo Americas 2012 kicks off, Ethernet exchanges are shifting away from being public marketplaces for physical Ethernet interconnection to focus on software-based or cloud-based back-office processing to support privately created interconnections.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum CENX Inc. Neutral Tandem Inc.
MegaPath’s Carrier Ethernet-over-Copper Expansion Could Give Company an Edge
Explore CEN Feature (Oct 11 2012)
MegaPath has some strong differentiation points now that the company has completed the build-out of what it believes is the largest Ethernet-over-copper footprint in the U.S.
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Industry Spotlight: Frank Mambuca of US Metro
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Oct 11 2012)
Our customer base includes all of the small and medium business customers right up to the large enterprise customers. There aren’t as many of the large enterprise customers as you’d find in Orlando, Tampa or Miami. But in the last year we have really focused on being a wholesale provider, enabling local and national CLECs with fiber and Ethernet.
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laurabicom » CLECs to ILECs: Don't hang up your copper networks!
Good article, thanks for posting. We also have an article on CLEC: http://blog.bicomsystems.com/clec
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I also had the honor to participate in the Conference. I spoke on the topic ...
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