With the integration of the former Verizon rural lines into its fold, Frontier has been building out its metro and core fiber network to deliver a suite of fiber and even copper-based Ethernet services to businesses.

As service providers look to transition to an all-packet based network, the Packet Optical Transport System (P-OTS) has emerged as the mechanism that can support packet transport services such as Carrier Ethernet and MPLS over optical networks.

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.

Canadian operator MTS Allstream has joined the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). MEF develops Carrier Ethernet technical specifications and implementation...

Equinix (EQIX) selected for BT Radianz proximity hosting, Phoenix NAP selected by Yahoo Serious, Colocation America expanding Los Angeles data centers, Global Capacity expands with Carrier Ethernet services.

Although both service providers were raised in separate markets with little overlap as traditional independent telcos, their overall strategy in recent years has been to transform themelves into broadband and IP-centric services providers, offering consumers and businesses an array of IPTV and Carrier Ethernet services.

GTS Central Europe (GTS), provider of integrated telecommunications and data centres, has expanded its Ethernet services into new markets...

Telecommunications information and logistics company Global Capacity has expanded One Marketplace Access Exchange with the addition of Ethernet Access services with physical interconnection points in Chicago, Illinois and Dallas, Texas.

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.

Global Capacity announced the addition of Ethernet Access services to the One Marketplace Access Exchange with physical interconnection points in Chicago, IL and Dallas, TX. Customers will now be able to request automated

Lightower is giving its carrier and business customers in Providence, R.I., more options with the addition of 21 miles of new fiber routes that will serve the Pawtucket and Seekonk communities.  Lightower offers connectivity to all of its fiber-based Ethernet and transport services.

Overture's appointment of new sales leads to oversee four key EMEA-APAC regions--including India, Italy, Malaysia and Russia--instantly gives the vendor locally-based support to serve new growth opportunities outside of North America, the company said Tuesday. The naming of these new sales managers follows similar moves to bolster its sales efforts in both Canada and the Caribbean and the Latin American markets. Its international expansion is in-line with the goals the company set when it launched its rebranding initiative in February, following its acquisition of Hatteras Networks. "We've always done well in the U.S. and have had good ...

Under the terms of the multi-year contract, tw telecom will provide federal agencies located anywhere in Hawaii with digital voice/VoIP services; a fully managed Business Ethernet services including E-Line Ethernet WAN service; Extended Native LAN (ENLAN) service; and Private Network Transport (PNT) service.

It will also offer businesses what it says is a suite of "competitively priced high speed Internet, digital phone, Hosted PBX and other advanced services" like Ethernet.

First Communications wants to give any existing or new customers a commitment that it will deliver what it promises by introducing Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for its local access services. The new SLAs were introduced just in time for the debut of its MPLS network and set of Metro Ethernet and MPLS-based services. With its FirstConnection solution, the Akron, Ohio-based competitive provider promises network availability of 99.9 percent in addition to provisioning and four-hour Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) specifications for all of its ISDN PRI, T1 and Ethernet-based data services.   First Communications CMO John Musci said the company ...