Dark fiber providers may see $986M market as broadband data demand rises

Explore FierceTelecom (May 7 2012) Middle Mile

The never-ending hunger for higher speed broadband wireline- and wireless-based data services is driving new dark fiber services revenue. New data from IBISWorld revealed that by the end of 2012 dark fiber revenues will grow at an average annual rate of 3.7 percent, to reach $986.2 million.   (Read Full Article)

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tw telecom serves up new Ethernet interconnection product

Explore FierceTelecom (May 3 2012) Access , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Cloud , Mobile Backhaul , National

...the wholesale race today?: (_) Mike Millegan, Verizon (_) Bill Cheek, CenturyLink (_) Patrick Tata, Windstream (_) Michelle Hymson, FairPoint Communications (_) Kevin O'Toole, Comcast Business Services (_) Dan ... (Read Full Article)

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GTT purchases nLayer Communications to enhance its IP/MPLS footprint

Explore FierceTelecom (May 2 2012) Middle Mile

...the wholesale race today?: (_) Mike Millegan, Verizon (_) Bill Cheek, CenturyLink (_) Patrick Tata, Windstream (_) Michelle Hymson, FairPoint Communications (_) Kevin O'Toole, Comcast Business Services (_) Dan ... (Read Full Article)

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Primus fans out Ethernet over Copper reach into more Canadian cities

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 26 2012) Middle Mile

Primus Canada, PTGi's Canadian subsidiary, will give more businesses in its serving areas the option to purchase its Ethernet over Copper (EoC)-based BEX (Business Ethernet Xtended) service. Driven by what it says is greater demand for the service that it initially launched last March targeting SMBs, BEX is now available in Vancouver, Edmonton, Brampton and London, Canada.   (Read Full Article)

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AT&T next-gen business services represent $6.2B wireline revenue stream

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 26 2012) Middle Mile

...the wholesale race today?: (_) Mike Millegan, Verizon (_) Bill Cheek, CenturyLink (_) Patrick Tata, Windstream (_) Michelle Hymson, FairPoint Communications (_) Kevin O'Toole, Comcast Business Services (_) Dan ... (Read Full Article)

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Wireline in the first quarter of 2012

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 20 2012) National , Regional

...s May 9 CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL)- more CenturyLink news Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO)- more Cisco news May 10 Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN)- more Windstream news MTS Allstream (Toronto: MBT.TO)- more MTS Allstream news TBA8x8 (Nasdaq:EGHT)- more 8x8 news A... (Read Full Article)

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Windstream hits new wholesale note with carrier switched Ethernet product

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 19 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Wholesale , Local , Wholesale / Exchange

...ithin its ILEC footprint through an External-Network to Network Interconnection (E-NNI) agreement. Windstream hits new wholesale note with carrier switched Ethernet product April 19, 2012 — 11:56am ET | By Sea......erve not only its ILEC, but also its CLEC territories gained through its acquisitions of PAETEC and NuVox. "We view it as a smaller entry point into a larger product, which will cover our entire footprint,... (Read Full Article)

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Windstream Announces New Carrier Switched Ethernet Solution

Explore Business ISP (Apr 19 2012) Access , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Wholesale / Exchange

...om 3 Mbps to 1 Gbps. To meet the increasing demand from carriers for higher bandwidth and Ethernet, Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) announced today at COMPTEL PLUS the release of Carrier Switched Ethernet. This ... (Read Full Article)

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Windstream Debuts Carrier Switched Ethernet

Explore SIP Trunking (Apr 18 2012) Core , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet

Windstream Corp. recently announced the introduction of a Carrier Switched Ethernet to cater to the increasing... (Read Full Article)

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Welcome 2012's wholesale service provider leaders

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 16 2012) Middle Mile , Mobile Backhaul , Regional

Ethernet rules: Ethernet continues to be a lynchpin service for wholesale service providers. The service has become accepted not only by businesses for their data needs but also for a host of wholesale applications, including providing off-net circuits for service providers having to go out of their own wireline region and wireless backhaul. Again, incumbent players continued to expand the reach of their Ethernet service networks. (Read Full Article)

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Bill Cheek, CenturyLink

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 16 2012) Mobile Backhaul , Wholesale , Local , Regional

...sident of WMG is unchanged. A 34-year telecom industry veteran who got his start at Allied Tel--now Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN)--Cheek has had plenty of experience in running wholesale operations at CenturyLink an... (Read Full Article)

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Wholesale provider leaders to watch in 2012

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 16 2012) Middle Mile , Mobile Backhaul , Wholesale

...carriers and competitive players. In considering our list, it's hard to not include Patrick Tata at Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN). Having previously beefed up its fiber holdings with its acquisition of KDL, its acqu... (Read Full Article)

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SRP Telecom introduces 40G data center transport service in Phoenix

Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 5 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , National

...nching the metro fiber thirst * Improving the customer experience: a new eBook from FierceTelecom * Windstream's business service ambition: A necessary and inevitable move Poll Zayo reached an agreement to buy ... (Read Full Article)

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Sub-10 Mbps VPN connections still in high demand, says TeleGeography

Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 28 2012) Middle Mile , Managed Data Services , Global , National , Other analysts

...nching the metro fiber thirst * Improving the customer experience: a new eBook from FierceTelecom * Windstream's business service ambition: A necessary and inevitable move * Chattanooga's EPB Fiber defies tough... (Read Full Article)

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Q4 roundup: ILECs bulked up on video, business and broadband

Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 20 2012) Mobile Backhaul , Regional

...am ET | By Sean Buckley Related Stories * Cable surpasses telcos in the broadband subscriber race * Windstream's business, broadband services drive up Q4 and 2011 results * CenturyLink increases broadband subsc... (Read Full Article)

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