Cable Firms Hit Phone Grip on Hospitals: Tech - Businessweek

Explore BusinessWeek (Feb 13 2012) Business Ethernet , Cable / MSO

Comcast’s Metro Ethernet network, introduced in May 2011, is targeted to business customers, including hospitals. The company can transport data at faster speeds than traditional phone company Internet connection, said Kevin O’Toole, Comcast’s senior vice president of product management and strategy for business services. A hospital can download a 500 megabyte digital X-ray in 40 seconds with Metro Ethernet, a file that would take 44 minutes to ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   AT&T Inc.   Verizon Communications Inc.   Time Warner Cable

HR Launches Global Ethernet Executive Council

Explore Light Reading (Sep 6 2011) Event Related , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Cable / MSO , National , Heavy Reading

Heavy Reading unveils new community of service and technology experts shaping the Carrier Ethernet and cloud services markets. Heavy Reading has created the Ethernet Executive Council to honor individuals who have demonstrated industry leadership and a personal commitment to advancing the use of high-performance Ethernet services and technologies for the benefit of retail, wholesale and consumer customers. Among other things, the program will provide Council members with exclusive networking, speaking ... (Read Full Article)

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Verizon Global Wholesale Earns Frost & Sullivan's North American Growth Leadership Award for Ethernet

Explore MarketWatch (Sep 1 2011) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Frost & Sullivan , Press

Verizon Global Wholesale has received the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2011 North American Growth Leadership of the Year Award in the carrier Ethernet services market. Verizon was recognized for its impressive growth in Ethernet revenues from 2008 to 2010 as well as its ability to manage that growth, implement innovation and display leadership. Frost & Sullivan also recognized Verizon Global Wholesale for effectively combining its metro and long-haul wholesale Ethernet offerings under ... (Read Full Article)

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Jean McManus, Verizon

Explore FierceTelecom (Aug 9 2011) Mobile Backhaul , Regional

Jean McManus, Executive Director of Packet Technology & Transport for Verizon (NYSE: VZ), has a front seat view of all of the new technology migrations taking place in the ILEC's wireline and wireless business. Like a number of Verizon executives, McManus' tenure in the telecom industry included a stint at the former GTE, where she served in the former ILEC's Government Systems group. GTE was acquired by the former ... (Read Full Article)

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CenturyLink's Rise to Tier 1

Explore Light Reading (Jul 14 2011) Cloud , Mobile Backhaul , Local , Regional , Heavy Reading

With the news that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved its acquisition of Savvis Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) is poised to join Tier 1 status alongside Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) (albeit for wireline only). The rise from lowly old CenturyTel to Tier 1 status has happened rather quickly. (Read Full Article)

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US cable industry sees commercial business services as growth opportunity

Explore Total Telecom (Jun 15 2011) Cable / MSO

Cable companies have been grappling with a subscriber slowdown for years as the pay-TV market approaches the saturation point in the U.S. and competition increases from satellite and telecommunications rivals. But the industry's commercial services business has enjoyed steady growth, becoming a substantial part of the business. (Read Full Article)

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Cable Players Turn to Offices as Home Video Growth Slows

Explore BusinessWeek (Jun 13 2011) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Cable / MSO , Other analysts

U.S. cable companies in search of growth are having more luck at the office than at home. To kickstart growth, cable companies are going corporate. They’re offering businesses fast and secure Internet service, wireless connections in offices and cheaper phone plans. Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the country’s two largest cable operators, each estimate the potential revenue from small- and medium-sized businesses in their respective markets is ... (Read Full Article)

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Jean McManus, Verizon: Through the IPv6 looking glass

Explore FierceTelecom (Jun 6 2011) National , Regional

As executive director of Packet Technology and Transport in Verizon's Corporate Technology Organization, McManus is leading the IPv6 initiative across Verizon's business units focused on migration to IPv6. A veteran of GTE Government Systems, she also leads a technical team with responsibility for IP, Carrier Ethernet, and optical network architecture for Verizon's wireline networks To say Jean McManus is enthusiastic about the transition to IPv6 would be ... (Read Full Article)

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Packet-Optical Stays Out of Control

Explore Light Reading (May 19 2011) Middle Mile , Heavy Reading

The dream of a converged network is still haunted by the lack of a converged control plane. Ideally, Narayanaswamy would like a multilayer control plane, something that spans the optical network up through Ethernet and Layer 2. (Read Full Article)

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When Will Comcast's Move Up-Market Pay Off?

Explore Light Reading (May 4 2011) Business Ethernet , Cloud , Metro Ethernet , Cable / MSO , Heavy Reading

The MSO bought an ILEC to get into the mid-sized commercial services market, but the bulk of segment revenues still come from small firms. In metro Ethernet services, now up in 11 of 19 markets, Comcast is still figuring out ways to shorten service installation times by improving in areas such as provisioning, construction and building access rights. That gives AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ ... (Read Full Article)

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Charter Connects With CENX and Equinix

Explore Light Reading (Mar 21 2011) Managed Data Services , Cable / MSO , Heavy Reading

Charter Business is raising its wholesale commercial services game with the launch of carrier interconnections in five initial markets: Los Angeles (two sites), Atlanta, St. Louis and Worcester, Mass. Charter, which has signed Carrier Ethernet Exchange deals with CENX Inc. and Equinix Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), said it will offer MEF-certified Ethernet services from its new locations ranging from 10 Mbit/s to 10 Gbit/s and intends to launch more ... (Read Full Article)

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Verizon Expands Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Exchange Options

Explore Telecompetitor (Mar 21 2011) Business Ethernet , Wholesale , Regional , Wholesale / Exchange

Verizon is expanding availability of its award-winning Ethernet services using the nationwide CENX Carrier Ethernet Exchange to include Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Ethernet exchanges provide a neutral place for buyers and sellers to peer, connect and purchase Ethernet services. Verizon announced the expansion, which is scheduled for [...] (Read Full Article)

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Verizon Is Double Winner in Metro Ethernet Awards Competition | TTKN News

Explore ttkn.com (Mar 5 2011) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

Verizon has been named Global Service Provider of the Year by the MEF. Verizon was cited for innovation in developing and delivering carrier Ethernet (Read Full Article)

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Comcast commits to business customers

Explore Business News (Nov 19 2010) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

although Comcast’s fiber backbone is what is enabling the unit to try to woo large organizations with Metro Ethernet service that offers Internet access speeds of 1 gigabit per second, the latest iteration of the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification standard, or DOCSIS 3.0, is also fueling the unit’s growth. Comcast’s upgrade of its network to DOCSIS 3.0 technology has enabled it to launch ... (Read Full Article)

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Closer look at Verizon’s 10 Gb/s XG-PON2 Trial

Explore Telecompetitor (Oct 27 2010) Access , Local

Service providers have not yet deployed XG-PON except in limited trials, but they’re already looking at an enhanced version of the next-generation PON technology known as XG-PON2. Verizon announced yesterday that it had completed what it claims is the world’s largest field trial using XG-PON2, which aims to provide customers with 10 Gb/s symmetrical bandwidth. [...] (Read Full Article)

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