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Articles in category: Business Ethernet
Comcast to launch Carrier Ethernet services in Vermont
Explore VTDigger.org (13 hours, 58 min ago)
Comcast is the first service provider in North America to offer Metro Ethernet Forum CE 2.0 certified Carrier Ethernet services and was also the first service provider to achieve all three of the previous CE 1.0 certifications (MEF 9, 14 and 18).
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CenturyLink VP Shares Rationale for 100G Network Upgrade
Explore Telecompetitor (21 hours, 17 min ago)
CenturyLink VP Shares Rationale for 100G Network Upgrade Data center connectivity requirements and burgeoning residential broadband traffic are driving CenturyLink’s 100G packet optical network expansion announced today. “Deploying 10G has become too much work,” said Pieter Poll, CenturyLink senior vice president of national and international network planning, engineering and construction, in an...
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Mentions: Joan Engebretson
Carrier Ethernet providers in the U.S. CLEC segment
Explore FierceTelecom (22 hours, 24 min ago)
Here's an at-a-glance look at seven competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) that provide Carrier Ethernet services.
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Excedo connects fibre network to TeliaSonera Ethernet
Explore Telecompaper (Mar 18 2013)
(Telecompaper) Excedo Communications, a Swedish provider of telecommunication services for businesses, has entered into a Nordic region agreement with and Telia Operator Business to interconnect Excedo Communications' fibre network ExcedoNet with the TeliaSonera Ethernet platform. The contract runs for three years. TeliaSonera Ethernet is a Nordic multi-service platform service for large-scale users and providers of communications services such as Excedo Communications. Telia Business Operator is responsible for the operation, maintenance and security of the network. The agreement is the start of Excedo Communications' commitment to delivering high-quality Ethernet services realised on SHDSL, VDSL and fibre in various capacities.
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Fatbeam's EMAN acquisition ups Washington State fiber presence
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 15 2013)
While neither company revealed the terms of the deal, Fatbeam said it will augment the existing EMAN network by adding additional fiber route miles and upgrading the Carrier Ethernet backbone to serve the Franklin Pierce School District under a long-term contract for 20 Gbps Ethernet service.
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Mentions: Frontier
Telstra Wholesale joins the Carrier Ethernet 2.0 club
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 13 2013)
Telstra Wholesale (ASX: TLS.AX) is the latest service provider to gain the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF's) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification for its new "Data Advantage" Ethernet Access and Ethernet backhaul products, which it debuted last August. The Data Advantage product line offers wholesale customers four primary products: managed leased line, Ethernet, Ethernet backhaul and point-to-point fiber services.
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Mentions: NTT Telstra Orange Business Services
Alpheus delivers Ethernet services to AireSpring
Explore Telecompaper (Mar 13 2013)
(Telecompaper) US-based metro-regional fibre and networking services Alpheus Communications will deliver Ethernet services to the US telecommunication carrier AireSpring as the company expands its MPLS and Ethernet services throughout Texas. AireSpring's MPLS Mesh product allows customers to combine multiple MPLS networks with a single SLA, single bill and single point of contact.
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Mentions: Alpheus Communications
Overture Brings SDN to the Edge
Explore Light Reading (Mar 12 2013)
Overture introduces industry's first open architecture for software-defined services at the metro edge
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Mentions: Overture Networks Overture Networks Inc.
VSG: Business fiber gap is slowly closing
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 12 2013)
For much of the last decade, the lack of business fiber connections was often cited as an opportunity for new service providers and an embarrassment for those that had been around for a while and could have done better addressing the market. Density of fiber connections among U.S. businesses was regularly measured at well below 10 percent.
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XO eyes asymmetrical EoC opportunities
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 12 2013)
XO Communications is seeing new potential use for asymmetrical speed Ethernet over Copper (EoC) as a way to respond to customers who have applications that don't necessarily need a symmetrical connection. Sam Koetter, senior product manager of Ethernet services for XO, said the company plans to start offering an asymmetric Ethernet service tentatively at the end of the year.
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Mentions: XO Communications NuVox
Windstream Expands Carrier Ethernet
Explore Light Reading (Mar 11 2013)
To meet the increasing demand from carriers for higher bandwidth and Ethernet, Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq:WIN) announced today at COMPTEL PLUS a nationwide expansion of its Carrier Switched Ethernet service. This expansion will allow Windstream to have ubiquitous availability within its entire footprint through existing network interconnects.
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Mentions: NuVox
EoC makes a new dent in Ethernet market
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 11 2013)
Despite the allure of fiber-based Ethernet, the reality is that no service provider—even a large one—can justify bringing a fiber connection to every building in its footprint. (Image source: iStockPhoto) Enter Ethernet over Copper, or EoC. With this method of delivering Ethernet over existing copper wiring, a service provider can deliver higher speeds, ranging from 2-100 Mbps ...
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Mentions: Qwest
PEG Bandwidth expands network with 1,500 new cell sites
Explore Telecompaper (Mar 11 2013)
(Telecompaper) Provider of high-capacity Ethernet backhaul networks, PEG Bandwidth has announced the expansion of its network with a series of recently executed contracts to serve 1,500 new cell sites spanning ten states throughout Central, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. The expansion will add over 7,900 route miles to the PEG Bandwidth fibre network, which once completed, will total over 11,000 route miles across fifteen states. The deployments will support four large wireless operators' 4G expansions.
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Four steps to SDN
Explore Telecoms.com (Mar 11 2013)
With Software Defined Networking (SDN) generating a lot of interest at MWC, there are plenty of approaches jockeying for position. Networking equipment vendor Juniper Networks recently came out with its own contribution and a four-step approach to implementing the concept.
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FairPoint extends wholesale Ethernet reach into Boston
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 8 2013)
FairPoint (Nasdaq: FRP) on Thursday introduced a new wholesale Ethernet service option that will give businesses access from Boston to the company's northern New England network footprint in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Offered out of the One Summer Street carrier hotel at One Summer Street in Boston, Carrier Ethernet Service (CES) Extended Connect will provide an access point for wholesale carrier customers who need an interconnection into northern New England.
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Mentions: sidera Comcast Business Services
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
Consolidated's Udell carves out new broadband, Ethernet business services strategy
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 7 2013)
We're doing a metro Ethernet-based product growth strategy across the commercial or business-to-business markets. We're seeing that even though we started with multi-site businesses a few years back that that's picked up momentum and more and more businesses are finding that a preferred platform because it allows us to layer on more sophisticated and user-driven type services on top of it.
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Mentions: Consolidated Communications SureWest
Zen Builds UK Ethernet Network
Explore Light Reading (Mar 6 2013)
Zen Internet, the independent, UK-based Internet and technology services provider, has announced that it is making an initial investment of over £3.5 million in its core infrastructure to build a network of local exchange PoPs (Points of Presence). This will enable the company to offer a broad range of highly competitive Ethernet services to customers.
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Optical network market “poised for growth in 2013″
Explore Telecoms.com (Mar 5 2013)
The global market for optical network hardware looks set to have a good year in 2013, with North America and 100G expected to shine particularly bright, according to a report from Infonetics Research.
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XO Comms Offers Intelligent WAN
Explore Light Reading (Mar 4 2013)
The XO Intelligent WAN solution offers a comprehensive and integrated approach to meeting the demands placed on networks today through tomorrow by combining intelligent networking, integrated security, and end-to-end visibility of the performance of applications across the network.
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Mentions: XO Communications
CenturyLink, Windstream rise in Carrier Ethernet market
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 4 2013)
U.S. incumbent telcos have taken charge of the U.S. retail Ethernet market as they continue to expand their respective portfolios and footprints to serve their SMB and enterprise customers, but they all face a challenging economic reality that's slowed revenue growth.
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Mentions: Vertical Systems Group NuVox Qwest
Frontier invests USD 25.5 mln in Pennsylvania network
Explore Telecompaper (Mar 1 2013)
(Telecompaper) Frontier Communications has announced that 2012 network enhancements and capital investments for its operations in Pennsylvania totalled more than USD 25.5 million.
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Mentions: Frontier Communications Frontier
Cable MSOs: A phoenix rising in the Ethernet industry
Explore FierceTelecom (Feb 28 2013)
Cable companies have a long heritage of providing television services for consumers, but over the course of the last decade MSOs have been making a name for themselves in the business services sector, providing a set of higher speed data services, including Ethernet.
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Mentions: Vertical Systems Group Cablevision Time Warner Cable
Comcast Business Services Lights Up City of West Haven by Connecting City Hall with Public Safety Locations, Schools ...
Explore Market News, Real (Feb 27 2013)
West Haven currently has a combination of 10 Mbps and 20 Mbps Ethernet Network Service (ENS) connections from Comcast that link City Hall with its 17 municipal locations. The city also now has a 20 Mbps Ethernet Dedicated Internet (EDI) connection to City Hall, and, in addition to expediting the transfer of administrative files like team minutes, agendas, permits and licenses, is also the basis of the municipality's web-based Reverse 911 system.
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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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