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tw telecom Completes Metro Ethernet Forum Certification for Business Services
G.8032 is Spot on for Carrier Ethernet
Overture Networks adds IEEE 1588v2 to Mobile Backhaul Solutions
Unleashing LTE Backhaul with Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and SDN/Virtualization Strategies
Primer: Optical transport network (OTN) - helps move Carrier Ethernet
Gartner Positions Verizon as a Leader in Magic Quadrants
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Articles in category: Middle Mile
Industry Spotlight: 24/7 Mid-Atlantic Network’s Sean Baillie
Explore Telecom Ramblings (13 hours, 54 min ago) Middle Mile , Mobile Backhaul
The Northern Virginia, Washington DC, and Maryland fiber market is one of the most dynamic in the world. With more than 800 route miles of high-fiber-count cables crisscrossing the region and an expanding portfolio of products, 24/7 Mid-Atlantic Network is a rising, independent provider in a geography that is on everyone’s radar.
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Telecom Industry Success Hinges on Compliance with Carrier Ethernet Standards
Explore tmcnet.com (17 hours, 49 min ago) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet
As Carrier Ethernet continues to ascend into the mainstream, the Metro Ethernet Forum’s Five Attributes of Carrier Ethernet – standardized services, scalability, reliability, quality of service, and service management – have evolved into more clearly defined standards.
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Comment Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Dual-network Traffic Duplication Aids Utility Reliability, Migration
Explore Utility Products Magazine (Apr 11 2014) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Municipal
Likewise, redundancy schemes for the newer packet networks-such as G.8032 and Open Shortest Path First- (OSPF-) based networks-relied on a similar network to achieve the desired redundancy and resiliency. There is, however, a new dual-network ...
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XO serves up new bandwidth-on-demand capability
Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 11 2014) Middle Mile , National
XO Communications is giving its customers a new bandwidth-on-demand capability for its suite of WAN-based services that will give them automatic, burstable bandwidth to satisfy short- and long-term needs.
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Comment Mentions: XO Communications Qwest tw telecom
TelePacific, AT&T Complete the IP/Ethernet Interconnection Tango
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Apr 11 2014) Middle Mile
One of the next big frontiers of simultaneous cooperation and competition in internet infrastructure looks like it will be interconnection agreements that will be necessary to turn off the PSTN. Yesterday, the nations’s biggest ILEC and one of its larger privately held CLECs managed to actually get it done
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Comment Mentions: TelePacific
RCN Business scores MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification »
Explore » Connecting the Ethernet industry (Apr 10 2014) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet
RCN Business scores MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification http://t.co/JqKfs5vXGL
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Comment Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Indatel drives fiber connectivity into rural areas
Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 9 2014) Middle Mile
INDATEL, a cooperative middle mile provider, and unified communications (UC) operator ANPI have developed a strategic alliance to find ways to better extend next-gen services to rural areas that have been left largely underserved by larger service providers. INDATEL will offer its Data and Internet Aggregation PoP located on Cermak Street in Chicago, which houses a content delivery network (CDN) services peering point, a Carrier Ethernet exchange and transit IP services aggregation. At this site, the service provider houses its member-to-member circuits and exchange-to-exchange circuits.
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Unite Private Networks lays out 200-mile fiber network expansion
Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 9 2014) Middle Mile , Mobile Backhaul
Serving a mix of service provider, government, data center and enterprise business customers, the new route will provide two main benefits: broadening the availability of lit services such as Carrier Ethernet and wavelength services and dark fiber, while offering what it claims to be lower latency and diversity from existing carrier networks in the region.
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RCN Business achieves Mef Ce 2.0 certification for Ethernet service suite
Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 8 2014) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , National
RCN Business, a competitive business service provider, added another potential element of differentiation by gaining the Metro Ethernet Forum's Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification.
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Comment Mentions: RCN tw telecom Comcast Business Services
MTS Belarus expands Carrier Ethernet network
Explore Telecompaper (Apr 8 2014) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Wholesale / Exchange
(Telecompaper) Mobile operator MTS Belarus has expanded the coverage of its Carrier Ethernet network across the country. The operator raised the coverage at 560 multi-residence buildings in the cities of Minsk, Vitebsk, Gomel, Mogilyov, Hrodna and Brest in Q1.
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US Ethernet Innovations, Freescale settle patent dispute
Explore Telecompaper (Apr 7 2014) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet
(Telecompaper) US Ethernet Innovations (USEI), owner of the fundamental Ethernet technology developed by 3Com in the 1990s, has announced the settlement of a patent...
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Fiber 'Has Started to Shake Up the Services Markets'
Explore Channel Partners Magazine (Apr 7 2014) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Managed Data Services , Mobile Backhaul , Vertical Systems
VSG says fiber is the optimal wireline access technology for delivery of higher speed network services, including carrier Ethernet and IP/MPLS VPNs, as well for cloud and Internet connectivity and mobile backhaul . "During the past year, network ...
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Comment Mentions: Vertical Systems Group
The CIO challenge: building a holistic cloud architecture
Explore Business Technology (Apr 5 2014) Middle Mile , Cloud
... applications over a private, secure Carrier Ethernet network. GTT delivers end-to-end Carrier Ethernet services anywhere in the world, providing enterprises with a fully integrated cloud solution for computing and communicating, enabling them to reach their full ...
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XO lays path for network expansion, completes $500M financing round
Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 4 2014) Middle Mile , National
XO Communications has put together what it says is a multi-year expansion plan for its U.S.-based network that will leverage $500 million in financing as a way to accommodate the growth of its enterprise customers' unified communications, data services and cloud strategies.
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Comment Mentions: XO Communications Qwest tw telecom
U.S. fiber penetration reaches 39.3 percent of buildings, says VSG
Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 4 2014) Middle Mile , Cable / MSO , National , Regional , Vertical Systems
Ongoing aggressive rollouts of fiber by a host of incumbent telcos, CLECs and cable operators throughout 2013 has helped to narrow the U.S. fiber gap by expanding facilities to 39.3 percent of commercial buildings with 20 or more employees, according to new research from Vertical Systems Group.
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Comment Mentions: Vertical Systems Group NuVox Time Warner Cable
GSA approves Comcast for Ethernet services
Explore cedmagazine.com (Apr 2 2014) Middle Mile , Managed Data Services , Cable / MSO
Comcast Business has established an important road into the vast government market, having just scored a Schedule 70 contract with the General Services Administration (GSA), which enables the Company to sell directly to federal, state and local ...
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Comment Mentions: Comcast Business Services
Integra Accelerates Data Center Strategy, Grows On-Network Facilities Nearly
Explore Marketwired (Apr 2 2014) Access , Middle Mile , Wholesale / Exchange
Integra customers will benefit from this and other recent strategic investments in network expansion, such as a new long-haul fiber route connecting Salt Lake City with Northern California and expanded Ethernet-over-Copper (EoC) access.
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CenturyLink, Windstream enhance their U.S. Ethernet standing, says VSG
Explore fierceenterprisecommunications.com (Mar 29 2014) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Local , Regional , Vertical Systems
CenturyLink and Windstream are both becoming growing forces in the Ethernet services market through their aggressive copper and fiber network expansion efforts. According to Vertical Systems Group's 2013 U.S. Incumbent Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard, CenturyLink and Windstream saw the largest growth of out of this group, which continues to be led by AT&T and Verizon.
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Comment Mentions: Vertical Systems Group NuVox
UTStarcom launches broadband infrastructure product
Explore Telecompaper (Mar 28 2014) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet
(Telecompaper) Global telecommunications infrastructure provider, UTStarcom has launched its latest MPLS-TP and carrier Carrier Ethernet-based packet optical transport network...
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Integra extends network link to Europe
Explore DatacenterDynamics (Mar 25 2014) Middle Mile , Global
... continue to make, in expanding access to our networks,” Koenders said. Earlier this year Integra deployed a long-haul fiber network from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Sacramento, California, and a 25% increase in ethernet over copper access within its ...
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KVH launches new ultra-low latency Carrier Ethernet routes
Explore Computerworld Singapore (Mar 25 2014) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet
According to KVH, these newly optimised Carrier Ethernet routes offer latency below 122 and 188 milliseconds between Tokyo and Aurora, and Aurora and Singapore respectively when delivered over a high bandwidth premium Ethernet service.
According to KVH, these newly optimised Ethernet routes offer latency below 122 and 188 milliseconds between Tokyo and Aurora, and Aurora and Singapore respectively when delivered over a high bandwidth premium Ethernet service. - See more at: http://www.computerworld.com.sg/tech/networking/kvh-launches-new-ultra-low-latency-routes-to-cme-from-tokyo-and-singapore/#sthash.nxaJqssB.dpufAccording to KVH, these newly optimised Ethernet routes offer latency below 122 and 188 milliseconds between Tokyo and Aurora ...(Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Bright House Networks rebrands Enterprise Solutions
Explore Telecompaper (Mar 24 2014) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet
Bright House Networks has introduced Enterprise Solutions' new brand identity: "We're wired differently." "We do things differently," said Craig Crowden, senior vice president, Enterprise Solutions and Network Engineering and Operations. Bright House Networks Enterprise Solutions' aim is to design and deliver customised, scalable and technologically advanced services to meet the communications and networking needs of its clients. The company will also collaborate with clients about their needs and then integrating its voice, data and cloud-based services including hosted voice, dedicated internet service, managed Wi-Fi and metro Ethernet
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Comment Mentions: Bright House Networks
SPONSORED CONTENT: Accelerating Wholesale Carrier Ethernet: 4 Success Factors
Explore Overture (Mar 24 2014) Access , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Software Defined Networking (SDN) , Wholesale , Wholesale / Exchange , Heavy Reading
As Ethernet services have grown in popularity, communications service providers (CSPs) are coming to terms with the fact that, in order to deliver this popular offering to multi-site enterprise customers, they must partner with other operators to expand their service footprint and reach.
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Comment Mentions: Frost & Sullivan Heavy Reading Metro Ethernet Forum
VSG: tw telecom, XO, Level 3 take dominant competitive Ethernet position
Explore FierceTelecom (Mar 21 2014) Middle Mile , National , Vertical Systems
tw telecom continues to enjoy a top spot in the competitive Ethernet market due to its aggressive buildout of its fiber network and new software-based capabilities, according to Vertical Systems Group's new Competitive Provider Business Ethernet Leaderboard.
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Comment Mentions: Vertical Systems Group Zayo tw telecom
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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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