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Telstra serves up wholesale fiber service in South Brisbane

Published on January 23, 2012 By Don

Telstra (ASX: TLS.AX) has struck an agreement to provide wholesale access to competitors on its fiber network in South Brisbane in addition to new Greenfield real estate developments.
As reported in iTWire, the new ‘Fibre Access Broadband’ service will…

Telefonica employs Deutsche Telekom for fiber-based wireless backhaul

Published on January 13, 2012 By Don

Telefonica Germany’s (NYSE: TEF) latest agreement to get fiber-based backhaul services from its main rival Deutsche Telekom (XETRA: DTE.DE) illustrates the idea that wireless operators need multiple sources for their backhaul needs. In this deployment,…

Verizon adds upstate NY college basketball to FiOS lineup

Published on January 6, 2012 By Don

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is adding more local content flavor to its FiOS service in New York’s capital region: It will soon begin carrying some Siena College, University at Albany and Syracuse University basketball games this winter thanks to a new agreement…

Zayo extends presence into the data center market with Green House Data agreement

Published on December 20, 2011 By Don

Zayo Group’s completion of a fiber build to Wyoming-based data center provider Green House Data illustrates how the data center business is fast becoming a new profitable target for wireline wholesale carriers.
Coupled with the fiber connection, Zayo i…

PAETEC equips Fort Drum with fiber services through DISA

Published on November 28, 2011 By Don

PAETEC (Nasdaq: PAET), through its acquisition of the former Intellifiber/Cavalier, has continued to rack up new government customer wins and its latest agreement to supply Fort Drum, N.Y. with fiber and DWDM services through a contract with Defense In…

UPDATED: AT&T, America Movil establish partnership to serve global MNC customers

Published on November 22, 2011 By Don

America Movil (NYSE: AMX) and AT&T (NYSE: T) are both keen on finding more ways to serve their respective global multinational corporation customers in both Latin America and other emerging regions, and their latest agreement reflects that desire.

Lightower brings low latency services to 15 NY and NJ locations

Published on November 4, 2011 By Don

Lightower continues to ride the low latency train, and its latest announcement that its services are available in 15 locations throughout New York City and New Jersey reflects that trend.
Targeting the region’s financial markets, the new low point to p…

Zayo extends Ethernet reach through Telx’s Ethernet exchange

Published on October 5, 2011 By Don

Zayo is adding Telx’s Ethernet exchange to its Ethernet expansion toolbox as a complement its own organic fiber network growth.

Rendering of Telx’s Atlanta data center at 56 Marietta St.

Joining the Ethernet exchange in Telx’s downtown…

Allied Fiber extends its dark fiber network to DuPont Fabros’ data center

Published on July 1, 2011 By Don

Allied Fiber’s latest deal to bring its dark fiber network to data center provider DuPont Fabros Technology illustrates the growing notion that the data center is becoming telecom’s new central office (CO).
Set to be operational in Q4 2011, the new con…

Telstra finalizes $11.6B National Broadband Network transition plan

Published on June 24, 2011 By Don

Telstra (ASX: TLS.AX) has at long last wrapped up its agreement to surrender its wireline assets to the Australian government for their National Broadband Network initiative.
This agreement comes after years of sometimes contentious negotiations betwee…