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Sidera extends fiber network to RagingWire’s data centers

Published on April 11, 2012 By Don

Sidera Networks has secured a deal to provide a fiber-based connection to RagingWire Data Center’s new Ashburn, Va. data center.
One of the key considerations in choosing Sidera was that it had a route that bypasses the busy Washington, D.C. corridor, …

Integra Telecom lights up optical wavelength service suite

Published on April 2, 2012 By Don

Integra Telecom is adding another page to its growing medium-to-large business service cookbook by launching a new set of optical wavelength services. Targeted at large enterprises, health care, and financial service companies, the new service provides…

FreedomPop Unveils More Details on Free Wireless Data – 1 GB Free, 1 Cent per Each Additional MB

Published on March 29, 2012 By Don

Late last year Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstr m announced he’d be launching a new wireless carrier in 2012 named FreedomPop that provides free wireless service. Zennstrom and company are being a little murky about the specific financials behind the se…

Zayo Group to shell out $2.2B for AboveNet

Published on March 19, 2012 By Don

Zayo Group has moved to acquire AboveNet (NYSE: ABVT) for about $2.2 billion, continuing on its move to grow its service assets via acquisitions.
AboveNet’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the purchase will be entitled to recei…

GBI undersea cable system ready for service

Published on February 21, 2012 By Don

Gulf Bridge International (GBI) and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. Co., say the GBI undersea cable system is ready for service. The GBI submarine fiber-optic ring network connects Qatar, the UAE, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. It als…

GBI undersea cable system ready for service

Published on February 21, 2012 By Don

Gulf Bridge International (GBI) and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. Co., say the GBI undersea cable system is ready for service. The GBI submarine fiber-optic ring network connects Qatar, the UAE, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. It als…

Deutsche Telekom, Lattlecom create route linking Russia, Western Europe

Published on January 25, 2012 By Don

Deutsche Telekom’s (XETRA: DTE.DE) wholesale unit, International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS), has struck a pact with Latvian wireline provider Lattlecom to jointly build a new multi-country fiber network.
Designed to support the growing I…

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…

Zayo acquires 360networks

Published on December 14, 2011 By Don

Deal size: $319 million
Why it’s relevant? With its $319 million acquisition of 360networks, Zayo instantly increases its fiber and service footprint with more than 44,000 route miles and nearly two million fiber miles.
In making this purchase, Zayo ad…

Syringa Networks connects rural businesses with ADVA FSP 3000

Published on December 7, 2011 By Don

ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) has notched up another deal for its flagship product, the FSP 3000. Syringa Networks, an Idaho-based regional provider of fiber-optic services, has selected the modular optical transport platform to provide high-speed…