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 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…
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…
AboveNet (NYSE: ABVT) is giving businesses in the San Francisco Bay area another low latency data option as it has extended its Core Wave service suite to the area’s businesses.
Sticking to the theme that’s central to the service provider’s focus, the …
Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT) wants to take advantage of potential opportunities to serve the growing presence of service providers and enterprises in Mexico.
Offered through its local licensed Mexico affiliate, Level 3 now offers a number of i…
I’d like to call your attention to our 2011 top 10 competitive provider leaders feature, in which FierceTelecom profiles the executives changing the dynamics of the competitive telecom industry.
The past year has seen a number of changes taking …
By establishing a presence at The Synchrium Group’s Penn Regional Business Center in Pennsylvania, First Communications is responding to the idea that office buildings with high connectivity make those locations more attractive to tenants.
Ma…
Slow speeds, low caps and high prices have long made satellite the Rodney Dangerfield of broadband connectivity, though ViaSat has been promising that their new ViaSat-1 satellite will change all that. While the launch should provide more capacity, tha…
Over the years consumers have poured more than $25 billion into the Universal Service Fund, a program intended to bring phone connectivity to rural markets, and broadband connectivity to schools and libraries. While some of these goals have been accomp…
Pando Networks recently released a new study that analyzed speeds delivered via 27 million downloads by 20 million computers in 224 countries from January through June 2011. The disparity of the results is “striking” says the company, which found that,…