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Bermuda’s BTC debuts its new multi-purpose fiber network

Published on May 21, 2012 By Don

Bermuda’s incumbent service provider Bermuda Telephone Company (BTC) has launched its new PRISM fiber network.
As a multi-purpose network, BTC said it will have enough capacity to fulfill various consumer and business services, including voice, video, …

AboveNet uses ancotel to expand its European Ethernet footprint

Published on May 10, 2012 By Don

AboveNet (NYSE: ABVT), which is in the process of being acquired by Zayo, is enhancing its European Ethernet network presence by establishing a connection into ancotel’s Kleyer90 data-center facility.
Focused on serving international wholesale customer…

ADVA Optical beats profit expectations in Q1 2012

Published on April 25, 2012 By Don

ADVA Optical Networking (XETRA: ADV.DE) reported Q1 2012 revenues of €81.7 million ($108 million) in Q1 2012, coming within guidance between €79 million ($104 million) and €83 million ($109.6 million).
The Q1 results illustrated a 16….

Sizing up Connection-Oriented Ethernet approaches: A new eBook from FierceTelecom

Published on April 23, 2012 By Don

There’s no question that Ethernet has become the accepted service of choice for data that service providers are using for their business and wholesale customers. But an emerging group of vendors, service providers and standards groups are driving a ne…

Alpheus Communications sees uptick in wholesale service sales, plots growth

Published on April 19, 2012 By Don

Alpheus Communications, a Texas-based regional service provider that was purchased by private equity firm The Gores Group last September, is seeing ongoing growth in wholesale service sales as the bandwidth needs of its carriers’ end customers continue…

MegaPath among largest Ethernet over Copper players

Published on April 17, 2012 By Don

Communications network provider MegaPath Corp.’s aggressive Ethernet over Copper buildout has put the carrier among the nation’s largest providers of EoC service, reaching over 19 major markets, the company said in a statement.
San Jose, Calif.-based M…

Welcome 2012′s wholesale service provider leaders

Published on April 16, 2012 By Don

As we begin our coverage of this year’s COMPTEL PLUS–a trade show this week in San Francisco that will focus selling wholesale services to competitive providers and increasingly wireless carriers–it’s time for FierceTelecom to pay tribute …

Kevin O’Toole, Comcast Business Services

Published on April 16, 2012 By Don

O’Toole

Building the business services wing of fast-growing Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) has been a key mission for Kevin O’Toole, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Strategy for Comcast Business Services, since taking on the ro…

Michelle Hymson, FairPoint Communications

Published on April 16, 2012 By Don

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Michelle Hymson, Assistant Vice President for Wholesale Sales, FairPoint Communications (Nasdaq: FRP), is in an interesting position as the service provider sets a path of new growth in wholesale services.
Hymson has plenty of exper…

Mike Millegan, Verizon Wholesale

Published on April 16, 2012 By Don

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Mike Millegan, Global President of Verizon Wholesale (NYSE: VZ), is operating in a unit that’s transitioning to one where collaboration among other teams, including its government and traditional enterprise, is becoming more of th…