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Zayo brings 100 Mbps Ethernet to Idaho’s Meridian Joint School District

Published on January 17, 2012 By Don

Zayo has furthered its presence in the evolving education segment by winning a contract to build a dedicated fiber-based Ethernet network for Meridian Joint School District in Idaho.
Providing 100 Mbps Ethernet service to 49 schools and administration …

Frontier plugs Infinera into its Pennsylvania metro optical network

Published on January 11, 2012 By Don

Frontier Communications (Nasdaq: FTR) has employed the help of Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN) to enhance its metro optical backbone network in its Pennsylvania market.
By deploying Infinera’s ATN, Frontier can support its metro optical network transport found…

Lightower lights up commercial 40G and 100G services

Published on January 11, 2012 By Don

Lightower Fiber Networks is putting its 100G network to work with a series of 100G-capable optical services, including Ethernet and managed wavelengths, for its enterprise and service provider customers. Having previously built out a 100G network backb…

Hawaiian Telcom employs Calix for its broadband expansion drive

Published on January 9, 2012 By Don

Hawaiian Telcom (Nasdaq: HCOM), the tenth largest ILEC by revenue in the United States, is upping the ante of its broadband service by deploying Calix’s (NYSE: CALX) Unified Access portfolio.
The service provider will leverage Calix’s E3-12C Serviceabl…

Kevin Sheehan, Matt Squire to leave Overture Networks

Published on December 21, 2011 By Don

Two of Overture Networks’ main executives will be leaving the company now that the integration of the former Hatteras Networks, which it acquired last year, is complete.
Overture’s current President Kevin Sheehan and CTO Matt Squire, serving in the sam…

Intellifiber thrives within Windstream fold

Published on December 20, 2011 By Don

Connected Planet talks with fiber unit exec Sean Baillie about unit’s unique account approach, the low-latency and cloud markets, Ethernet over copper and more

Integra’s CEO Kevin O’Hara wants to put company on stable ground

Published on December 20, 2011 By Don

Whether it was their reorganization, move to focus on larger businesses, not to mention hiring its third CEO, it’s clear that Integra Telecom endured a lot in the past year.
However, new CEO Kevin O’Hara, one of the co-founders of Level 3 (NYSE: LVLT),…

Windstream purchases PAETEC

Published on December 14, 2011 By Don

Deal Size: $2.3 billion
Why it’s relevant? Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), unlike its fellow Tier 2 ILECs, may have not pulled off ambitious deals like its fellows CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) or Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) did with their respective purch…

Taking a new look at wireless backhaul with Ron Mudry of Tower Cloud

Published on November 15, 2011 By Don

Ron Mudry, President and CEO, Tower Cloud

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Having just raised $49 million during what has been a challenging economic time, Ron Mudry, President and CEO of wireless backhaul specialist Tower Cloud, is confident he’s got what he ne…

Level 3 targets Mexico business and wholesale service opportunities

Published on November 14, 2011 By Don

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…