AT&T (NYSE: T) believes that business telecom service spending will continue to improve. Speaking at this week’s Barclays Capital 2010 Global Communications, Media & Technology Conference in New York City, Ron Spears, CEO of Business Solutions, believes that business spending is beginning to stabilize. “If current trends hold, we would like to think headwinds we’ve seen [...]
Where in the world is Ethernet guru Craig Easley today? Barely a month after announcing that he took up the VP of marketing reins at Sunrise Telecom, Easley has now popped up at Accedian Networks, a provider of Ethernet performance assurance Network Interface Devices (NIDs), as the company’s new VP of marketing. No explanation of [...]
While policy leaders and large service providers theorize how they are going to expand broadband availability, Northwestern Indiana Telephone Co. is already on track to bring broadband services to 100 percent of its customers within a year, beating out the U.S. government’s mandate by three years. Arguably an ambitious initiative, the Obama administration’s American Recovery [...]
In the nearly 20 years that the Internet has been in private hands, it has been an engine of innovation throughout the world. In our society today, we use the Internet for applications that could not have been conceived of when the Department of Defense (DoD) initially constructed the Internet’s predecessor, the DARPAnet. The Internet has [...]
Carrier Ethernet exchange provider CENX must be doing something right. In operation for less than eight months, the service provider has surpassed the 10 million Ethernet service locations mark via its Carrier Ethernet Exchanges. Buoyed by an ongoing list of carrier customers including Covad, transtelco, XO and Verizon, CENX’s CEO Nan Chen, says the 10 [...]
AT&T (NYSE: T) believes that enterprises should not have to deal with the headache of managing your network security, but rather focus on their core business. Incorporating McAfee’s global threat intelligence technology, AT&T’s new Secure E-mail Gateway offering is a Security as a Service (SaaS) that provides e-mail security and message management that ensures [...]
Tektronix (NYSE: TEK) continues to round out its IP video network test offerings, and its acquisition of Mixed Signals is yet another proof point of that drive. Although the terms of the deal were not revealed, Tektronix will be able to add Mixed Signals’ Sentry, Consul and Medius video monitoring product lines. In addition [...]
CFN, a managed service provider that prides itself on delivering ultra low-latency services, has deployed Cyan’s Z-Series as it expands its presence in the Frankfurt and London financial markets. Similar to other carriers targeting the financial market segment, CFN has seen a growing demand for ultra low latency 10 Gbps Ethernet transport between European’s major [...]
Like many independent ILECs, Ellijay Telephone Company (ETC) has gained a status as the service provider everybody knows in the communities it serves. At the same time, ETC has expanded beyond its Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) roots by continually expanding its data service offerings for business, including Ethernet services. To advance its Ethernet service footprint over its [...]
What a difference a year has made for BT (NYSE: BT). Buoyed by operational improvements and cost cutting, BT bounced back with $308.4 million in net profit in three months to March 31. This is a stark contrast to last year’s financial blow from the poor performance of its global services unit with a restated $1.48 billion [...]