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Google’s Kansas City 1 Gbps FTTH network debut gets held up

Published on May 21, 2012 By Don

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has yet again delayed the roll out of its 1 Gbps Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) network, missing its previously set end of June launch date.
Amid a wave of hype, Google promised over a year ago that consumers and businesses in Kansa…

Vodafone makes $1.7B offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide

Published on April 23, 2012 By Don

Vodafone (LSE:  VOD.L) on Monday made a £1.04 billion ($1.7 billion) bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide (LSE: CW.L).
By acquiring CWW, Vodafone will not only gain its own wireline-based wireless backhaul network, but also a sizeable busi…

Wholesale provider leaders to watch in 2012

Published on April 16, 2012 By Don

As we ramp up into this spring’s COMPTEL PLUS–a trade show that will focus on selling wholesale services to competitive providers and increasingly wireless carriers–it’s time for FierceTelecom to pay tribute to the leaders of this space with our…

Jim O’Brien, EarthLink

Published on April 16, 2012 By Don

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Riding the growing managed IT services market wave can be a real challenge, but it’s a spot in which EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK) is doing well thanks to a focus on building both its IP infrastructure and its managed services techno…

Daktel, Dickey Rural build FTTH network covering 10,000 square miles in N.D.

Published on April 13, 2012 By Don

While other large incumbent service providers such as AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) wind down their fiber-based broadband initiatives, two North Dakota telecom cooperatives have completed a Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network that they say wil…

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, …

BT brings government-funded FTTX network to Lancashire

Published on April 5, 2012 By Don

Lancashire is the first location in the UK that will receive the fruit of BT’s (NYSE: BT) government-backed FTTX network build under the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) program.
As an organization set on carrying out the government’s broadband strategy, B…

Telstra International takes 40G plunge with Infinera

Published on March 27, 2012 By Don

Telstra International (ASX: TLS.AX) has put Infinera’s (Nasdaq: INFN) 40G DTN solution to work in its optical subsea network in Asia, making it the optical vendor’s hundredth customer.
The 9,000 km deployment spans four countries, including Hong Kong, …

San Jose Returns to Offering Public Wi-Fi – $94,000 to Install, $22k Per Year to Maintain

Published on March 15, 2012 By Don

With the prevalence of existing Wi-Fi hotspots and cellular data service, most public municipal Wi-Fi efforts didn’t last very long, most communities instead now focusing on something that often isn’t readily available: last mile fiber. Taking a page o…

Bulloch Telephone opts for ADTRAN Optical Network Edge, FTTH

Published on March 15, 2012 By Don

ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN) says that Bulloch Telephone Cooperative of Georgia is deploying the systems provider’s Optical Network Edge (ONE) and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technologies to help serve its 8,500 residential and business customers in Bullo…