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Cogent’s Schaeffer: We have not found any acquisition opportunities that make sense

Published on May 18, 2012 By Don

Dave Schaeffer, CEO and chairman of Cogent Communications (Nasdaq: CCOI), isn’t afraid of scaling his business through a mix of acquisitions, but right now he’s not seeing deals that would add value to his company’s bottom line.

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TIM Brasil to offer its FTTX service under the ‘Live’ brand

Published on May 18, 2012 By Don

TIM Brasil, Telecom Italia’s Brazil telecom subsidiary, will market its Fiber to the Curb/Fiber to the Building (FTTC/FTTB) service under its new “Live” brand name.
Aiming to acquire 1 million subscribers by 2017, the service provider plans to launch i…

Telefonica to bring FTTP to Madrid this year

Published on May 16, 2012 By Don

Telefónica and Madrid City Council have announced that the Spanish communications service provider plans to bring 100-Mbps broadband services to 1.3 million households and companies via fiber to the premises (FTTP) before the end of the year.

Zayo opens new low-latency Chicago to Seattle route

Published on May 15, 2012 By Don

Zayo has added a new route between Seattle and Chicago, giving its financial, content and wholesale customers a new option for low latency services.
Already providing a number of network services between Seattle and Chicago, the new service, which will…

Lightower expands network, colocation presence in Providence, R.I.

Published on May 15, 2012 By Don

Lightower is giving its carrier and business customers in Providence, R.I., more options with the addition of 21 miles of new fiber routes that will serve the Pawtucket and Seekonk communities.
Complementing the new fiber build is an expansio…

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…

Size matters as Verizon FiOS tops Consumer Reports survey

Published on May 9, 2012 By Don

It pays to be the biggest even if you may not necessarily be the best. That’s one way of looking at a Consumer Reports’ survey that hedged a bit before naming Verizon FiOS (NYSE: VZ) as “highly rated” among providers offering a triple play of voice…

Cbeyond extends reach via FiberLight, Zayo

Published on May 7, 2012 By Don

Network and cloud services provider Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY) has announced partnerships with a pair of fiber services vendors to extend its coverage footprint. The partnerships with FiberLight and Zayo aim to help Cbeyond reach its goals of lighting 1,00…

Zayo wraps its acquisition of Arialink

Published on May 1, 2012 By Don

Zayo Group has put the final touches on its acquisition of Michigan-based Arialink, adding 930 new route miles to its overall network, including 400 miles of dense metro networks in Lansing and Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Cincinnati Bell puts cloud services into the hands of the SMB customer

Published on May 1, 2012 By Don

Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) has responded to the idea that SMBs should have the same access to cloud services as larger enterprises, with the launch of its cloud-based Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Communication and Collaboration Solutions.
Delivered throug…