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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 …

Focusing on Tier 2 and 3 carrier growth: ADTRAN’s Jay Wilson

Published on December 8, 2011 By Don

Jay Wilson, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Carrier Division, ADTRAN

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Jay Wilson is feeling good about growth in his company’s carrier division. In Q3 2011, the broadband and optical segments of the division grew 93 …

FiberLight lends connection to the North Georgia Network

Published on November 21, 2011 By Don

North Georgia Networks (NGN), an eight-member consortium in Georgia that’s building a 1,000-mile fiber middle mile optical network across North Georgia, has established a connection with FiberLight to get to major Internet hubs outside of Georgia.
Fibe…

Ranking the most powerful people in the wireline industry

Published on June 23, 2011 By Don

Take a look at our first annual 15 Most Powerful People in Wireline feature and you’ll see many of the same people that FierceTelecom writes about every day in the telecom news.
These people are the engines behind the innovations and service initiative…

The 15 most powerful people in wireline

Published on June 23, 2011 By Don

If you take a look at our first annual 15 Most Powerful People in Wireline feature, you’ll see many of the same people that FierceTelecom writes about every day in our industry coverage.
These people are the drivers behind the innovations and service i…

Birch Communications raises $77.5 million to target new growth opportunities

Published on June 8, 2011 By Don

Birch Communications, an Atlanta-based service provider targeting the SMB segment, now has another $77.5 million of funds in its pocket. Included in this new financing package are a senior term loan, a senior revolving credit facility, a tranche of sub…

US service providers invest over $250B on wireline, wireless broadband expansion

Published on May 20, 2011 By Don

Since 2008, cable, telcos and wireless operators have collectively spent $250 billion to expand mobile and wireline broadband availability to consumers in the United States.
The $250 billion figure was part of data released by the three main telecom in…

EarthLink’s Q1 results get boost from ITC^DeltaCom, STS Telecom acquisitions

Published on April 28, 2011 By Don

EarthLink’s (Nasdaq: ELNK) revenues rose 55 percent over Q1 2010 to $243 million, a result driven by its recently completed purchases of ITC^DeltaCom and STS Telecom.
In Q1, Earthlink’s story was all about how it is looking to gain larger piece of the …

Broadview Networks puts cloud services into the SMB’s hands

Published on March 11, 2011 By Don

Broadview Networks believes the SMB should be able to get the same kinds of managed services that large enterprises can get so it is offering its Cloud Computing Services, a set of managed enterprise-grade business software and infrastructure applicati…

Qwest (NYSE: Q): Landline losses eat into Q4 earnings, but CenturyLink merger is on track

Published on February 16, 2011 By Don

Qwest (NYSE: Q) is once again feeling the pain of its legacy voice declines as the service provider’s revenue declined 3.2 percent to $2.9 billion.
The service provider, which is in the process of merging with CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), reported $161 mil…