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“Quick digest of new items affecting the telecommunications industry from Level 3, Telx, Telarus, BridgeWave, Global Crossing, Windstream.” |
Telecommunications News January 24, 2011 January 24, 2011 News Items Summary Level 3 Communications, Inc. announced its collaboration with Vancouver-based Strangeloop. The companies have integrated Strangeloop's Site Optimizer and Website Code Optimization technology into Level 3's global content delivery network (CDN). This newly available combination — the Level 3 CDN Site Transformer — will provide customers with a unique and powerful set of solutions for website and application delivery. SOURCE: Level 3 Communications CarrierQuoteShop.com, the web's first open quoting portal for independent commercial telecommunication agents, announced the addition of Nitel to its list of clients. This new partnership will allow all Nitel agents to access - free of charge - data T1, bonded T1, data DS3, and ethernet pricing in real-time via the web. CarrierQuoteShop.com will be holding its first training webinar on January 27th at 4PM MST. CALL DETAILS: (404) 920-6745 PIN: 393438 Web Bridge: www.CarrierQuoteShop.com/webinar SOURCE: CarrierQuoteShop.com Interconnection and colocation specialist Telx will deploy its Ethernet Exchange service at three more of the company’s data centers, the company said. The new sites are located in Miami, Dallas and Los Angeles, which will join existing locations in New York, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco. SOURCE: Data Center Knowledge Global Crossing has responded to its customers' need for wavelength capacity options by upgrading the terrestrial capacity of its wavelength services to 40 Gbps. SOURCE: FierceTelecom Windstream has announced a KDL-Norlight Acquisition Overview call for January 26th. SOURCE: Windstream Cbeyond, Inc. announced the company has made virtual servers and managed dedicated servers, a recent addition to its robust portfolio of technology solutions, widely available to small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S. and in more than 60 countries. SOURCE: connected planet BridgeWave Communications announced that XO Communications, one of the nation’s largest communications service providers, has deployed BridgeWave’s FlexPort80 links to provide high-speed wireless network connectivity for customers not directly connected to the XO nationwide fiber network. SOURCE: BusinessWire Draper UT, January 20, 2011 - Telarus, Inc., premier telecom master agent and patent holder of real-time carrier quotes, announced they have entered into an agreement to market and sell Time Warner Cable Business Class (TWCBC) services. The new partnership opens the way for Telarus' agents to broaden their business voice and data service offerings through one of the industry's largest cable operators, TWCBC, which becomes the first MSO to join the Telarus carrier portfolio. SOURCE: Telarus US Signal has completed the expansion of its long-haul fiber network into southern and central Illinois. The expansion also includes St. Louis and part of southern Indiana. SOURCE: Channel Partners Time Warner Cable will soon roll out its fastest Internet product yet with the launch of Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet for both residential and business customers across the Triangle area including Raleigh, Cary, Durham and Chapel Hill, as well as Wilson. Launch date is expected in the spring. SOURCE: dBusinessNews |
