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As telecom carriers evolve, Carrier Evolution tracks the important developments in telecom and broadband which drive that evolution, including IP voice, unified communications, collaboration and consumer applications. Carrier Evolution offers original and curated content from external sources.

C Spire and Wireline Sister Company Pursue Convergence Opportunities

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The C Spire name, traditionally associated with wireless service, will soon appear on fiber-based digital broadband services from C Spire’s sister company Telepak, a competitive carrier with a fiber network throughout a large part of the southeastern United States.  The news was part of a...Learn More

EarthLink Acquires Managed IT Provider CenterBeam

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Continuing with its transformation from a consumer focused ISP to an enterprise IT and managed services provider, EarthLink made another acquisition in the managed IT space by buying CenterBeam. Sunnyvale, Ca.-based CenterBeam offers “…remote managed IT services primarily to multi-location mid-sized businesses, and operates a...Learn More

Sprint Expands 4G LTE Footprint

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced the availability of its all-new 4G LTE network in 22 new cities, just in time for the official start of summer. Customers in “hotspots” such as Miami, New Orleans, Raleigh, N.C., and Tampa, Fla., are now able to...Learn More

CenturyLink Enhances Savvis Cloud Suite With Acquisition of AppFog, Inc.

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MONROE, La., June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced it has enhanced its Savvis Cloud suite through the acquisition of AppFog, Inc., a fast-growing Platform-as-a-Service provider used by more than 100,000 developers – with hundreds joining daily – who have deployed...Learn More

Is Dish/nTelos Fixed Wireless Demo Aimed at Clearwire/Sprint Shareholders?

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Dish Network and nTelos are claiming some impressive data rates for the fixed LTE broadband offering they have deployed in a rural Virginia trial. Participants in the trial are seeing data rates from 20 Mbps to more than 50 Mbps, according to the companies. A...Learn More

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