Boise, Idaho, USA. February 5, 2014. ADVA Optical Networking announced today that Syringa Networks has deployed the ADVA FSP 3000 to answer continued bandwidth growth. Headquartered in Idaho and serving areas within Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and Utah, Syringa Networks serves…
Syringa Networks, a regional fiber networked, launched and owned by several independent telcos, is continuing their expansion into Utah, which was first announced back in 2010. Their reach now includes an MPLS enabled fiber network into Salt Lake City. Syringa,…
In the competitive world of telecom, when all else fails, sue. That’s one way of looking at Syringa Networks approach to a dispute with the state of Idaho over an education network being built statewide there. Syringa Networks, a Boise,…
Two announcements this week remind us of how important Ethernet and cloud services growth is for Tier 2 and 3 telcos. Syringa Networks announced it had achieved Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification for several services. Additionally, Consolidated Communications announced new metro…
Zayo was the biggest winner in the NTIA Middle Mile awards to be announced today. The company is slated to receive $92.8 million of $930 million awarded through the program for three separate projects touching eight states. Awardees will invest…
Seven service providers were named to Vertical Systems Group’s (VSG) global carrier Ethernet Leaderboard for 2021, with Orange Business Services replacing AT&T in the top spot. The companies each had a 4% or higher share of billable retail ports at…
A second deal this week concerning CenturyLink divestiture of Level 3 assets was announced by the company, with news that the Department of Justice has approved the sale of certain Level 3 assets to Unite Private Networks (UPN) of Kansas…
Blackfoot Telecommunications’ plan to purchase FairPoint Communications’ Idaho operations, announced late yesterday afternoon, represents a growth opportunity for Blackfoot and a means of reducing debt for FairPoint. Blackfoot is a Montana-based incumbent carrier and in an interview with Telecompetitor, Blackfoot…
The roster of service providers on Vertical Systems Group’s (VSG) SD-WAN Leaderboard has expanded to nine, but the leader remains AT&T for the fifth consecutive year, the analysts firm says. The companies, all of which have at least 2% of…
Comcast moved from seventh to fourth place in SD-WAN market share, while the top three companies remained with their rankings in the latest SD-WAN market share report from Vertical Systems Group, known as the SD-WAN Services Leaderboard report. With a…
Vertical Systems Group’s SD-WAN Leaderboard remained mostly stable through the end of last year. AT&T, Hughes, Verizon, CenturyLink, Windstream, Aryaka and Comcast each have at least a 2% SD-WAN market share, counting installed and billable carrier-managed customer sites in the…