Windstream announced the addition of 60K wholesale fiber locations across its 18 state footprint. The additional wholesale access locations became available during the first quarter of 2021. These new Windstream wholesale fiber locations are available in exchanges where Windstream is…
Lumen (CenturyLink), AT&T and Spectrum Enterprise, in that order, retained their positions as the top carrier Ethernet providers on Vertical Systems Group’s 2020 Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard. Vertical Systems Group (VSG) says that overall port growth was flat due to the…
December 01, 2020 — CLEVELAND–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Everstream, the business-only fiber network, has earned its first MEF 3.0 Company Certification, validating that the business’s fiber solutions adhere to rigorous industry best practices for standardized network-based services. Everstream is one of 27 companies…
In a period in which the COVID-19 pandemic brought the US Ethernet market largely to a halt, seven providers qualified for the Vertical Systems Group mid-year 2020 Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard, the firm says. The top VSG carrier Ethernet rankings, in…
Los Angeles, 20 May 2020 – MEF is pleased to announce that 24 service providers from around the world now offer a combined total of 77 certified MEF 3.0 SD-WAN and Carrier Ethernet (CE) services. These innovative providers have demonstrated that their solutions…
Ziply, a unit of WaveDivision Capital, has acquired telecom infrastructure provider Wholesail Networks and has announced 13 Northwest markets that will receive fiber upgrades. The markets include tier 2 and 3 markets in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana – the…
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI – March 31, 2020 – Bluebird Network LLC, a Midwest telecommunications company, is excited to announce the completion of its acquisition of the Illinois Network Alliance (INA), becoming the Alliance’s sole owner. This purchase empowers Bluebird to expand its…
Comcast and Charter/Spectrum are two of four service providers that have received MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certification from global standards body MEF. The MEF 3.0 SD-WAN standard, also known as MEF 70, defines key attributes of SD-WAN services. Service providers’ compliance…
Columbus, OH – February 25, 2020 – Horizon, a regional fiber broadband company based in Ohio, has announced a new connection to the Equinix Data Center on Cermak Road in Chicago, IL, a major Internet on-ramp hub for the Midwest. By…
Competitive business-only regional fiber network operator Everstream said today that it will enter five new markets and invest more than $250 million during 2020. The moves, which are part of a strategy that includes both organic growth and acquisitions, are…
Bluebird Network has completed a 61 mile fiber expansion in Springfield, MO. The project interconnects major business areas in the city to both the Bluebird Underground Data Center, which also is in Springfield, and the company’s Midwestern fiber network. That…
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