Windstream Wholesale today became the first national service provider built into Virginia Beach, Va., an international subsea cable landing station, and is taking orders out of the new Globalinx Data Center, the company announced. Telecompetitor earlier reported that the company…
Windstream Wholesale says that it has executed the largest agreement in its history for core transport. The client was termed “a major hyperscale” entity but was not identified in the press release. The capacity will enable the client to interconnect…
Bluebird Networks, operator of a fiber network spanning several Midwestern states, said it has signed an agreement to purchase Illinois Network Alliance, which operates a network in that state. INA is owned by several smaller Illinois telecom service providers. Bluebird…
FirstLight, a regional fiber network operator serving the northeastern U.S., has acquired ColoSpace, a provider of IT services, cloud services and disaster recovery in New England. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ColoSpace is almost 20 years old, according…
CenturyLink said today that it has acquired Streamroot, a provider of peer-to-peer, also known as mesh, content delivery technology. The carrier, which already uses Streamroot technology, said the acquisition should help “improve video and static content delivery within bandwidth constrained…
Nex-Tech said this week that it has reached an agreement to acquire Cordell, a provider of equipment and software for network operations centers (NOCs) and the like. In an interview with Telecompetitor, Nex-Tech Chief Operating Officer Mike Pollock said the…
Great Plains Communications, the largest privately-owned telecommunications provider in Nebraska, has completed its acquisition of InterCarrier Networks (ICN), a high-capacity, fiber-optic network carrier with routes in Illinois, Indiana, the St. Louis metro area and Kentucky. In mid-May, Telecompetitor reported the…
Advanced Communications Technology (ACT) and Blackfoot Communications have entered into a strategic partnership to expand connectivity in their footprints, according to the companies. The combined Advanced Communications Technology, Blackfoot Communications footprint will include more than 30,000 locations across more than…
Open access networks in the U.S. often are built with public funds, at least in part. But a new open access network planned for Fullerton, California will be privately funded. SiFi Networks, an international network developer, will build and operate…
Intelligent Fiber Network, the statewide Indiana fiber network that until now was owned by 20 Indiana telcos, has raised $13 million for network expansion and gained another owner. Wabash Valley Power (WVPA), an Indiana-based not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative, and seven…
Windstream Wholesale international connectivity will expand as the result of a new agreement to use Telxius to connect the Windstream Wholesale core network to the Marea and Brusa Cable Station Landing in Virginia Beach, VA. Telxius is the telecommunication infrastructure…
Blackfoot, which owns and operates what it says is the largest multi-gigabit network in the Missoula, Montana region, has launched Blackfoot Carrier Services. The business unit, which will offer wholesale and carrier infrastructure and services, will be based on expanding…
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