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XO extends 100G service reach through Equinix

XO on Wednesday signed an agreement to extend its new 100G network via Equinix's (Nasdaq: EQIX) International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in the United States. Although XO and Equinix have...

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XO, Equinix partner on nationwide 100G services launch

Interconnection and data center provider Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX) says that XO Communications is leveraging Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in its previously announced...

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XO Communications expands fibre network in Toronto

XO Communications has expanded its fibre network into the largest telecommunications facility in Canada located at 151 Front Street West in Toronto.

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XO extends service reach into the Toronto market

XO Communications on Tuesday announced it has extended its network into the Toronto market, offering its suite of IP services to both business and wholesale service provider customers. Don MacNeil,...

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CLECs to ILECs: Don't hang up your copper networks!

Traditional ILECs (incumbent local exchange carriers) may see their copper facilities as nothing more than an aging asset of the legacy voice-only service age, but for competitive telcos serving the...

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XO Communications to expand Ethernet-eligible Local Switching Offices

XO Communications will expand its Ethernet-eligible Local Switching Offices to more than 500 in the U.S. XO Communications has expanded its Ethernet network to nearly two million business locations....

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XO enhances speed of Ethernet over copper

US communications service provider XO Communications has enhanced its Ethernet services with the addition of 100 Mbps Ethernet over copper (EoC) access speeds and an expansion of its nationwide...

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XO ups EoC ante with new 100 Mbps speeds

XO Communications on Wednesday debuted a 100 Mbps Ethernet over Copper speed tier and announced plans to extend its overall Ethernet service reach to serve almost 2 million buildings. Initially...

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MegaPath augments Ethernet reach with EoDS1 service

MegaPath on Wednesday debuted a new product to extend its Ethernet footprint in areas where Ethernet over Copper (EoC) is not available. For this service set, MegaPath is delivering Ethernet over DS1...

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Transtelco wraps its Mexico City metro fiber buildout

Transtelco, a competitive wholesale and business service provider, on Wednesday put the final touches on its metro fiber network in Mexico City, enabling it to address growing wholesale and enterprise...

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Guest Blog: Observations from Metro Connect 2013 in Miami this Week

For 13 years, Capacity Media has hosted the wholesale carrier conference Metro Connect in Miami. This event brings together the most senior executives from leading US service providers, and every year...

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XO eyes asymmetrical EoC opportunities

XO Communications is seeing new potential use for asymmetrical speed Ethernet over Copper (EoC) as a way to respond to customers who have applications that don't necessarily need a symmetrical...

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Level 3, tw telecom, other CLECs step up to Carrier Ethernet plate

If there is one word to describe the competitive local exchange carriers (CLEC) providing Ethernet services it would be "diverse."  Every one of the seven players in this third installment of our...

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Windstream hires Nicklas away from XO Communications

Windstream appointed Randy Nicklas, who was rumored to have left XO Communications recently, as its executive vice president of engineering and CTO. In his new role at Windstream, he will oversee...

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Making The SONET To Ethernet Transition

Technology change is something we’re all familiar with. Every year, there’s a new bevy of cell phone models that make the old ones look tired and obsolete. Tablets are moving into to take over from...

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TelePacific extends product set to Texas business customers

With the integration of the Tel West assets now complete, TelePacific is bringing its wider set of services to Texas' small to medium business services market. The provider will offer its product line,...

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Level 3's Starbucks Wi-Fi deal could spell new enterprise revenue opportunities

Level 3 Communications recently struck a major coup by unseating AT&T as Starbuck's preferred Wi-Fi backbone provider via a partnership with Google. According to a research analyst, Level 3 could...

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XO Communications extends service footprint throughout Canada

XO Communications is extending its network service reach throughout the Canadian market using a mix of its own facilities and its growing base of service provider partnerships. The CLEC will offer its...

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AT&T Tops Verizon, CenturyLink, Others in Latest Ethernet Rankings

Vertical calculated port share in its Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard by using its base of enterprise installations, plus via direct input and other data from surveys of Ethernet service providers. XO...

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Cable Goes on "Carrier" Ethernet Roll

Cable operators are taking the US Carrier Ethernet market by storm, making strong inroads against the big incumbent telcos as they expand further in the business services arena.

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AT&T, Verizon Carrier Ethernet dominance challenged by tw telecom, Cox...

AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) may be the dominant players in the Carrier Ethernet services market, but they increasingly are facing a set of savvy cable and CLEC competitors that are...

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Incumbents Verizon and AT&T compete with cable operators, CLECs for Ethernet

Competition in the U.S. Carrier Ethernet services market continues to heat up. While the top two telcos, AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) remain the dominant Carrier Ethernet services players,...

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XO Communications Recognized as Leading Ethernet Services Provider

"The U.S. market for Carrier Ethernet services continues to grow and is on track for another record year," said Rick Malone, principal at Vertical Systems Group. "We are pleased to acknowledge XO...

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Broadband Coalition:SMBs turn to CLECs for broadband, IP services:

The small to medium business (SMB) market is quite diverse, but the Broadband Coalition says in a new paper, "Broadband Innovators: Driving Small Business Forward" that those companies that  "adopt...

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FirstLight Fiber extends Canada Ethernet reach via Fibrenoire

FirstLight Fiber is giving its business customers another route between the United States and Canada, announcing a new relationship with Fibrenoire to provide fiber-based Ethernet services in Quebec...

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Cablecos Gain Ground in Ethernet, But AT&T, Verizon Still Lead

AT&T and Verizon are top-ranked in carrier Ethernet for the year 2013 – based on number of retail ports – but cablecos such as Comcast are seeing their numbers rise. Vertical Systems Group is out...

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XO lays path for network expansion, completes $500M financing round

XO Communications has put together what it says is a multi-year expansion plan for its U.S.-based network that will leverage $500 million in financing as a way to accommodate the growth of its...

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XO serves up new bandwidth-on-demand capability

XO Communications is giving its customers a new bandwidth-on-demand capability for its suite of WAN-based services that will give them automatic, burstable bandwidth to satisfy short- and long-term...

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The Top Carrier Ethernet Market Leaders, Presented by Frost & Sullivan

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Carrier Ethernet continues to gain ground with business users due to its scalability, reliability and cost-efficient bandwidth. When evaluating a...

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AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink Named 1-2-3 in Carrier Ethernet

Frost and Sullivan are out with their list of Carrier Ethernet market leaders. In its new analysis, "Business Carrier Ethernet Services Market Update, 2014," F&S found that the market is dominated,...

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XO Communications Introduces Ethernet Bandwidth-on-Demand

XO Communications recently beefed up its cloud networking strategy with the addition of an always-on, bandwidth-on-demand (BoD) Ethernet service, and by becoming an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct...

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XO introduces new self-service portal

XO Communications is giving its business customers more control over their service experience with its new myXO online customer portal. Set on enhancing service and support, the new portal features...

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MEF GEN14 Service Provider Spotlight: XO Communications

XO Communications provides communications services to more than 50% of Fortune 500 companies, operates one of the largest networks in the United States, and has been a market leader in implementing...

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Comcast Rises In U.S. Ethernet Rankings

Comcast was the big mover in Vertical Systems’ mid-year 2014 U.S. Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard, with the MSO rising two spots -- from number eight to number six -- on the list.

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Vertical Systems Group Mid-2014 U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD Shows...

Goodbye hockey stick, hello healthy growth. That is the message of the recently released Vertical Systems Group Mid-2014 U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD, according to Rick Malone, principal of the...

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40G/100G Carrier Ethernet Services Slow to Catch On with Enterprises

Quite a few Carrier Ethernet service providers are offering 40GigE and 100GigE connections today. But according to a new report from Heavy Reading, it’s not unusual for a service provider to have only...

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MEF Gen14: Carriers Share SDN, Carrier Ethernet Visions

The Metro Ethernet Forum’s GEN14 conference in Washington, D.C. this week brought together network operators and other companies involved in the Carrier Ethernet and software defined network ecosystem...

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Comcast climbs on Vertical Systems Group's U.S. Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard...

Cable MSO Comcast has risen two spots, to sixth, on Vertical Systems Group's U.S. Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard. The market research and consultant firm released its mid-year tally of Carrier Ethernet...

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Comcast climbs on Vertical Systems Group's U.S. Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard

Cable MSO Comcast has risen two spots, to sixth, on Vertical Systems Group's U.S. Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard. The market research and consultant firm released its mid-year tally of Carrier Ethernet...

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MEF GEN14 Event Surpasses 50 Sponsor Milestone

115+ expert speakers will explore the future of cloud, data, and mobile services powered by Carrier Ethernet 2.0, SDN, NFV, and optical technologies 3 September 2014, Los Angeles, CA – The MEF (Metro...

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