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Intune Networks names ex-Ciena exec as COO
Irish optical transport and switching company Intune Networks has appointed Arthur Smith as its chief operating officer – an indication, perhaps, that interest in its optical burst switching technology is picking up. The startup’s products became commercially available about a year ago.
2012-05-17
Cyan chairman appoints CEO title
Cyan Chairman Mark Floyd has added chief executive officer duties to his responsibilities, the company has announced. The move comes as the Cyan attempts to build on two years of 100% business growth for its packet-optical transport systems and software products.
2012-05-17
NTS Fiber Network Extends To Lamesa, Texas
LUBBOCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NTS, Inc., f/k/a Xfone, Inc. (NYSE Amex/TASE: NTS) (“NTS” or “the Company”) signed up its first customer in Lamesa, Texas further expanding the Company’s fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network.
2012-05-17
Corning Incorporated & Lightwave Open Nominations For The Ninth Annual FTTXcellence Award
CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and Lightwave will honor an individual for leadership in the deployment of optical access networks in North America with the ninth annual FTTXcellence Award. The award will be presented Sept. 26 at the 2012 FTTH Conference & Expo in Dallas, Texas. This year, Corning and Lightwave will welcome Heather Gold, president of the FTTH Council North America, to the panel of judges who will determine the 2012 FTTXcellence Award recipient.
2012-05-17
Columbus Networks & Xtera Communications First To Release 100G In Pan-American Caribbean Region
Dallas, TX--(Marketwire) - Columbus Networks, the leading wholesale communications service provider in the region, and Xtera Communications, Inc. (Xtera), a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, today announced that Columbus Networks is the first to bring 100G to the Pan-American Caribbean region by adding 100G to its existing high-capacity optical network in Panama.
2012-05-17
BT uses Equinix data centers for its Radianz cloud-based service
BT (NYSE: BT) is leveraging Equinix's (Nasdaq: EQIX) data centers to deliver its cloud-based Radianz Venue targeting financial-trading companies with a set of hosting and low-latency interconnectivity solutions.
2012-05-16
Consolidated Communications raises cash to finish SureWest acquisition
Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL) plans to generate new funds to wrap up its pending acquisition of fellow independent ILEC SureWest (Nasdaq: SURW).
2012-05-16
House panel to test broadband stimulus spending
A congressional panel is scheduled to meet this morning to discuss broadband loans and grants programs bankrolled by the 2009 federal economic stimulus package.
2012-05-16
Terremark rises its North American cloud capacity in the Denver market
Terremark, Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) cloud and data-center subsidiary, has responded to the need for increased cloud-service capacity by U.S.-based businesses by implementing a node of its Enterprise Cloud at its Denver-based data center.
2012-05-16
Estes Park officials hear about fiber optics, water lease
Potential economic development decisions involving fiber optics and water leasing of Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) water are on the horizon for Estes Park, PRPA representatives told town officials at the town board study session last week at town hall.
2012-05-16