Welcome to the 42nd issue of Telecom News & Trends (TNT), JSA‘s newsletter featuring the latest telecom news, videos, industry events, resources, career opportunities and trends happening now in our industry. We have put together our exciting summer news as well as what to look forward to as we get ready to kick off a busy fall season. This month’s
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NEW YORK TO LONDON IN LESS THAN A BLINK OF THE EYE: HIBERNIA EXPRESS’ LOWEST LATENCY LINK CHANGES THE GAME FOR FINANCIAL INDUSTRY -Hibernia Express, Hibernia Networks’ new low latency transatlantic cable, announces a game changing service for the financial industry. Read more.
HIBERNIA EXPRESS HAS ARRIVED! THE FIRST NEW TRANSATLANTIC CABLE IN OVER A DECADE IS READY FOR SERVICE - Hibernia Networks’ highly anticipated Hibernia Express, the first new transatlantic cable in over a decade, is officially ready for service. Read more.
HIBERNIA EXPRESS OPENS DOORS FOR IRELAND - As a foundational element to the country’s preeminent position in the global cloud infrastructure marketplace, Hibernia Express will provide data centers and Internet exchanges the connectivity to address the ever-growing bandwidth needs of North America and Europe. Read more.
NGN PROVIDES INTERNET CONNECTIONS TO NORTHEAST GEORGIA LIBRARY SYSTEM - NGN, a member-owned cooperative operating over 1,600 miles of fiber optic infrastructure in North Georgia, announces that its fiber network is providing 100 Mb symmetrical Internet connections to seven libraries within the Northeast Georgia Regional Library system. Read more.
AVOTUS AWARDED 2015 COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD - TMC, a global, integrated media company, has awarded Avotus’ Intelligent Communications Management – Enhanced Usage Reporting (ICM EUR) a 2015 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award. Read more.
TALENT APLENTY AT WESTELL - Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL) announces the appointment of Brian Brouillette as Senior Vice President of Intelligent Site Management (ISM) and Worldwide Services. Read more.
EDUCATION EXCHANGE PROUDLY PARTNERS WITH LIVINGTREE TO ENHANCE GEORGIA EDUCATION - Education Exchange, Georgia’s only regional 10-gigabit private cloud for exclusive use by school systems and powered by the NGN fiber network, proudly announces a new technology partnership with LivingTree. Read more.
LIGHTOWER CLOSES MERGER AND DOUBLES ITS NETWORK REACH - Lightower Fiber Networks announces the closing of its $1.9 billion merger with Fibertech Networks. The merger further solidifies the company’s leadership role in the U.S. fiber-networking market. Read more.
RCN DEPLOYS HIGH QUALITY, FULLY REDUNDANT FIBER NETWORK INTO 589 5TH AVE. IN NYC - RCN Business, a communications provider delivering network solutions for voice, data and video, announces it deployed its high quality, fully redundant fiber network into 589 5th Avenue in New York City. Owned by Western Management, this Wired Certified building, located at one of the most desired addresses in all of New York City, offers tenants a broad range of amenities. Read more.
LIGHTRIVER TECHNOLOGIES APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF VERTICAL SALES - LightRiver Technologies, Inc., a leader in the design and commissioning of Factory Built NetworksTM, proudly announces it has appointed utility industry leader Rusty Williams as Director of Vertical Sales. Read more.
FIRSTLIGHT SECURES EXPANDED LINE OF CREDIT - FirstLight Fiber announces it has secured an expanded line of credit with its lenders GE Capital, and Webster Bank. The expanded credit line enables FirstLight to expand its fiber network operating in Upstate New York and Northern New England and to take full advantage of robust market demand in the region. Read more.
SOUTHERN TELECOM COMPLETES KEY INSTALLATION IN COLO ATL’S DOWNTOWN ATLANTA FACILITY - This installation will deliver significant dark fiber connectivity for current and future Colo Atl customers inside and outside of the facility. Read more.
XKL INCREASES JAPAN INTERNET EXCHANGE’S NETWORK CAPACITY IN TOKYO - XKL, an innovator of enterprise fiber optic networking systems, announced that the Japan Internet Exchange Co., Ltd (JPIX), one of the largest Internet Exchanges in Japan, has selected XKL’s DQM10-12 Optical Transport Systems to increase network capacity in Tokyo. Read more.
CENTRACOM SELECTS MRV FOR 100G PACKET AND OPTICAL NETWORK - MRV Communications™, Inc., a global provider of innovative packet and optical solutions, announces that CentraCom is leveraging MRV’s portfolio of packet and optical platforms, alongside its service orchestration software, to ensure reliability and performance as it expands its network and service portfolio. Read more.
MOUNT SUNAPEE ENHANCES CONNECTIVITY WITH FIRSTLIGHT - FirstLight Fiber announces that Mount Sunapee, among the most popular ski resorts in New Hampshire, has selected its fiber-based Internet and Voice services to enhance connectivity and streamline overall business operations. Read more.
NGN ACQUIRES ABT AND IMPROVES CONNECTIVITY FOR THE NORTH GEORGIA REGION - This acquisition allows NGN Connect to expand its service area by utilizing ABT’s wireless infrastructure to effectively deploy high speed broadband to areas that are otherwise underserved by fiber optic service. Read more.
DARK FIBER AVAILABLE FROM TOP-TIER METRO, REGIONAL AND LONG HAUL PROVIDERS INCLUDING ALLIED FIBER, FIBERLIGHT, SOUTHERN TELECOM AND ZAYO - Colo Atl’s customers have installed over 6,000 dark fiber strands within its expanding facility at 55 Marietta Street in downtown Atlanta. Colo Atl continues its expansion, which includes a recently announced additional 6,400 square feet for a total of ~24,000 square feet of data center and colocation space. Read more.
DE-CIX OPENS NEW INTERNET EXCHANGE IN DALLAS - DE-CIX North America takes the company southwest, with its latest Internet exchange (IX) opening in Dallas, Texas, ready for service in January 2016. Read more.
UNIQUE’S NETFLEX® DRIVES NEXT GEN PHOTONIC SERVICE SWITCHES IN LIGHTRIVER’S FACTORY BUILT NETWORK™, IMPROVES CUSTOMER TESTING - LightRiver Technologies, Inc., and Unique Computer Services together announce the immediate availability of Release 3.2 of Unique’s netFLEX® Management System. The announcement comes upon the successful completion of customer testing and training at LightRiver’s Factory Built Network facility in Concord, CA. Read more.
SOUTHERN TELECOM COMPLETES KEY INSTALLATION IN COLO ATL’S DOWNTOWN ATLANTA FACILITY - Southern Telecom, a subsidiary of Southern Company, today announced it has completed a 528-count fiber installation in Colo Atl’s carrier-neutral co-location facility at the 55 Marietta Street building in downtown Atlanta. Read more.
Join Schneider Electric and JSA on September 30th at 2 PM EDT as we explore this opportunity and review the ever increasing business pressures affecting the Telecom industry. Mark Hurley, Data Center Solution Architect of Schneider Electric will breakdown what is Edge Computing and how is it effecting telecommunications, as well as what steps are required to convert open space in a Central Offices into a data center. The discussion will also dive into how a data center can be used to generate a non regulated revenue stream, and architecture solutions with ROI calculations. Register now to learn how to expand your business offer and maximize your revenue potential.
DE-CIX's mission is to provide premium IX services to all IP networks and to ensure that the Internet runs securely and smoothly by providing IX services to all kinds of network operators and corporations with a unique Autonomous System (AS). Is IP networks and IX services your passion? If so, DE-CIX just might be the right place for you. Click here if interested in joining their team.
Searching the job market? Well, you are in luck! XKL is on the hunt for fearless leaders. With this forward-looking approach, XKL provides the solutions necessary for the future growth and development of the communications industry. XKL’s technical staff members are experts in their fields who are known to rewrite rules and test the unproven. Interested? Then check out the current job listings.
WHITEBOARD VIDEO, ANYONE? - We’re excited to let our JSA community know about the addition of Whiteboard Video Creation to our suite of offerings for companies seeking to promote their services in an easy-to-understand, creative and trackable manner. The Whiteboard Video Service is now available at a special summer promotional rate is ending on Sept. 30th. For more information, please click here or contact jsa_marketing@jaymiescotto.com.
AVOTUS RELEASES WHITE PAPER ON MITIGATING THE RISKS OF UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS - Avotus Corporation, the leading provider of Intelligent Communications Management (ICM) solutions, released a white paper titled, “The Price of Productivity – Mitigating the Risks of Unified Communications (UC) Deployments.” The white paper, which is available for free download now, details the “costs” of deploying a UC strategy without proper UC asset monitoring and reporting, including Instant Messaging, Mobility, VOIP, Service Directory, Audio and Video Conferencing and Presence.
KNOW YOUR JSAER – CARLY SMITH - Sometimes, it truly is a small world. Carly Smith just recently joined JSA, but her connections to others at the company go way back. For example – last year she starred in a play called, “Rabbit Hole,” opposite JSA Account Director Dean Perrine, directed by the father of JSA Account Director Matt Pera. What are the odds?! When a job became opened at JSA, she reached out to Dean and the rest is history. Now she is part of the JSA family and we couldn’t be more excited. Read more.
