Arbinet announced enhancements to its Wholesale Carrier Service on October 1^st.  The highlights of this service include:

-          Arbinet’s Wholesale Carrier Service offers carriers the ability to interface with Arbinet in a more traditional wholesale manner

-          There are no fees associated with the Arbinet Carrier Service

-          The Carrier Service provides suppliers and buyers access to Code Analysis Tools, Routing Tables, Quoting Systems and other highly developed back-office systems aimed at simplifying the carrier interface experience

-          Arbinet customers already using this service include Telefonica O2 Germany and Russia’s largest international carrier Rostelecom

For the complete press release, please read below:

Arbinet Enhances its Wholesale Carrier Service Interface

Deploys New Back Office System to support Traditional Wholesale Relationships

New Brunswick, NJ, USA – October 1, 2009– Arbinet Corporation [Nasdaq: ARBX], formerly Arbinet-thexchange, a leading wholesale telecommunications service provider that offers three ways for carriers and service providers to originate and terminate international voice traffic, has introduced new tools into its network that significantly enhance its ability to support customers and suppliers in a traditional wholesale fashion.  Arbinet’s voice termination and origination options also include Private Exchange^SM, an easy, low-risk outsourcing approach, and thexchange™, the industry’s leading Exchange marketplace for buying and selling voice communications.

Arbinet Carriers Services has no fees and features a single invoice.  New tools include a Code Analysis Tool that enables Arbinet to use supplier codes in its wholesale routing plans; a Routing Table Development Tool that utilizes sophisticated blended algorithms to enable Arbinet to generate Routing Tables based on specific quality and pricing requirements; and an integrated Quoting System that enables Arbinet to easily quote rates and buy supply from Carrier Service customers and suppliers.

“Arbinet is an important partner for our wholesale voice business,” said Jochen Mogalle, VP Wholesale at Telefónica O2 Germany.  “With Arbinet’s technology, knowledge of the European Telecom market and its ability to terminate traffic to global carriers, Arbinet has helped Telefónica to realize efficiencies in routing portions of our international voice traffic.  Arbinet also played a role in Telefónica success in increasing voice quality, stability and consistency in its service for its retail customers.”

“Arbinet is an important and strategic partner for our voice termination business,” said Evgeny Sekeryn, Carrier Business and Sales Director at Russian largest international carrier Rostelecom.  “With Arbinet’s proven technology, knowledge of the international telecom market and its ability to terminate traffic to an extensive list of leading and emerging global carriers, Arbinet provided Rostelecom with aggressive pricing, quality control and efficient routing solution for international voice traffic.  The Rostelecom team is optimistic to work with a partner that invests in technology in order to simplify, improve and solve interconnectivity issues. We are sure that their continued investment in new tools and capabilities will continue to help carriers to meet business goals.”   

“Arbinet is well-known for its highly automated exchange marketplace that seamlessly manages voice traffic flows between buyers and sellers,” said Dan Powdermaker, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Arbinet.  “We launched Carrier Services earlier this year to support those suppliers and customers that seek a traditional wholesale way of working.  We offer standard contracts, no fees, multiple routing tables and rate lock.  Carrier Services suppliers can reach members of Arbinet’s thexchange and thexchange suppliers can qualify for inclusion in Carrier Services tables.  The new Carrier Services tools that we have developed and deployed will help us to more seamlessly and better serve our customer and supplier base.”

For more information about Arbinet Carrier Services, thexchange™, Private Exchange^sm (PEX) or Arbinet Data Exchange, please visit www.arbinet.com or e-mail sales@arbinet.com. 

About Arbinet

Arbinet is a leading provider of international voice and IP solutions to carriers and service providers globally. With more than 1100 carriers across the world connected to the Arbinet Network, Arbinet combines global scale with sophisticated platform intelligence, call routing and industry leading credit management and settlement capabilities. Customers and suppliers include many leading fixed line, mobile, wholesale and VoIP carriers as well as calling card, ISPs and content providers around the world who buy and sell voice and IP telecommunications capacity and content. For more information, please visit www.arbinet.com , call +1.732.509.9100 or email sales@arbinet.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding anticipated future revenues, growth, capital expenditures, management’s future expansion plans, expected product and service developments or enhancements, discussions of strategy, and future operating results. Various risks and uncertainties may cause Arbinet’s actual results to differ materially. Please refer to Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2009, and other filings that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arbinet assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise and such statements are current only as of the date they are made.

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TELEHOUSE America Announces its Global Data Center and Managed Services at the ITU Telecom World 2009 Conference and Exhibition

 Global Data Center and Managed Services Now Available in Eight Countries

 Staten Island, NY, USA – October 5, 2009– TELEHOUSE America (www.telehouse.com), the United States’ leading provider of dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges, and managed IT services, announces today at the ITU Telecom World 2009 global conference and exhibition,  the global availability of TELEHOUSE-branded data centers in 17 cities throughout Asia, North America and Europe.  Companies requiring global data center solutions, connectivity and managed services can now contact global TELEHOUSE team for facility space and power in any of the TELEHOUSE-branded facilities located in France, The United Kingdom, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.  This announcement comes on the heels of TELEHOUSE America’s announcement launching its ubiquitous IP Transit services and the availability of its Global Interlink US-Europe Ethernet connectivity solutions between its major data centers in the United States and Europe. 

TELEHOUSE, a name synonymous with data center, colocation and telecom connection services, is also a leading global brand of managed IT solutions.  With global reach supported by local expertise, this announcement solidifies TELEHOUSE America’s ability to meet the ongoing demand of its customers that require a global Total Solution Provider.  With its growing data center and communication services, TELEHOUSE America can now provide a complete one-stop-shop solution that includes colocation; carrier neutral global connectivity including Ethernet Private Line capabilities and IP Transit; along with global managed services through its suite of Manage-E products and solutions. 

“The ITU Telecom World conference and exhibition is the perfect venue to launch TELEHOUSE America’s ability to provide first-class data centers, network and managed service solutions,” commented Vincent Corley, Sr. Marketing Manager for TELEHOUSE America.  “Our customers, including carriers, service providers, enterprise businesses and financial service companies, often prefer one provider to manage their global IT infrastructure solutions.  TELEHOUSE America has responded by becoming a global Total Solution Provider.”

TELEHOUSE America will present on its global service offerings at booth #4039 at the ITU Telecom World 2009 conference’s commercial showcase.   To schedule a meeting at ITU Geneva with a representative from TELEHOUSE America, please contact pr@jaymiescotto.com.  For more information about TELEHOUSE America, please visit www.telehouse.com or www.Manage-E.com or email sales@telehouse.com. 

About TELEHOUSE America

TELEHOUSE America is the US’s leading provider of dedicated data centers, colocation facilities, international Internet exchanges, managed IT services and disaster recovery solutions.

A stable and trusted pioneer of carrier-neutral data center services, they provide secure, power-protected environments, where clients house and operate their telecommunications and network resources. Companies from a wide range of industries locate their mission critical equipment at Telehouse’s colocation “meet-me-centers” in New York and California; taking advantage of the potential business opportunities that exist from other Telehouse customers. Among the many benefits of colocating with Telehouse is the ability to connect to state-of-the-art peering exchanges in New York (NYIIX) and Los Angeles (LAIIX). Additionally, through close ties to its sister companies in Europe and Asia, Telehouse can provide continuous, cost-effective operation of network-dependent businesses around the world. Please visit http://www.Telehouse.com, or contact us at sales@Telehouse.com.

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Bjarni Thorvardarson has been awarded a Golden Bridges Award.  This award is given to individuals that have proven to promote partnerships between North America and Ireland.  In this case, Mr. Thorvardarson’s company, Hibernia Atlantic, was recognized for its new, fiber optic cable project called ‘Project Kelvin’.  With this project, Hibernia Atlantic will be the only extensive submarine and terrestrial cable deployment that will directly connect the Island of Ireland to North America.

The complete press release is below for your review:

HIBERNIA ATLANTIC’S CEO RECEIVES A GOLDEN BRIDGES AWARD FOR PROMOTING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN NORTH AMERICA AND IRELAND 

SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND- October 16, 2009- Hibernia Atlantic,the only diverse transAtlantic submarine transport cable provider, today announces that its company’s CEO, Bjarni K. Thorvardarson, has been awarded a Golden Bridges Award for promoting partnerships between North America and Ireland through its new, fiber optic cable build development, entitled “Project Kelvin”.  Hibernia Atlantic is the only extensive submarine and terrestrial cable deployment that will directly connect the Island of Ireland to North America.

The award was presented to Mr. Thorvardarson by Valerie Watts, CEO of the Derry City Council during the Irish Echo ‘Gateways to Tomorrow’ Conference in Boston.

“It is an honor to be recognized with a Golden Bridges Award,” states Bjarni Thorvardarson. “And it is privilege to provide local and global businesses access to our secure and ultra low latency capacity to further drive economic development, cooperation and innovative technology.  This award is a testament to the great people of Hibernia working around the clock and I’m proud to accept it on their behalf.”

This historic initiative will add additional and much needed low latency capacity to the Island of Ireland, to further support both local and global companies. Local companies are attracted to the high capacity, extremely secure and reliable network. Businesses can now increase their communications and next-generation Internet service offerings as well as increase their access to a larger marketplace of available service providers. The new network is also attractive to global companies, such as leading financial houses, exchange markets, service providers and media companies, who require fast, low latency bandwidth that avoids traditionally congested routes, such as around the New York and London waterways. 

Hibernia Atlantic recently brought its industry leading fiber optic submarine cable ashore at Portrush, Northern Ireland.  This cable will connect to Hibernia Atlantic’s terrestrial fiber optic ring currently being deployed to 13 towns and cities, including Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast, Castleblayney, Coleraine, Drogheda, Dundalk, Letterkenny, Londonderry, Monaghan, Omagh, Portadown and Strabane. By the end of this year, the cable system will connect to Hibernia Atlantic’s existing transatlantic cable, thereby directly connecting Northern Ireland and the Island of Ireland to both North America and Europe.

For a map of the cable build or more on Hibernia Atlantic, please click here or visit http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com/images/NIrelandMaps5-09_000.jpg.

It was all over the news ‘National Dark Fiber Network Coming Through South Bend, Indiana.’  Metronet fiber, an ecosystem comprised of infrastructure, end-users and service vendors in South Bend, Indiana has been touting the benefits of Allied Fiber’s dark fiber network, which will run through South Bend, IN in its initial phase. 

Allied Fiber’s network will take advantage of railroad right-of-ways to build direct dark fiber connections to cell towers, data centers, businesses and universities along its way. 

“Basically, we are building the dark fiber structure that most emulates the interstate highway system with on-ramps, off-ramps and rest stops,” explains Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber.

Allied Fiber’s network will run through South Bend’s renovated Union Station, a former railroad depot now used as a carrier hotel.  

For the complete article, please read below:

Press Release
National Dark Fiber Network Coming Through South Bend, Ind.
10.26.09, 6:00 AM ET

BusinessWire – It’s not just the St. Joe Valley Metronet that’s big on the high-speed, dark-fiber optic technology that permits it to transmit massive amounts of data in the blink of an eye.

Soon, a company called Allied Fiber will connect the coasts via a similar system, which allows multiple carriers to “light,” or turn on, the dark fiber and control the waves of light on which the information travels.

The first stage of Allied Fiber’s lightning-fast system will link Chicago and New York.

And it will run right through South Bend’s renovated Union Station. The former railroad depot is a so-called “carrier hotel,” a high-security facility where numerous telecom firms operate and where transcontinental fiber converges and connects.

Metronet plays a vital role in Allied Fiber’s bid to link the coasts, as it too is a high-speed dark fiber network exceeding 50 miles, connecting dozens of South Bend-area businesses, hospitals and colleges.

Mary Jan Hedman, Metronet’s executive director, calls Allied Fiber’s decision to go through Union Station great news for the region.

“Thanks to Allied Fiber’s national fiber-optic network and Metronet’s corresponding local network, St. Joseph County will be an even smarter location for data centers than it was before,” says Hedman.

“Moreover, our low cost of power and general affordability make this area more attractive,” she says.

Allied Fiber’s plans to connect Chicago and New York via dark fiber are just the beginning of plans by Hunter Newby. He is a former executive with Telx, a carrier hotel firm that was created at 60 Hudson Street in New York City.

Newby, considered by some a telecommunications visionary, is now CEO of Manhattan-based Allied Fiber.

Taking advantage of railroad right-of-ways, he plans to eventually run fiber to Seattle, up and down the East and West coasts and to other key locations in the United States and Canada via interconnections to multiple long-haul routes along the way.

The system will make it easy to build direct dark fiber connections to cell towers, data centers, businesses and universities along the way.

“Basically, we are building the dark fiber structure that most emulates the interstate highway system with on-ramps, off-ramps and rest stops,” he explains.

He predicted dark fiber running from Chicago to New York will be turned over to customers in South Bend by summer of 2010.

“If South Bend wants to develop as a high-tech center, this will only help,” Newby says. “Moreover, you’ve already got the ‘local knowledge’ in Metronet. The combination of the two is incredibly powerful.”

The dark fiber model

Why is this vitally important to businesses and other entities?

Newby says there is a strong need for more dark fiber in this country, in order to keep up with ever-growing data-transfer demands that have resulted from the information revolution over the past two decades.

“There was enough earlier in this decade,” he says. “Not anymore. If there were, people wouldn’t be complaining that they cannot get access. The dark fiber drought impacts wireless, education, government, enterprise as well as carriers of all sizes.”

This understandably is music to the ears of Metronet’s Hedman and Kevin Smith, president and CEO of Union Station/Global Access Point.

Hedman says she is pleased that the Allied Fiber project is based on a dark fiber “model,” which allows different carriers — not just one monopoly carrier — to access the high-speed dark fiber trunk.

“This will stimulate greater competition, and give businesses in our area more choices to access high-speed dark fiber service,” Hedman explained.

“It should also position St. Joseph County as a viable market to provide services because of the low cost, last-mile access created by our firm, the Metronet. As a not-for-profit entity, we were created as a tool to promote growth and attract new business to the area.” The Metronet is an initiative created by Project Future — an economic development organization of St. Joseph County.

Smith, who set up his carrier hotel in Union Station in the late 1980s, praised Newby for his vision of using ultra-fast fiber to connect the coasts and reach other locations throughout the United States, Canada and beyond.

“By going through Union Station, it will give access to our community to use those fibers for conveying digital services,” he says. “For high-tech companies that are considering locating here, this will give a very cost-effective means to go coast to coast and then connect to other low-cost carriers that go abroad.

“This means we will be on the worldwide super-fast hub, many times faster than typical ‘high-speed’ Internet packages for businesses and corporations,” he says. “It will help level the playing field. It’s kind of like having an international airport locate in your backyard.”

Creating a ‘virtualized Chicago’

Smith says he hopes traders and financial companies located in the Cermak Building in downtown Chicago will consider setting up parallel computing facilities at Union Station.

“Cermak, with 1 million square feet of data center, is the dominant player in the financial industry in Chicago,” says Smith, who noted that he has already held discussions with some companies about setting up shop at Union Station.

“I’m working directly with them to get a ‘virtualized Chicago’ based here,” he says. “I’m talking with them right now about being able to put short run fibers to the Union Station.”

Consequently, instead of co-locating in the Chicago suburbs, the opposite direction from New York, they could parallel compute at Union Station and be closer to Wall Street via Allied Fiber.

With Allied Fiber soon to be a player with its state-of-the-art dark fiber, it should make Union Station “very appealing” to Chicago traders and financiers, Smith says.

“This will allow us to touch more robustly all the assets in Chicago, as well as give a broader reach on a global basis for companies based here,” he says. “This is a very big deal.”

SOURCE: St. Joe Valley Metronet

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TELEHOUSE America announces its partnership with Akibia, a leading provider of consulting, integration and support for data center, network and security solutions, who will also present at the company’s next Breakfast on Broadway event to be held November 19^th at 25 Broadway, TELEHOUSE America’s New York City data center facility.   TAMP will also join Akibia to offer attendees insight into High-Availability Disaster Recovery Support and Business Continuity as part of TELEHOUSE America’s positioning as a Total Solution Provider with its Manage-E suite of products and services. 

The full press release is below for your review:

TELEHOUSE America Partners with Akibia to offer its Customers High-Availability                          Disaster Recovery Support

New Service is Just One of TELEHOUSE America’s Manage-E Solutions to be Featured at its‘Breakfast on Broadway’ Event in New York

Staten Island, NY, USA – October 28, 2009– TELEHOUSE America (www.telehouse.com), the United States’ leading provider of dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges, and  managed IT services along with Akibia, a leading provider of consulting, integration and support for data center, network and security solutions, announce their partnership to offer TELEHOUSE America customers 24/7 high-availability systems’ support for their mission-critical data center needs.

With Akibia, customers of TELEHOUSE America gain access to a 24/7 leading provider of hardware maintenance and operating system support.  Akibia’s services are offered with custom SLAs that cover the leading hardware and software brands including SUN, HP, IBM, Dell, EMC  and others, IT best-in-class logistics and expert field engineering and education services.  Akibia’s multi-vendor systems maintenance services provide a single point of contact for all network, security and data center support needs.  In addition, the company also offers data center relocation services, guaranteeing minimal downtime while optimizing companies’ data center footprints.

TELEHOUSE America continues to leverage best-of-breed partners, such as Akibia, to provide Total Solutions to the global communications marketplace.  “Akibia’s complete data center support services, as well as our consulting, implementation and support on critical network and security solutions is an ideal fit for TELEHOUSE and its customers,” comments Robert Klotz, Vice President of Technology at Akibia.  “Our partnership allows TELEHOUSE to enhance its already robust service offering, providing customers with maximum network uptime, data integrity and greater customer satisfaction.”

“Our vision is to provide the industry, housed within our datacenters and beyond, complete end-to-end managed solutions, which we call Manage-E,” continues Vincent Corley, Sr. Marketing Manager for TELEHOUSE America “The November 19th ‘Breakfast on Broadway’ event at 25 Broadway will clearly communicate multiple components of our managed services portfolio, which continually emphasizes turn-key solutions to aid companies in building solid business planning and practices..”

The ‘Breakfast on Broadway’ event will be held from 8:30am – 11:00am on November 19th at 25 Broadway in New York City.  TELEHOUSE will discuss its Manage-E solutions, providing comprehensive IT Infrastructure and Systems Management.  Akibia will discuss its full life-cycle services, ranging from implementation to on-going system support.  TAMP Systems, one of the few companies worldwide with Certified Business Continuity Vendor (CBCV) certification from the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRI), the world-wide leader for education and certifications in Business Continuity Management (BCM) will discuss several areas of business continuity and disaster recovery planning. 

The ‘Breakfast on Broadway’ event is free to attend, however there is limited space.  To register, please visit: http://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?431232 or email Vincent Corley at corley@telehouse.com.

About Akibia, Inc.

Akibia provides innovative IT solutions that enable leading companies worldwide to optimize, secure, manage and support their mission-critical infrastructure. As an independent advisor, Akibia partners with its customers to deliver solutions that improve the availability and performance of their data center and security infrastructure. Combining expert consulting, integration and support services with world-class customer service, Akibia helps IT organizations maximize the value of their existing infrastructure, while mitigating risk and reducing complexity. Founded as Polaris Service in 1988 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Akibia is an independent services company with offices throughout the United States and Europe. Contact Akibia at 1-866-4-AKIBIA or www.Akibia.com

About TELEHOUSE America

TELEHOUSE America is the US’s leading provider of dedicated data centers, colocation facilities, international Internet exchanges, managed IT services and disaster recovery solutions.

A stable and trusted pioneer of carrier-neutral data center services, they provide secure, power-protected environments, where clients house and operate their telecommunications and network resources. Companies from a wide range of industries locate their mission critical equipment at Telehouse’s colocation “meet-me-centers” in New York and California; taking advantage of the potential business opportunities that exist from other Telehouse customers. Among the many benefits of colocating with Telehouse is the ability to connect to state-of-the-art peering exchanges in New York (NYIIX) and Los Angeles (LAIIX). Through Manage-E (http://www.Manage-E.com), TELEHOUSE provides a comprehensive suite of solutions – from help desk and hardware support to managed IT infrastructure, security and compliance services – all delivered by expert consulting and operations teams on a global scale and from one point-of-contact.  Additionally, the global availability of TELEHOUSE-branded data centers in 17 cities throughout Asia, North America and Europe, delivers continuous, cost-effective operation of network-dependent, IT infrastructure to businesses around the world. Please visit http://www.Telehouse.com, or contact us at sales@Telehouse.com.

 On the heels of Equinix’s announcements about the acquisition of Switch & Data and the number of networks already connected its Metro Ethernet Exchange, the company has now announced its relationship with Lexent Metro Connect, a leading low latency dark fiber network provider in the New York Metro market, which has connected Equinix’s New Jersey data centers to its New York City carrier hotel facilities.

 This is a great announcement for the New York Metro market as Equinix’s International Business Exchange (IBX®) is one of the industry’s leading platforms for financial companies to access ultra low latency networks to facilitate business across the world.

Lexent’s network connects Equinix’s leading IBX facilities in Secaucus, New Jersey to its strategic carrier hotels located in Manhattan including 60 Hudson Street, 32 Avenue of the Americas, 75 Broad Street and 111 Eighth Avenue.  What is great about this announcement is that Equinix’s IBX now has low latency proximity to other carrier hotel facilities within the New York market – clearly one of the largest global markets for financial trading and transactions.

For the complete announcement, please continue to read below: 

LEXENT METRO CONNECT COMPLETES LOW LATENCY DARK FIBER ROUTE BETWEEN EQUINIX NEW JERSEY DATA CENTERS AND NYC CARRIER HOTELS

New York, New York and Foster City, CA – November 4, 2009 – Lexent Metro Connect, the leading provider of dark fiber networks in the New York Metropolitan area, and Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced that Lexent has completed its ultra low latency dark fiber connection between two Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX^®) data centers in Secaucus, NJ and strategic carrier hotels located in Manhattan, including 60 Hudson Street, 32 Avenue of the America, 75 Broad Street and 111 Eighth Avenue.

The new dark fiber route follows the shortest distance across the Hudson River, offering the lowest latency fiber path between Manhattan and Equinix’s NY4 and NY2 centers in Secaucus.  With a route latency of less than 100 microseconds, this new link will enable global banks, financial exchanges and other enterprises, located in the 100+ Lexent on-net buildings or along the Lexent fiber optic backbone, to link with the Equinix Financial eXchange community of execution venues, buy and sell side firms, market data providers and technology utilities operating within the NY4 and NY2 centers.  These companies operate at Equinix’s high performance data centers to access the widest choice of low-latency networks and to directly exchange data with strategic partners and customers in close proximity.

“By utilizing Lexent Metro Connect, the financial community operating within our NY4 and NY2 centers in Secaucus can tap into fast, high-quality dark fiber routes to securely access New York’s carrier hotels,” said Jarrett Appleby, chief marketing officer for Equinix. “This provides them with optimized, low-latency links to New York City’s financial exchanges and other key investment buildings.”

In June, Reuters published a paper called “Addressing the low-latency challenge, Low-latency architecture as a competitive advantage,” in which David Lester, the chief information officer at the London Stock Exchange commented that “the firms that have been happy with a latency of 400 or 500 milliseconds will find that it is just not good enough going forward.”  Lexent’s short fiber path specifically addresses these concerns.  The network was designed to meet the requirements of the growing proximity trading community by offering an ultra-low latency route with high reliability, as the probability of physical fiber faults are decreased due to reduced exposure to potential third-party damage. These low latency connections, measured in milliseconds, translate to tens of thousands of dollars per transaction for traders. 

“Latency is arguably one of the most important factors driving financial firms’ metro network decisions today,” said Ray La Chance, President and CEO of Lexent Metro Connect. “We have seen a surge in financial firms requesting private dark fiber solutions utilizing shorter optical routes, and with no mid-span equipment.  In response, Lexent has built upon its core regional dark fiber footprint, removing the ‘fiber variable’ and allowing its clients to deploy latency optimized applications unparalleled by comparable carrier solutions”.

Lexent’s low latency New York/New Jersey fiber route is now available. For more information, please email info@lexent.net.                                                         

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About Lexent Metro Connect

Lexent Metro Connect, LLC provides enterprise customers and service providers in New York City and its surrounding boroughs with state of the art, custom built, dark fiber optic networks. As a leading provider of dark fiber networks in the New York Metropolitan area, Lexent is the only fiber provider that owns, operates, builds and maintains its own dark fiber network in-house. Lexent provides its customers with the option to leverage an existing dark fiber network as an extension of their own, or to build a new, dedicated, private fiber network in the City. Lexent also provides direct connectivity to carrier-neutral colocation facilities, enabling Freedom of Choice in pursuing wholesale buying of Network Services. Lexent’s ever-growing network provides diverse connectivity between regional Carrier Hotels, Central Offices, and Enterprise Buildings.  For more information on Lexent Metro Connect, please email info@lexent.net or call 212.981.0700.

About Equinix

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) provides global data center services that ensure the vitality of the information-driven world.  Global enterprises, content and financial companies, and network service providers rely upon Equinix’s insight and expertise to protect and connect their most valued information assets.  Equinix operates 45 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers across 18 markets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Important information about Equinix is routinely posted on the investor relations page of its website located at www.equinix.com/investors. We encourage you to check Equinix’s website regularly for the most up-to-date information. 

About Equinix Financial eXchange:

Equinix Financial eXchange is a neutral marketplace consisting of financial markets participants including execution venues, buy and sell side firms, market data providers, technology providers and financial networks; that locate servers and infrastructure within Equinix data centers in order to support highly reliable, low latency connectivity for a broad range of market participants. Learn more at: http://financial.equinix.com

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joanpowell@equinix.com

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Arbinet announced it has signed the National Carrier for Nicaragua, Enitel, to its Wholesale Carrier Services product.  Arbinet announced the Carrier Services product October 1, 2009.  The new product offers no fees and features a single invoice – allowing customers to negotiate bilateral agreements as they traditionally have.

The Carrier Services solution also offers customers additional services such as a Code Analysis Tool that enables Arbinet to use supplier codes in its wholesale routing plans; a Routing Table Development Tool that utilizes sophisticated blending algorithms to enable Arbinet to generate Routing Tables based on specific quality and pricing requirements; and an integrated Quoting System that enables Arbinet to easily quote rates and buy supply from Carrier Service customers and suppliers.

With Central America one of the fastest growing regions for telecom, Arbinet’s ability to provide services to companies such as Enitel is important to the company to continue to grow.  According to Dan Powdermaker, Arbinet’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Arbinet Carrier Services is an ideal service for companies like ENITEL.  It will enable Arbinet’s customers to terminate their traffic to Nicaragua with high quality standards.  Additionally, Enitel can utilize our Private ExchangeSM service to aggregate existing interconnections and reduce costs and complexity in the management of its its interconnections with its customer’s networks.

For the press release in its entirety, please continue to read here:

National Carrier for Nicaragua, Enitel Connects to Arbinet’s Wholesale Carrier Services

Partnership with Arbinet Enables Enitel (Empresa Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones) to Terminate and Originate Calls over the Arbinet Network

New York, NY, USA – November 10, 2009– Arbinet Corporation.[Nasdaq: ARBX], today announces that leading mobile provider and Nicaraguan PTT, Enitel (Empresa Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones), will use Arbinet’s new wholesale Carrier Service interface for termination and origination of international calls.  Enitel will benefit from Arbinet’s scale, global reach and sophisticated routing capabilities to deliver high quality, lower cost international calling to its customers in Nicaragua. Arbinet gains reliable, high quality termination capacity in Nicaragua for its retail and wholesale customers.

“We are pleased to welcome Enitel to the Arbinet Network.  Central America is one of the fastest growing regions for telecom usage in the world.  As the only truly integrated Nicaraguan telecom operator with the leading market share in mobile, a nationwide fixed network and the country’s leading cable system, Enitel’s partnership with Arbinet offers benefits to our customers and traffic for our suppliers,” states Dan Powdermaker, Arbinet’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.“ Arbinet Carrier Services is an ideal service for companies like ENITEL.  It will enable Arbinet’s customers to terminate their traffic to Nicaragua with high quality standards.  Additionally, Enitel can utilize our Private ExchangeSM service to aggregate existing interconnections and reduce costs and complexity in the management of its its interconnections with its customer´s networks.

“As the leading fixed and mobile telecom carrier in Nicaragua, having the right international voice partner is critical for us to compete in our market and to give our retail customers the high-quality, cost effective international voice service they want,” said Víctor García, Chief of Regulatory and Interconnection of Enitel.

Arbinet Carrier Services has no fees, features a single invoice and uses supplier codes in its wholesale routing plans. Sophisticated blending algorithms enable Arbinet to generate Routing Tables based on specific quality and pricing requirements. An integrated Quoting System enables Arbinet to easily quote rates and buy supply from Carrier Service customers and suppliers.

 Arbinet’s voice termination and origination options also include Private Exchange, an easy, low-risk outsourcing approach, and thexchange™, the industry’s leading Exchange marketplace for buying and selling voice communications.  For more information about Arbinet’s Carrier Services, thexchange™, Private Exchangesm(PEX) or Arbinet Data Exchange, please visit www.arbinet.com or e-mail sales@arbinet.com.

About Arbinet

Arbinet is a leading provider of international voice and IP solutions to carriers and service providers globally. With more than 1100 carriers across the world connected to the Arbinet Network, Arbinet combines global scale with sophisticated platform intelligence, call routing and industry leading credit management and settlement capabilities. Customers and suppliers include many leading fixed line, mobile, wholesale and VoIP carriers as well as calling card, ISPs and content providers around the world who buy and sell voice and IP telecommunications capacity and content. For more information, please visit www.arbinet,com , call +1.917.320.2000 or email sales@arbinet.com.

About Enitel

Enitel is the leading Nicaraguan company in all mobile, fixed, broadband, data and IP services.  Covering Central America, Enitel´s Fiber Optical Network offers voice and data solutions based on SDH, full MPLS and IP.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding anticipated future revenues, growth, capital expenditures, management’s future expansion plans, expected product and service developments or enhancements, discussions of strategy, and future operating results. Various risks and uncertainties may cause Arbinet’s actual results to differ materially. Please refer to Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2009, and other filings that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arbinet assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise and such statements are current only as of the date they are made.

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 Arbinet Global Sales Headquarters

75 Broad Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10004

 phone: +1 917.320.2000, fax: +1 917.320.1880, website: www.arbinet.com.

 email: sales@arbinet.com or datasales@arbinet.com

Dark fiber is all the rage.  It’s the core underlying network that transports communications traffic from one point to another – but dark fiber alone isn’t the solution – it’s the way the fiber is lit that’s the difference.

Allied Fiber is building a new long haul dark fiber network that will eliminate obstacles for broadband access, wireless backhaul and lower latency through new, next generation construction.   The network will have a short-haul dark fiber route as well as a long-haul dark fiber route – directly parallel to one another. 

Allied Fiber Network Key

Since the speed of light can only move so fast, together with ADVA, Allied Fiber is capable of providing one of the fastest routes between New York and Chicago with a roundtrip latency sub 16ms.

Here is an illustration of the low-latency route on Allied Fiber’s dark fiber network, lit with ADVA’s Optical Networking gear:

Allied Fiber and ADVA's Low Latency Route from New York to Chicago

Allied Fiber's Solution to Mobile Backhaul

Finally, Allied Fiber illustrates the solution that its network will bring to Middle Mile Network operators.

Allied Fiber's Solution for Middle Mile Network Operators

ADVA’s Optical Networking gear cuts packet transport time in half.  For Financial companies it provides faster trades, since very millisecond counts.  For High Performance Computing (HPC), interconnected clusters can increase throughput and for Enterprise businesses, faster transfers and backups equal more productivity. 

Allied Fiber’s network, coupled with Carrier-Class Ethernet (CCE) can provide converged network solutions, enhanced network performance and can support enforceable stringent SLAs.  For more information about this solution, please visit www.advaoptical.com or www.alliedfiber.com or email info@alliedfiber.com.

Number portability has encouraged competition in mobile markets by allowing subscribers to keep their numbers when they change service providers. However, global number portability requires intelligence beyond the code system to route and rate calls correctly. Misrouted calls can incur transit penalties, increase termination costs and degrade call quality.

Try Arbinet’s Global Number Portability Correction service for FREE!

To take advantage of this limited time offer, please contact Arbinet’s dedicated GNPC team – Steve Heap or Jim Guy at gnpc@arbinet.com.

For more information about Arbinet and its Voice services and IP Solutions, please visit www.arbinet.com

Acquisitions are always exciting.  It usually means healthy company, healthy market, new opportunities and interesting vision into the strategies of the companies involved.  In this case, Hibernia Atlantic, the largest privately-held transatlantic submarine cable operator and the operator of the Global Financial Network (GFN) an ultra-low latency network solution designed to meet the needs of the Financial marketplace, announced it has acquired MediaXstream, an International Broadcast and Media Production Service provider.

The announcement brings great opportunities to both companies.  Hibernia Atlantic is now ‘playing’ in the media and broadcast space, enabling major broadcast network operators to deliver content more efficiently around the world.  The MediaXstream solution will continue to leverage its leading high-bandwidth network providers including Hibernia Atlantic – a network that offers 40Gig connectivity between the US & Europe over its divere and secure network.  In addition, the companies together now reach over 92 points of presence, enhancing each network’s reach substantially while continuing to offer attractive rates. 

According to Hibernia Atlantic’s CEO, Bjarni Thorvardarson, who is also CEO of the newly acquired MediaXstream – which becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hibernia Atlantic, the companies struck the agreement without any third-party advisors.  MediaXstream will add 33 employees to the overall Hibernia organization, nearly doubling the number of employees.   In addition to the employees, Hibernia Atlantic, through its new acquisition, will retain the MediaXstream brand and services in order to support its corporate customers as effectively as possible.  MediaXstream’s management and sales team will continue to support their clients.   The deal was closed on December 11th, 2009 and is an all stock transaction.  Simultaneously, Hibernia Atlantic raised $13.4M to fund further growth of the combined companies.

The press release, in its entirety is below:

HIBERNIA ATLANTIC ACQUIRES INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST AND MEDIA PRODUCTION SERVICE PROVIDER MEDIAXSTREAM

  SERVING WORLDWIDE MEDIA COMPANIES’ INCREASING DEMAND FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK SOLUTIONS 

SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND- December 15, 2009- Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider, today announces its acquisition of MediaXstream Inc., a leading provider of high quality transport and managed network services for the media production and broadcast industries. MediaXstream is currently operational in 20 major markets in the U.S. and Europe, serving the increasingly growing demand for High Definition video networking and production services by TV and film production, sports, news, mobile content and IPTV. By adding MediaXstream’s high quality transport services to Hibernia’s already robust financial and carrier-focused network, the combined reach, performance and product offering will add significant marketplace opportunities, technological innovation and customer value. Moving forward, MediaXstream will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Hibernia Atlantic.

The newly combined network capabilities are ideal for global media and broadcast companies looking for high performance, security, and local and global connectivity.

“We are combining the strengths and network reach of both companies to respond to the significant growth of the enterprise and media markets,” states Ken Peterson, Chairman of Hibernia Atlantic and CEO of Columbia Ventures Corporation. “We are finding that more and more media companies are migrating to multi-service network infrastructures, and away from satellite, in order to satisfy their production and broadcast requirements. As demand accelerates, customers are making the shift from analog to digital and from standard definition to high definition.  Large enterprises are also adding multi-service network infrastructures capable of supporting high definition video as critical elements of their daily operations.  The combination of MediaXstream with Hibernia’s secure and diverse North American and European network positions the combined company for continued rapid growth.”

Hibernia Atlantic significantly expands the network reach of MediaXstream into more than 10 key European markets while MediaXstream expands Hibernia’s North American network to 17 additional key Points of Presence in 14 new cities in the South and West, including Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Denver, Tampa, Miami, Atlanta, Washington DC, Baltimore, San Diego and Las Vegas.

Hibernia’s acquisition of MediaXstream offers customers continued diversity in a range of scalable services, including colocation, interconnection and support. In addition, the acquisition enables Hibernia to offer customers critical monitoring support from its Dublin Network Operations Center (NOC) and MediaXstream’s Television Operating Center (TOC) in Baltimore, MD. “We are excited to be a part of the Hibernia Atlantic family and will bring high quality transport and managed network services to Hibernia’s best-of-breed network services,” states Del Bothof, President of MediaXstream. “Additionally, MediaXstream will benefit greatly from the financial and wholesale strengths of Hibernia. We are excited to extend our customers’ access into Europe and beyond over Hibernia’s fast and secure network. This deal reflects our commitment to our customers to provide the highest quality network service.”

“Operating the largest, national, state-of-the-art optical switching and Dynamic Transport Mode (DTM) network, MediaXstream specializes in transporting flawless digital and High Definition content in its native formats as demanded by TV and film production companies, mobile carriers and other customers who generate and manage media content.  MediaXstream bridges current industry operations with the demands of emerging new technologies, offering transport reliability that meets customers’ needs,” states Bjarni Thorvardarson, CEO of Hibernia Atlantic. “With this acquisition, Hibernia is expanding our product portfolio to our worldwide customers and leveraging both companies’ network expertise to offer an innovative network choice to media and enterprise customers alike.”

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About Hibernia Atlantic:
Hibernia Atlantic is the only American-owned, diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider.  Hibernia is a subsidiary of Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC).  It is a TransAtlantic submarine cable and terrestrial fiber network that offers over 92 redundant network Points of Presence (PoPs) throughout Canada, US, UK and mainland Europe on over 24,000 kilometers of network.  Hibernia provides secure and diverse dedicated Ethernet, DTM and optical-level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional SONET/SDH services. In addition, Hibernia offers wholesale capacity prices, unparalleled support, flexibility and service. For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s cutting-edge network or to view their corporate video, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

For Hibernia Atlantic business inquiries, please contact Melissa Butler at 908-988-1990 or melissa.butler@hiberniaatlantic.com.
 
To view Hibernia’s corporate overview video, please click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xVMLEfFrk&eurl=

About MediaXstream, Inc.

MediaXstream provides high quality transport and managed network services for the production and broadcast industries in 20 North American and European markets. Operating the largest national DTM network, we specialize in transporting flawless digital and High Definition content in its native formats as demanded by sports, TV and film production, news, mobile and IPTV. The company has received financial backing from Constellation Ventures and Columbia Ventures Corporation.

For more information on MediaXstream, please visit: http://mediaxstream.tv/

TELEHOUSE America has freed up space and power in both of its New York data center facilities.  Their Broadway Center,  located at 25 Broadway in Manhattan and 7 Teleport on Staten Island are now available for new technology tenants including Financial trading firms, enterprise businesses, carriers, ISPs and more.  This is an interesting announcement for TELEHOUSE as space and power, specifically at 25 Broadway, has been hard to come by.  With the new space and power, companies can gain access to TELEHOUSE’s low-latency connectivity between its facilities and to the major Wall Street firms due to its close proximity to the NYSE and other key financial trading facilities downtown.  In addition, carriers and ISPs gain access to Manhattan’s leading public peering exchange – the New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX). 

For the complete press release, please continue to read below:

 TELEHOUSE America Announces Availability of Additional   Power and Colocation in Key New York Market

Staten Island and New York, NY, USA – December 22, 2009– TELEHOUSE America (www.telehouse.com), the United States’ leading provider of dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges and managed IT services, announces it has reserved colocation space and power in its New York data center facilities, located at 25 Broadway, New York, NY and at 7 Teleport Staten Island, NY, for clients seeking access to multiple service providers offering low-latency connectivity solutions.  This space and power availability is essential, not only to clients that require low-latency colocation solutions, but to those seeking access to the New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX).  This comes on the heels of TELEHOUSE America’s announcement that its New York Internet Exchange (NYIIX) recently became the most heavily trafficked public Internet exchange point in the city.

With this space and power available at its 25 Broadway and 7 Teleport facilities, TELEHOUSE America can accommodate a wide selection of verticals including financial service organizations, gaming companies, Voice over IP (VoIP) providers, Internet Service Providers and digital content providers.   Both carrier-neutral sites are rich with redundant and diverse interconnection options, as well as interconnectivity to other key New York Metro carrier hotels such as 60 Hudson Street and 111 Eighth Avenue. 

TELEHOUSE America’s New York facilities offer a wide variety of data center and connectivity options and solutions to global and regional organizations.  By offering direct access to the NYIIX public peering platform, Internet Service Providers gain a strategic public IP interconnection point, which boasts over 120 peers exchanging traffic at peak rates over 80 Gbps.  TELEHOUSE America’s additional services include its portfolio of Manage-E solutions that ensure 24/7 network support, from help desk to comprehensive IT Infrastructure Management.

In addition, TELEHOUSE’s New York data centers offer several interconnection options, including IP Transit, providing direct Internet connectivity as low as 1 mbps, in addition to Global Interlink, connecting customers across the Atlantic Ocean via VLAN Ethernet. The Global Interlink Ethernet solution is available between TELEHOUSE America’s data centers at 25 Broadway and 7 Teleport, Staten Island in New York and 626 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and Telehouse Europe’s data center facilities at Coriander Avenue in The Docklands, London (both North and East), 137 Boulevard Voltaire in Paris and 1, rue Pablo Picasso in Magny-les-Hameaux, France.  In addition, access to the Global Interlink US-Europe Ethernet network is also available from and between Equinix’s facilities in Chicago, IL and Ashburn, VA as well as Switch and Data facilities located in Palo Alto, CA and Dallas, TX.

“With the rapid growth of Internet-related applications and services, many different companies, not just traditional communication providers, require reliable colocation with critical access and network services that TELEHOUSE America now offers,” comments Akio Sugeno, Sr. Director Business Development, Internet Engineering & Operations for TELEHOUSE America. “The additional space and power within our New York facilities, along with robust peering via NYIIX, can meet the growing security and technology requirements for service providers and enterprise businesses essential for today’s global marketplace.”

For more information about TELEHOUSE America’s dedicated data center and colocation solutions and its total solutions for business continuity, disaster recovery, infrastructure management and global communications services, please visit www.telehouse.com or email sales@telehouse.com. 

About TELEHOUSE America

TELEHOUSE America is the US’s leading provider of dedicated data centers, colocation facilities, international Internet exchanges, managed IT services and disaster recovery solutions.

A stable and trusted pioneer of carrier-neutral data center services, they provide secure, power-protected environments, where clients house and operate their telecommunications and network resources. Companies from a wide range of industries locate their mission critical equipment at Telehouse’s colocation “meet-me-centers” in New York and California; taking advantage of the potential business opportunities that exist from other Telehouse customers. Among the many benefits of collocating with Telehouse is the ability to connect to state-of-the-art peering exchanges in New York (NYIIX) and Los Angeles (LAIIX). Through Manage-E (http://www.Manage-E.com), TELEHOUSE provides a comprehensive suite of solutions – from help desk and hardware support to managed IT infrastructure, security and compliance services – all delivered by expert consulting and operations teams on a global scale and from one point-of-contact.  Additionally, the global availability of TELEHOUSE-branded data centers in 17 cities throughout North America, Asia, Africa and Europe, delivers continuous, cost-effective operation of network-dependent, IT infrastructure to businesses around the world. Please visit http://www.Telehouse.com, or contact us at Sales@telehouse.com.

Just as 2009 closed, 2010 begins with a bang!   It was only a few weeks ago that Global Telecom & Technology closed its acquisition of WBS Connect and now it jumps into 2010 with a new acquisition target – this time it’s certain assets of Global Capacity, a Chicago-based company.  This deal provides GTT with an additional revenue stream of up to $25 million annually as they buy over 100 customers for up to $8 million in cash. 

This is a great way for a company to immediately increase its revenue, profitably, while staying true to its strategy of rapidly scaling its business.  What’s interesting about this acquisition is that many of the customers to be acquired are already existing customers of GTT.  No doubt this familiarity will help retain customers through the transition. 

Of course the deal is predicated on proper customer and supplier consent as well as approval by the Federal Communications Commission as GTT is publicly traded – OTCBB: GTLT.  With this news, just five calendar days into the New Year, I anticipate 2010 will be a truly exciting year for the Telecommunications sector.

 Please continue reading for the full press release:

GLOBAL TELECOM & TECHNOLOGY TO ACQUIRE ASSETS FROM GLOBAL CAPACITY 

Company Further Advances Strategy to Scale Business   

McLean, VA, January 5, 2010 — Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. (“GTT”) (OTCBB: GTLT), a leading global network integrator that provides its clients with a broad portfolio of wide-area network, IP transit and mobility services, today announces it has signed an agreement to acquire certain customers and assets from Chicago-based Global Capacity.

Under the terms of the agreement, GTT will pay up to $8 million in cash for contracts with over 100 data transport customers generating up to $25 million in annualized revenue.  GTT expects the transaction to close in the first quarter of 2010, subject to customer and other supplier consents and approval by the Federal Communications Commission.

Structured as a simple transfer of customer contract agreements, this asset acquisition complements GTT’s existing business as many of the affected customers are also existing customers of GTT.  GTT expects to rapidly integrate these customers into its proprietary operational platform through its Circuit Management Database (CMD), resulting in virtually no service interruptions, minimal incremental support costs, and high quality service assurance for customers.

“Following on the heels of the acquisition of WBS Connect, the addition of Global Capacity’s customer base advances GTT’s strategy to rapidly scale our global telecom business.  With this transaction, we will further leverage our unique intellectual capital and enhance our established reputation for providing reliable telecom services to our global customer base,” said Rick Calder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Telecom & Technology.

“This is another significant step forward in building cash flow through prudent M&A activity,” said Eric Swank, Chief Financial Officer of GTT.  “This acquisition provides a great opportunity to leverage our CMD platform, by essentially porting the new circuits into our business, expanding our adjusted EBITDA in the process by layering on contract revenue from a very similar customer base.  Due to these synergies, we expect the transaction to be immediately accretive.”

This is the second acquisition in less than 60 days for GTT.  The company closed its acquisition of WBS Connect on December 16, 2009.  The WBS Connect acquisition provides GTT the opportunity to expand its portfolio of IP transit and Ethernet services, and adds over 60 points of presence in major metro markets throughout North America, Asia and Europe.

About Global Telecom & Technology

GTT is a global network integrator providing a broad portfolio of Wide-Area Network (WAN), IP transit and  mobility services. With over 800 supplier relationships worldwide, GTT combines multiple networks and technologies such as traditional OC-x, MPLS and Ethernet, to deliver cost-effective solutions specifically designed for each client’s unique requirements. GTT enhances its client performance through its proprietary Content Management Database (CMD), providing customers with an integrated support system for all of its services.  GTT is committed to providing comprehensive solutions, project management and 24×7 global operations support. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, GTT now has offices in Denver, London and Dusseldorf, and provides services to more than 700 enterprise, government, and carrier clients in over 80 countries worldwide. For more information visit the GTT website at www.gt-t.net.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This release may contain “forward-looking statements” or other information related to the company’s future growth, expenditures, personnel, product and service enhancements and deployments, strategy or other materials GTT releases to the public or files with the United States Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”). You should consult any further disclosures on related subjects in our annual reports on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. Such forward-looking statements are and will be subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to our operations and the business environment that may cause our actual results to be materially different from any future results. Additional information concerning these and other important factors can be found under the heading “Risk Factors” in GTT’s annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this release should be evaluated in light of these important factors.

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CoreSite, a Carlyle Company that offers wholesale data centers, colocation and peering solutions to the global marketplace, has recently published its first quarter of 2010 customer and prospect newsletter.   The newsletter featured some interesting industry perspectives from such notable industry folks as Rich Miller, the Editor of Data Center Knowledge, Barry X Lynn, the Chairman and CEO of 3Tera who wrote about the differences between virtualization and cloud computing, Mark Fishburn of CENX and Hunter Newby, the CEO of Allied Fiber.

Hunter Newby, whose team ‘invented’ the carrier interconnection model in the late ’90s and early 2000, shared his insite on the Broadband Stimulus asking ‘Can It Really Be Done for $7.2 Billion?’  Since the first round of funding was awarded around February 16^th, the majority of the 1,400 applicants were not awarded grants or loans totaling $4.2 billion.  With the first round of funding completed, Mr. Newby observed that there is no clear plan as to how the Nation will address the issue of high-speed broadband access for all.  

Newby goes on to explain the major issues associated with the Broadband Stimulus package and how the federal government is attacking the problem.  It’s an interesting read – with more to come from Newby on the topic for sure. 

As the CEO of Allied Fiber, he has set out to build the nation’s first and only carrier neutral dark fiber network to provide interconnectivity solutions between wireline and wireless providers.  It is with the careful planning of Allied Fiber’s network and business that provides Newby with his keen observations of the nation’s broadband stimulus initiatives. 

Time will certainly tell how the Government awards its funds as we all watch on – trying to solve the enigmatic  approach to the process.

In the wake of the earthquake that has devastated CHILE, QT Talk, a VoIP calling solutions provider is offering $5.00 of free calls to CHILE for anyone who needs to reach friends, families and loved ones in the region.

To take advantage of this offer simply Text CHILE to 64842 – an access number will be provided.

QT Talk provides an alternative solution to traditional calling cards -without the cards.  Using ANI recognition, the company provides uers the ability to make local and International calls from their landline or cell phone without the use of a pin. 

The company’s website www.purosminutos.com or www.pureminutes.com provides more information about the service.

The original announcement is below:

QT TALK OFFERS FREE CALLING TO CHILE IN RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE

 Text CHILE to 64842 to Receive Free Calls

New York, NY – March 4, 2010 – QT Talk a VoIP calling solutions provider announces today that in response to the recent Chilean earthquake, it is offering $5.00 in free calling to Chile in order to help friends and relatives connect with their loved ones.

“Our core goal at QT Talk is to connect communities,” states Gary Lane, VP of Sales and Business Development at QT Talk.  “We were devastated to hear about this catastrophe that has plagued the people of Chile, and immediately wanted to offer our assistance to provide this service, for free, to anyone who needs to call Chile.”

QT Talk’s PurosMinutos, a flexible international calling solution designed to save customers time and money, provides easy international calling capabilities from any phone, including cell phones. With no hidden fees, commitments, expiration dates, or the need to change carriers, PurosMinutos allows customers to place calls without the hassle of cards or PINs. By simply dialing its toll free number from any landline or cell phone, PurosMinutos enables customers to make important calls at reduced rates.

To take advantage of this offer, please text CHILE to 64842 and instantly receive $5.00 to call anyone in Chile.

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About QT Talk:

QT Talk provides smart VoIP calling solutions for Residential, Business and Mobile Services. The company provides flexible and affordable calling plans delivered through its Hosted VoIP platform, residential IP connectivity, business Internet and Mobile devices, replacing traditional telephone service, international calling plans and calling card programs. QT Talk services can be bought from a number of retail outlets, leading telephony consultants and directly by contacting 212-461-3669 or visit www.PurosMinutos.com. 

TELEHOUSE America held its Q’1 2010 Breakfast on Broadway (BoB) event on February 25^th.  Though there was a snow storm in New York City that day, attendance was terrific.   Three companies presented at the event, including TELEHOUSE America, AboveNet and Digital Edge – each company had strong messages and interesting data to ponder.

TELEHOUSE’s Fred Cannone, the company’s Director of Sales and Marketing, discussed how data center demand is outpacing supply.  There continues to be a limited number of multi-tenant data centers that can accommodate companies looking for cost-effective access to an eco-system of service providers that can offer high bandwidth solutions. 

In 2009, the company announced its interconnection solution through its Ethernet Private Line service, Global InterLink, a service that has the capability of connecting TELEHOUSE’s 37 global data centers while also providing access to other major data center hubs.  This solution provides companies a tremendous amount of benefits, including cloud computing.  TELEHOUSE calls this solution Data Center as a Cloud^TM.(DCaaC).  Their DCaaC solution provides companies with Total Managed Network Services through its data center and colocation footprint through their Internet exchanges in New York (NYIIX) and Los Angeles (LAIIX) as well as global Ethernet private line connectivity and a full suite of Manage-E solutions including on-site support, data back-up solutions, business continuity planning and more.

Key customer examples of the types of companies leveraging the DCaaC solution include Global Financial firms, Post Production houses and Law firms.  Each company requires a unique footprint, but all grounded on similar solutions; Dedicated Data Center Suites, Global Interlink – private line connectivity, Managed Services, IP Transit all in multiple locations across multiple continents.  This is TELEHOUSE’s specialty – a complete Total Solution Provider.

AboveNet’s Doug Turz presented next on high-bandwidth Ethernet trends and solutions.  AboveNet considers anything above 100 Mbps to be high-bandwidth (I say that’s certainly fair).  The company provides solutions to enterprise buildings and data centers serving companies that require bandwidth flexibility, convergence and low latency. 

The company is seeing a push toward more video, which of course uses more bandwidth.  Another trend that AboveNet sees, being a data center neutral provider, is there are more companies than just financial firms concerned with latency.  The healthcare industry is building out their network infrastructures with low latency bandwidth solutions.   Unlike the Financial industry that associates each millisecond with the loss of tens of thousands of dollars, it’s harder to put an actual figure associated with network latency when considering the healthcare industry, but it could certainly lead to a life or death situation.

The final presenting company was Digital Edge.  Digital Edge provided us with a special presentation, given by its client the March of Dimes.  Digital Edge provides consulting and virtualization implementation solutions.  For the March of Dimes, a company that relies on donations and fundraising programs that primarily uses the Internet it was important to be assured 100% uptime, since downtime equals lost donations – lost income and of course the company’s inability to aid the children they support. 

At any given moment the March of Dimes’ network could have up to 13,000 concurrent sessions – per second.   Digital Edge designed its network to ensure uptime – at the same time the company’s design did not fall prey to complete virtualization.  Scalability was a key driver for the design as the number of simultaneous virtual instances could be high – and had high processing requirements. 

As Digital Edge put it ‘you need a strategy.’  Companies need to know what to virtualize versus not and to understand the security associated with any network architecture.  When working with high performance solutions that require precise tuning, virtualization is not the answer.   In addition – if you require high security for your applications and services, virtualization will not suffice.

Digital Edge’s years of experience has indentified holes in a variety of software solutions developed by MicroSoft, Zen, VMware and more.  To have a company like Digital Edge consulting, designing and implementing your network solutions will certainly guarantee efficiency for the data you are transmitting.

For more information about these companies or to view their presentations, please click on these links.

TELEHOUSE America:  Data Center Market & TELEHOUSE Advantage

AboveNet: Low Latency Data Center Connectivity Bandwidth Flexibility

Digital Edge: The Intelligence Behind The Technology

Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JS&A) the premier, full-service public relations and marketing firm for the telecommunications industry, announces the launch of its new Events and Webinars division to be spearheaded by Lauren Sauer.  The division will launch its ‘power networking’ event series, with its first event taking place in NYC on April 29^th, 2010.  

Lauren has been hard at work with vendors, structuring the program and identifying key benefits for the telecom industry – particularly through networking, knowledge share and educational opportunities.  In addition to the Events and Webinars, Lauren is also undertaking the development of a newsletter that will specifically target the Telecom industry, providing information about events, publications, announcements and overall industry opportunities. 

 The quarterly “power networking events” will be powered by JS&A’s sister company, DealCenter.  Structured as a three-hour, 200-person event, this networking opportunity will be unlike any other in the industry.  Participants will log into the online meeting system and pre-schedule 20-minute meetings, and arrive on-site, ready for “power networking”.  JS&A will also provide a media match-up for its clients before the event, to further promote its clients’ latest news announcements.

For more information on any of these initiatives, clients or JS&A, please email pr@jaymiescotto.com or go to http://www.jaymiescotto.com/event.php.

Let’s play!  Get in the game!  Batter up!  You get the idea.  TELEHOUSE America, a Total Solutions Provider that offers dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges and managed IT services has announced its new suite of solutions specifically packaged for onling gaming companies and operators.

Onling gaming is set to grow by 11% year-over-year through 2013, according ot the GlobaOnline Gaming Report 2009 published by Aarkstore Enterprise Market Research.  This is a tremendous amount of growth – and bandwidth that is required to support this growth.

TELEHOUSE America is well positioned to support this market.  Not only does it operate 37 global data centers, but the company also provides access to many of the world’s top Tier 1 and Tier 2 providers in addition to offering their own leading IP peering platforms, the New York International Exchange (NYIIX) and the Los Angeles International Internet Exchange (LAIIX).  The company also provides global dedicated VLAN Ethernet services through its portfolio of Global Interlink services that connects its global data centers and offers connectivity to other key data centers and colocation facilities around the world.   And wouldn’t you know it, there’s more!  A Total Solutions Provider must also offer managed services and in this instance DING DING DING you’re right!  TELEHOUSE provides a full suite of complete managed solutions through its Manage-E Services.

Personally, I love that TELEHOUSE offers Manage-E Services.  It is a true market differentiator that indicates it knows that companies need more than just space and an IP connection.  And the gaming market is recognizing this too.  The company has been seeing an increase number of opportunities from gaming companies from all over the world.  With such depth of services and facilities, its no wonder.

To read the company’s complete press release – please click here.

Allied Fiber is Constructing a Nationwide, Network-Neutral, Dark Fiber Cable System Linking U.S. Subsea Landing Points, Major Data Centers, Colocation Interconnection Facilities, Rural Networks and Wireless Towers to Meet Increasing Market Demand

Construction Underway to Complete the 1300 Route-Mile Phase 1 Component of the 11,548 Route-Mile, Six-Phase Plan Ringing the United States

NEW YORK, New York (May 24th, 2010) – Allied Fiber announces today that the Company has executed definitive agreements with financial partners and several major railroads and right-of-way owners, including Norfolk Southern Railway, to build a new, network-neutral, high-count dark fiber, colocation and wireless tower integrated system. Construction of the first phase linking New York, NY, Chicago, IL and Ashburn, VA is already underway and will cost approximately US$140 million.

Allied Fiber is addressing the need for increasing national broadband demand by providing much needed access to new dark fiber, colocation facilities and fiber-fed wireless towers on a network-neutral, open-access basis throughout the United States. The user community for these physical-layer services ranges from and includes submarine cable systems, large international and domestic wireline and wireless carriers and network operators to small rural carriers, cooperatives and cable television companies.

According to TeleGeography, trans-Atlantic bandwidth demand has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of 47 percent between 2004 and 2009.  It is expected to continue growing strongly from 2010 to 2015, with total demand for capacity nearly doubling every two years.  Furthermore, In-Stat research indicates that 90,000 Gbps of capacity in the last mile of the backhaul network will be needed by the end of 2013 to support the world’s cellular and WiMAX networks.

“We created this system to address the numerous backhaul and capacity issues that exist in the marketplace today,” states Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber. “We appreciate all of the insight and support we have received from the industry and look forward to delivering our network-neutral, dark fiber, colocation and wireless tower access services to all that need it.”

Allied Fiber has implemented a new, multi-duct design for intermediate access to the long-haul fiber duct through a parallel short-haul fiber duct all along the route. This enables all points between the major cities, including wireless towers and rural networks, to gain access to the dark fiber. In addition, the Allied Fiber neutral colocation facilities, located approximately every 60 miles along the route, accommodate and encourage a multi-tenant interconnection environment integrated with fiber that does not yet exist in the United States on this scale.

“The name Allied Fiber was chosen to signify a new type of all-access, physical layer network,” continues Rory J. Cutaia, Executive Chairman of Allied Fiber. “This network specifically manages competing systems in a common, carrier-neutral infrastructure offering ownership and management of individual fiber pairs.”

The first phase of the system will provide a combined 648 dark fibers, nineteen 700+ sq ft colocation facilities and 300 tower sites all integrated into one system from one provider, creating a new standard for interconnection. With planned, direct connections to the submarine cable systems linking the Atlantic, Caribbean, Latin American and Pacific cables, Allied Fiber will also provide express routing of traffic through the United States on the latest and most advanced fiber types available. Building new, shortest path, physical duct and fiber routes combined with modern fiber will result in lower latencies as well as higher capacities to be achieved between these points.

Allied Fiber has selected Michels Communications, a division of Michels Corporation, Henkels & McCoy, Inc. and Adesta, LLC to construct and install various portions of the system. The entire Phase One deployment is scheduled to be completed by fourth quarter of 2010.

“All our fiber and colocation construction projects are rapidly progressing, thanks to the teamwork we have with our outstanding contractors and strategic partners who are committed to building a world-class network,” continues Jason Cohen, Allied Fiber President & COO.

The new 432-count, long haul cable coupled with the 216-count, short-haul cable will be a composite of Single-Mode (SMF) and Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted (NZDSF) fibers. By having a high-fiber count and being network-neutral, Allied Fiber is able to offer dark fiber and at lower unit costs.

The Company is currently accepting customer agreements for fiber and colocation in the system, evidencing the strong demand for Allied Fiber’s all-access integrated interconnection facility network.

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Conference Call

Allied Fiber will host a live video conference call for recipients to answer questions on this announcement at 8:00AM Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 26^th. 

To participate in the video-conference, please email Ilissa Miller at ilissa@jaymiescotto.com.  Directions for the conference call, either by video or just audio, will be sent to you directly.

About Allied Fiber
Allied Fiber was created to address America’s need to eliminate obstacles for broadband access, wireless backhaul and lower latency through new, next generation long haul dark fiber and an open access philosophy. The Allied Fiber team is comprised of experts in the fields of communications, network construction and finance.  They are dedicated to building and providing access to an abundant supply of dark fiber in areas where it is most needed. The first phase of new duct and fiber construction will be between New York, NY, Ashburn, VA and Chicago, IL. For more information, please visit www.alliedfiber.com.

ancotel GmbH, a Frankfurt-based operator of one of Europe’s largest (if not thee) interconnection and colocation facility announce the acquisition of LIDARC, the Long Island Data and Recovery Center – a long-Island based colocation and interconnection facility located at 1025 Old Country Road (1025 OCR) in Westbury on Long Island in New York. 

The company will mark the occassion with a press conference, to be held on July 1 at 10am EDT at the facility which will feature ancotel’s management team as well as a varied group of elected officials representing New York State, Nassau County and the town of N. Hempstead on Long Island.    Representatives include Jon Kaiman, the North Hempstead Town Supervisor, Ed Eisenstein the Commissioner/Chief Inforamtion Officer for Nassau County and Joseph J. Galante, the Assistant Comptroller for Intergovernmental & Community Affairs on behalf of the State Comptroller, Thomas D. DiNapoli.

Media and interested parties are encouraged to attend the event on July 1 at 1025 OCR in Westbury, which will be followed by facility site tours and a luncheon in the building’s atrium.  The event will also be available via a live video streaming on the web accessible at http://www.jaymiescotto.com/ancotel.php - the feed will be live starting right before 10am EDT – questions from virtual participants will be taken via the online video portal text/message box.  To participate simply join the conference by going to the website noted above.  For more information about the event, ancotel, the facility and its plans – briefings are available by emailing pr@jaymiescotto.com.

The press release in its entirety is below: 

ancotel  Group Founds New Telehouse at 1025 Old Country Road, Long Island, New York

Facility to be developed into a key interconnection hub for connectivity between North America and Europe

Westbury, NY U.S.A. - June 30, 2010 – Frankfurt-based ancotel GmbH, operators of the largest and most important telecommunications and data network hub in Europe, announces today that it has acquired LIDARC (“Long Island Data and Recovery Center”), a Long Island-based colocation and interconnection facility located at 1025 Old Country Road (‘1025 OCR’), Westbury, NY.  This acquisition marks ancotel’s first foray into the United States’ data center and colocation market.  The company will leverage Long Island’s telecommunications infrastructure to provide invaluable communication opportunities throughout the Long Island and New York metro area to become the preferred gateway to Europe’s number one telehouse. 

Long Island serves as a key landing point for submarine cables that connect North America to Europe.  Until recently, network infrastructure has often bypassed Long Island to traverse into and through Manhattan. Jason Schafer, Senior Analyst Datacenters for Tier1 Research comments, “Downtown Manhattan has been facing datacenter, power, and real-estate capacity constraints, which is pushing business outwards from downtown to areas such as northern NJ and Long Island.”  In addition, many companies today require diverse routing around New York City as well as lower latency connectivity for critical communications and financial trading applications between Europe, South America and Asia. 

“ancotel is known as one of the most successful companies for telehousing and interconnection services in the world,” states John Reynolds, Managing Director of ancotel USA and former Managing Director of LIDARC.  “The company is committed to its investment on Long Island.  They have plans to transform this facility into a critical meet-me-point for companies, cable operators, carriers, service providers and international companies. This will create jobs in the area and attract an array of industries, such as health care, financial, media and content providers, to Nassau County.  We believe that this facility will be the spark that lights the flame of economic development on Long Island.”

Geography plays an important role in today’s communications age.  With more companies requiring global direct connectivity for voice, data and video traffic, proximity to service providers and applications are increasingly significant.   Data center facilities have become a key ingredient in the success of global enterprise businesses IT infrastructure.   Until ancotel USA’s telehouse opening, Long Island’s data center and colocation market has been overlooked for other geographic locations.  This is why ancotel is committed to establish 1025 Old Country Road in Westbury, NY as the preferred gateway to Europe’s number one telehouse.

“We have been looking at the U.S. data center market for quite some time now,” comments K.-J. Orth, Managing Director of ancotel GmbH and Chief Marketing Officer of ancotel USA, LLC.  “With this acquisition, our proven expertise will enable this facility, located in the most eastern point in the United States, to offer direct interconnectivity to and between trans-Atlantic, Caribbean and Latin American submarine cable systems as well as leading nationwide and global network operators. As a result, ancotel USA will usher in a new dimension of global network interconnection capabilities.”

ancotel will unveil its plans for its colocation and interconnection facility at 1025 Old Country Road, Westbury, New York on Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:00am EDT at a press conference on-site.  To access the press conference virtually, please click here or go to http://www.jaymiescotto.com/ancotel.php.  For more information about ancotel, please visit www.ancotel.com.  For information about the press conference and to attend in person or virtually, please contact pr@jaymiescotto.com.

About ancotel

ancotel GmbH, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, operates the largest and most significant telecommunications and data hub in Europe. The ancotel group provides international carriers and providers with a central and high-performing marketplace for their broadband and communication services. As an independent company, ancotel is a leading provider of services involving carrier-neutral colocation, telehousing and interconnection. Founded in 1999, ancotel now encompasses almost 400 telecommunications and data carriers. Telephone and Internet providers are linked with one another through the physical and virtual ancotel meet me rooms (mmr), and use them to conduct their operations. In addition to its traditional physical cross-connections using fiber-optic, coaxial and twisted-pair copper cables, ancotel also relies on virtual mmr platforms and managed services. ancotel is headquartered in Frankfurt with branches in London, Hong Kong, New York City and an independent telehouse in Westbury, New York. ancotel’s reference customers include 1&1, Arcor, AT&T, BSO Network Solutions, BT, Cable & Wireless, China Telecom, Colt Technology Services GmbH, DE-CIX, Deutsche Telekom, Elion, France Telecom, Global Crossing, GTS Energis, iBasis, HanseNet, Interoute Germany, Kabel Deutschland, KDDI Corporation, KPN, KT Corporation Korea, LANCK Telecom, Linx Telecommunications, NTT Communications, Plusnet GmbH, RETN, Swisscom, Tata Communications, Telekom Austria, Telecom Italia, Telefonica O2, Telekom Austria, TeliaSonera, TEO Litauen, Türk Telekomunikasyon, Verizon and WiTCOM.

Neutral Tandem Inc., (NASDAQ: TNDM), a leading provider of tandem interconnection services, today announced the participation of ten different strategic service providers in its Ethernet eXchange Charter Customer Program. 
Participants include: RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), Tinet, PAETEC (NASDAQ: PAET), Deltacom (OTC: ITCD.OB), US Signal, Mosaic NetworX, Wilshire Connection, and ION Holding Co.

Neutral Tandem’s Ethernet eXchange provides Ethernet service providers with a more efficient and simplified method of interconnecting on a one-to-many basis. Utilizing Neutral Tandem’s Ethernet eXchange service solves the complex technical and business challenges traditionally tied to interconnecting to multiple service providers on a one-on-one basis. In addition, Ethernet service providers can virtually connect to multiple access providers in several markets, through a single connection to the Ethernet eXchange.

The Charter Member Program is built upon the principle of a collaborative and interactive Product Development process that engages customers from requirements formulation through service delivery. 
”By assembling a group of market-leading experts from well-respected Ethernet service providers and incorporating their feedback on an ongoing basis, we believe that our Ethernet eXchange will offer innovative functionality that addresses our customers’ needs and priorities,” said Surendra Saboo, Chief Operating Officer of Neutral Tandem, Inc.

Felipe Alvarez, President of RCN Metro, said, “The unique way Neutral Tandem has interconnected its Exchanges in major markets gives us the ability to easily establish Ethernet connections to high demand locations outside our existing footprint.”

“Tinet is honored to be part of Neutral Tandem’s Ethernet eXchange,” stated Paolo Susnik, CEO of Tinet. “Neutral Tandem’s efficient one-on-to-many interconnections will help us further extend our network into more US markets; this is a true value-add to the global carrier community and ultimately the end-users.”

For more information, please visit www.tinet.net or www.neutraltandem.com

On July 21, 2010 at 2pm ET, Fierce Telecom is hosting a webinar on Packet Optical Network Platforms, a carrier round table discussion. Grant Kirkwood, CTO of PacketExchange will be participating in the discussion. He will present on the fact that today, services are fast becoming packet-based.

There are number of factors driving this transition. One certainly is cost. As traffic grows, revenue growth is slowing – which means that operators must find a more cost-effective way to transport more traffic over its network.

With solutions such as Global Community of Internet Networks (CoINs) and Global Enterprise Private networking, PacketExchange has been able to combine MPLS and metro packet otpimizied platforms to provide an advanced long-haul backbone management. It is this packet-based architecture that will be revealed during the webinar on July 21 at 2pm ET. To tune in, go to: http://www.fiercetelecom.com/offer/packet-optical-webinar-series?source=web

For more informatin about PacketExchange visit http://www.packetexchange.net or email info@packetexchange.net

The webinar, free to attend, takes place on Weds July 21st at 2pm EDT. Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent and Fujitsu, this carrier-only round table focuses on how three service providers apply Packet Optical Network Platform devices to fit their next-gen networking needs.

To set the stage, these service providers – including PacketExchange -will provide a short case study on how they are applying PONPs into their networks. These case studies will then be followed by an open round table discussion hosted by Sean Buckley, Senior Editor of Fierce Telecom.

For more information go to: Packet Optical Network Platforms – FierceTelecom  (http://www.fiercetelecom.com/offer/packet-optical-webinar-series?source=web#ixzz0uE6yl3cH)

To subscribe to the webinar series go to: http://www.fiercetelecom.com/signup?sourceform=Viral-Tynt-FierceTelecom-FierceTelecom

For more information about PacketExchange visit: www.packetexchange.net or email info@packetexchange.net

Next week HostingCon, one of the largest conferences for the hosted service provider market will be held at the Austin Convention Center. Data Foundry will be exhibiting at the conference and showcase its data center and disaster recovery solutions along with details on its newest venture, the Data Ranch, a 250,000 sq ft next-generation data center to be completed 2Q2011. This new high tech facility features all of the latest security and redundancy options to serve as primary colocation, as well as back-up and disaster recovery space for Enterprise and Service Providers.  Its premium, customized, flexible space can be dedicated to your company when the need arises. As the hurricane season is upon us Data Foundry’s robust data center solutions are the perfect choice to ensure your critical data and applications are always up and running.

For more information please read the full announcement below:

DATA FOUNDRY ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN HOSTINGCON 2010

Robust Data Center and Disaster Recovery Solutions for

Service Providers and Enterprises to be Showcased

Austin, TX – JULY 15, 2010 - Data Foundry, a leading provider of wholesale and retail data center outsourcing, colocation, and disaster recovery services, today announces its participation in the sixth annual HostingCon conference being held July 19 – 21, 2010 in Austin, Texas. With a focus on providing high quality, secure services, Data Foundry will showcase its full suite of robust data center, Internet, and disaster recovery solutions for the Service Provider and Enterprise markets.

HostingCon is the world’s largest gathering of hosted services professionals. The event has a projected attendance of over 1,500 Internet professionals from over 30 countries. Conference attendees will learn about the latest news, trends, ideas and technology affecting their businesses, as well as network with the largest concentration of hosting industry leaders in the United States. Data Foundry will be accessible on the exhibit floor, booth #429 at the Austin Convention Center.

Data Foundry recently announced plans to build its second data center in Austin. The company is scheduled to complete the first 130,000 square foot phase of this next generation 250,000 square foot data center during the second quarter of 2011. This project will be the first-purpose built, carrier neutral colocation facility in Central Texas in more than a decade. This premier facility is being constructed at the Data Ranch, a 40 acre data center park designed to deliver over 100 megawatts of power, independently fed from two separate utility substations. The location allows Data Foundry to provide the highest level of power redundancy, an essential component of a mission-critical data center. Data Foundry’s Disaster Recovery Solutions go beyond providing colocation services and include dedicated worksite recovery seats or office space options for those companies that need work areas 24×7x365 days a year. Its dedicated space concept is ideal for companies that want a flexible and customized solution for implementing disaster recovery plans.

For more information about Data Foundry, please visit www.datafoundry.com. To meet with the company at HostingCon email sales@datafoundry.com or stop by Booth #429. The company will also be hosting an invite-only happy hour Tuesday, July 20^th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Please e-mail or stop by the booth if you are interested in attending.

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About Data Foundry
Data Foundry, founded in 1994, was the first Internet Service Provider in San Antonio and one of the first 50 Internet Service Providers in the United States. Today, Data Foundry provides comprehensive wholesale and retail data center outsourcing, colocation, and disaster recovery services. The company provides secure premium facilities for servers and equipment, emergency workspace and carrier-neutral network accessibility, supported by experienced onsite technicians and customer support 24×7x365. The company supports more than 1,000 enterprise customers across a variety of industries including food/beverage, energy, healthcare and financial services. The company operates data centers in Austin and Houston and owns private networks in Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas. For more information go to http://www.datafoundry.com or call 1.800.839.2794.

Data Foundry is a trademark of Data Foundry, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

For media enquiries, please contact: pr@datafoundry.com or call (512) 684.9050.

Check out Igor Seletskiy, CEO and Founder of Cloud Linux, Inc. and his recent interview with Liam Eagle, Editor of The WHIR, the largest news organization and consumer resource dedicated to the web hosting industry. The interview explores the challenges shared hosting providers face in delivering reliable service and optimizing servers for maximum performance and efficiency.

CloudLinux OS was specifically designed for the hosting marketplace to deliver improved performance, control, stability, and security across shared hosting platforms.

The core technology behind CloudLinux OS is its Lightweight Virtual Environment™ a kernel-level technology that limits the amount of resources (CPU, I/O, memory) available to a group of processes. With LVE, administrators now have the tools to control the CPU and IO demands of individual tenants, so that a single site cannot slow or take down a whole server.

For the complete article and interview please Click Here.

You can meet Igor Seletskiy at the upcoming HostingCon conference in Austin, TX at the Austin Convention Center from July 19 – 21, 2010. Mr. Seletskiy will also be presenting on a panel entitled “What Tomorrow Brings” on July 21, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. The panel will be a discussion on technology and trends in the hosting market.

For more information on Cloud Linux please visit: www.cloudlinux.com.

Due to Arbinet’s ability to provide enhanced IP performance across multiple networks, DNS Made Easy, a Tiggee LLC company selected Arbinet’s Layer 2 IP Exchange after a trial that proved its capabilities.  Arbinet’s IP Exchange Platform is not new to the market.  It has provided a solid and reliable foundation for optimized Internet solutions since 2004, when it acquired the asset from Band-X which started the platform in 2000.  So that’s 10 years of providing performance enhanced IP transit solutions for a variety of companies including VoIP operators, Regional ISPs, DNS providers (such as DNS Made Easy), hosting providers and more. 

Arbinet’s IP Exchange is based on the company’s proprietary platform that offers customers, through one-connection, access to multiple providers simultaneously.    There are a number of different service options that customers can choose from, depending on their requirements.  One option leverages standard BGP offering IP Transit Multihoming to improve network quality and redundancy.  This service provides customers, one connection, direct access to multiple Tier 1 ISPs networks, with no AS hop, customers can choose meshed or separate BGP sessions per seller. 

IP Transit multihoming by Arbinet is the service that DNS Made Easy selected  to provide its customers with enhanced DNS performance.  The company has improved its response look-up time for its service by 22 ms.  This is a significant improvement which enhances the end-user’s experience.

In addition to IP Transit multihoming, Arbinet also provides both paid peering and opt in free peering with other buyers via the same connection.  Furthermore, Arbinet’s OptimizedIP solutions also significantly improves IP performance when compared to the public Internet.  OptimizedIP provides routing intelligence solutions offering customers one connection with the ability to transit multiple ISPs based on the ISPs’ ability to route the data.  This is ideal for mission-critical applications such as Voice over IP – which requires the highest IP performance. 

Arbinet’s IP Exchange solutions provide many benefits.  To read the announcement with DNS Made Easy please scroll down – for more information about Arbinet’s solutions please email datasales@arbinet.com or visit www.arbinet.com.

DNS Made Easy Selects Arbinet for IP Transit Multi-homing

Subsidiary Firm of Tiggee LLC Opts for Arbinet’s Layer 2 IP Exchange for Flexibility, Reliability, and Single Connection to Multiple ISPs

New York, NY – July 14, 2010– Arbinet Corporation [NASDAQ:  ARBX], a leading wholesale voice and data telecommunications service provider, announces today that DNS Made Easy, a subsidiary of Tiggee LLC, an Internet service system provider, has connected to Arbinet’s Layer 2 IP Exchange for its  Internet transit multi-homing solution.  Arbinet provides DNS Made Easy the ability to easily connect to multiple Tier 1 ISPs in different locations enabling the company to run a more cost-effective and high performance IP ‘any-cast’ network.

Through a single connection to Arbinet’s Layer 2 IP Exchange, DNS Made Easy gains direct access to multiple Tier 1 ISPs without any additional ASN hops and is able to purchase high quality IP Transit at wholesale rates with the flexibility of a short contract term and no minimum commitment.  This connection also enables DNS Made Easy to choose meshed or separate BGP sessions per ISP supplier for redundancy and optimal traffic management and to utilize Arbinet’s online portal, which allows it to add or change suppliers within minutes, eliminating traditionally long ISP provisioning cycles.  DNS Made Easy’s solutions are currently available in Los Angeles, New York and London, with expansion plans to Hong Kong underway.

“After deploying an evaluation connection with Arbinet, we committed to one contract, one cross-connect to gain access to multiple Tier 1 IP backbone providers,” explains Steven Job, President of Tiggee LLC and DNS Made Easy.  “We connected to Arbinet in three locations and plan to expand our connectivity across three continents.   By connecting to Arbinet we have decreased our look-up response time by 22ms and our services were up and running in record time and under budget while gaining access to top quality IP backbone providers at highly competitive rates.  Today we are serving more than one billion queries a day.” 

“DNS Made Easy’s network required multiple connections to providers across a variety of markets,” states Sue Su, Vice President of Data Services at Arbinet. “Our IP Exchange allows DNS Made Easy to start with no bandwidth commitment and saves the cost of connecting to and managing multiple ISP suppliers with a single contract, invoice and network support interface. It offers DNS Made Easy a highly scalable and cost-efficient IP solution to help drive optimal network performance.”

For more information about Arbinet’s IP Solutions, IP Transit multi-homing, IP route optimization, IP Peering and Colocation, please visit www.arbinet.com or e-mail datasales@arbinet.com.

About Arbinet

Arbinet is a leading provider of international voice and IP solutions to carriers and service providers globally.  With more than 1,100 carriers across the world connected to Arbinet’s network, Arbinet combines global scale with sophisticated platform intelligence, call routing and industry leading credit management and settlement capabilities.  Customers and suppliers include many leading fixed line, mobile, wholesale and VoIP carriers as well as calling card, ISPs and content providers around the world who buy and sell voice and IP telecommunications capacity and content.  For more information, please visit www.arbinet.com or call +1.917.320.2000 or email sales@arbinet.com.

About DNS Made Easy

DNS Made Easy is a subsidiary of Tiggee LLC and is a leader in providing global IP anycast enterprise DNS services. DNS Made Easy launched their DNS services and web management portal in 2002 and has grown to manage hundreds of thousands of customer domains receiving more than 875 million queries per day. DNS Made Easy has a proud history of 100% DNS uptime since launching their DNS service.

More information about DNS Made Easy suite of services is available at www.dnsmadeeasy.com

About Tiggee LLC
Tiggee LLC (tiggee.com) is a privately held company, formed in 1999 to provide innovative internet solutions for businesses. “Putting your business on the Internet is our business.” Tiggee LLC’s subsidiaries include DNS Made Easy (IP anycast enterprise managed DNS services – dnsmadeeasy.com),  VPSit (enterprise virtualization environments – vpsit.com), Host Made Easy (dedicated server hosting and co-location services – hostmadeeasy.com), Top Level DNS (TLD name services – topleveldns.com), Resolving Name Server (resolvingnameserver.com), and Domains Made Easy (domainsmadeeasy.com).

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements regarding anticipated future revenues, growth, capital expenditures, management’s future expansion plans, expected product and service performance, developments or enhancements, discussions of strategy, and future operating results.  Such forward-looking statements may be identified by, among other things, the use of forward-looking terminology such as: “believes,” expects,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “confident,” “work to,” “seeks,” or “anticipates,” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy.  Various risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those express or implied in such forward-looking statements.  Please refer to Arbinet’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K  and other periodic and current filings that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a description of the risks and uncertainties that Arbinet faces.  Arbinet assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, and such statements are current only as of the date they are made.

The Internet Society of New York (ISOC-NY) will be hosting a presentation session for industry thought leaders, to be held tomorrow evening, July 14, at 7:00 pm at NYU. Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber will lead this session with a presentation on Internet Protocol and Net Neutrality.

Since their May 24th Announcement Press Release, Allied Fiber has participated in multiple discussions and media interviews to further educate communities about Allied Fiber’s mission and the benefits of a new dark fiber network.

The Internet Society of New York promotes local initiatives which will maximize the societal benefits the Internet can bring to the New York area and assures the beneficial, open evolution of the global Internet. To learn more about Allied Fiber, please visit www.alliedfiber.com. For more information on the Internet Society of New York, please visit www.isoc-ny.org.

On July 14, 2010 at 2pm, Fierce Markets’ webinar series: Packet Optical Networking Platforms, sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent kicks off with a convesation discussing the different approaches to implementing Packet Optical Networking Platforms.  On board for the discussion will be Michael Kennedy of Network Strategy Partners, Ian Campbell of Arbinet and Jim Jones of Alcatel-Lucent.

The free webinar takes place on July 14, 2010 at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT.  To register go to: http://www.fiercetelecom.com/offer/packet-optical-webinar-series?source=web

With the online retail sector set to grow, security experts PayPal are leading the charge against the fraudsters.

A new report released today has revealed that more than 15,000 people have become victims of fraud in the first six months of 2010. The report, which focuses on UK consumers, was compiled by Action Fraud – the national fraud reporting centre – and reveals that the amount of money people had been tricked out of ranged from just GBP£6 to more than GBP£1m.

However, the issue of just how secure online shopping is has long been debated. In 2008, for instance, a report by security consultancy firm SecureTest investigated 100 UK websites, only to discover that many did not meet industry standards. Now though, new technologies and pioneering innovations are working to ensure that standards are met and consumers can shop online securely and safely.

At the heart of such innovation is PayPal, the secure online payment method that allows users to pay or get paid quickly and easily without sharing any financial information. “Payments is a very complicated business,” explains Scott Thompson, President of PayPal in a recent interview with executive channel MeetTheBoss.tv. “As a consumer you probably look at it and say ‘Wow, this is easy; it works all the time; it works exactly as I expect it to,’ but when you’re down inside the business and trying to understand how you build products, how you move transactions around, how you clear and settle things around the world, it’s very, very complicated.”

What’s more, with all signs indicating that the online retail is expected grow exponentially for the retail sector, at least according to the second annual PayPal Online Retail Report released last month, PayPal’s innovate technology is set to become even more critical in the fight against fraud.

“The last two and a half years have indicated to me that the opportunities for PayPal are enormous,” adds Thompson. “So as president, as general manager for this business, what you have to do is to take a step back and ask the question: ‘what do our customers need? What do they want from us? What do they expect from us and then how are we going allocate our capital to best serve those customers?’”

To find out more about how PayPal is securing the online retailer sector, please go to MeetTheBoss.tv

As of the 1^st July the new European Cap, which was introduced to cut the cost of using a mobile phone abroad, has now came into effect. Telecoms executives from across Europe were keen to discuss the implementations of the new bill and an ever growing ‘customer is king ‘attitude at the NGT EU summit which concluded last week.

The bill enforced by the EU has not come soon enough with some customers receiving bills of up to £27,000 for using mobile broadband abroad.  The cap can be increased or decreased by the consumer again backing the idea that relationship with the customer is key to success in the telecoms industry.  The new EU rules will also cut the costs of making and receiving calls around Europe, just in time for the holiday season and allow free access to voicemail.  The new EU rules were met with little resistance by the Telecoms committee who have been aware that such steps would be taken to protect the consumer sooner rather than later.

A new maximum charge will be 32p minute, down from 35p and will apply to  calls made while travelling within the European Union. Mobile phone operators are now obliged to place a €50 (£41.50) cap on all data roaming charges, unless specifically requested not to do so by the customer. The charge for receiving calls while abroad has also been cut, to a maximum of 12.5p per minute, down from 15.5p.

The executives who make the NGT EU committee met at Lake Geneva, Switzerland where Paul Excell the Chief Customer Innovation Officer, BT opened discussions. Paul is responsible for ensuring that Innovation and Technology business generates £1 billion over the next three years at BT, he offered his insight to representatives such as Bouygues Telecom - Yves Caseau, EVP Services & Innovation, Belgacom - Stijn Vander Plaetse, VP Innovation, Tiscali - Salvatore Pulvirenti, CIO and Vodafone - Paul Wybrow, Group Technical Director while speaking  out about the 7 c’s of communication.  Communication is Key and the telecoms industry knows this better than anybody. 

“When your communication is important — that is, when you want it to be remembered — you need to think carefully and design it to resonate with your intended audience.” Paul Excell – BT

The 7 c’s which consist of context, i.e. is the situation fully understood, and are we asking the right questions.  Content, do you have a single definable goal.  Components, break down projects into their specifics. Cuts, remove the sections that don’t work and get to the point.  Composition, how do you want to deliver your message.  Contrast, find the differences and use it to highlight your point, change triggers the attention of others and finally consistency, make sure your message is maintained.

“The 7 c’s can improve your communication, they  lay out a simple sequence which can help you start broadly and work your way down to specifics of a particular problem or project eventually coming up with a solution for the customer .” NGT EU committee member

It is to the benefit of every business to understand and communicate with the customer but how this happens makes the difference between a success or the miscommunication of your message.  The Roaming charges for European customers are but another example where companies did not communicate to the customer.  It seems at last lessons are being learnt.

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