With nearly 3,700 delegates from about 850 global wholesale companies, International Telecoms Week (ITW) 2009 is gearing up to be the best meeting place for buyers and sellers of voice and data wholesale telco services.  JS&A is proud to be the PR firm of choice for ITW and we look forward to an exciting few days in DC, filled with invaluable information, insight and business.  For the complete ITW 2009 agenda, click here.  For the latest ITW newsletter, which includes what to expect when you arrive in DC, click here.  See you soon on June 1-3 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington DC.

ITW 2009 will conduct a must-attend Opening Plenary Session on Monday, June 1 in Washington DC, entitled ‘Boom, Doom, Boom, Gloom: Survival Techniques In A Global Meltdown – Content And The New Way Forward Beyond Voice’.  Top thought leaders from international carrier companies will be on-hand to discuss survival techniques in a global meltdown and how content may be the new way forward beyond voice.  This Opening Plenary Session is available to all registered ITW 2009 delegates.  Registration is available on-site at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

Panelists for the Opening Plenary Session include Kathryn Morrissey, Executive Vice President of Wholesale & GEM Solutions for AT&T Operations Inc, Helmut Angst, Senior Vice President of DEUTSCHE TELEKOM ICSS, Dave McGlade, CEO of Intelsat, Mark Halbfinger, CEO of PCCW Global, Stefano Mazzitelli, CEO of Telecom Italia Sparkle and Vinod Kumar, President and COO of TATA Communications. The Opening Plenary Session will be hosted by Mark Kemp, CEO of Telcap, Capacity magazine and ITW. 

The Plenary Session is one of many Conference Sessions being held at ITW 2009 for the almost 3,700 delegates currently registered for the 3-day event, beginning June 1.  For more information please visit www.itw2009.com

See you in a couple of days!

 - Ilissa Miller

Arbinet continues to add industry veterans to its management team.  This appointment clearly is driven to assist the company through its product and service transition which provides more solutions for International carriers.  Today’s announcement that Robert Mumby has joined the company as Vice President of Sales, North America provides the company with additional credibility in the industry.

Robert Mumby previously held senior positions at Qwest Communications, ITXC and LCI International where he has had a track record of success in building effective sales teams in the US and Canada.

Mumby’s role with Arbinet will be to focus on building its international voice business within the traditional and emerging carrier market including prepaid companies and mobile operators across North America.

The release was very timely as well, since next week, June 1-3, 2009 is also International Telecoms Week (ITW) in Washington DC, the annual event that brings global telecom professionals to the US.  Arbinet is meeting with companies at ITW, to schedule meetings or contact Robert Mumby please email: sales(at) arbinet.com.

The release in its entirety is below for your review:

Arbinet Names Robert Mumby Vice President of Sales, North America

New Brunswick, NJ – 05/28/2009 – Arbinet, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBX), today announced that it has named Robert Mumby to the position of Vice President of Sales, North America.

Mumby brings more than fifteen years of experience in the international telecommunications marketplace to Arbinet, including senior management positions at Qwest Communications, ITXC and LCI International.  Mumby has a track record of success in building effective sales teams in the US and Canada, developing distribution channels and creating outsourcing solutions for the telecommunications marketplace. Prior to joining Arbinet, Mumby was Director of Carrier Relations for Telus, one of Canada’s leading telecommunication companies.

Mumby is responsible for building Arbinet’s international voice business with traditional and emerging carriers, prepaid companies and mobile operators across North America. He reports to Arbinet Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Dan Powdermaker. 

“We are very pleased to add a proven and respected executive like Robert Mumby to the Arbinet sales management team,” said Shawn O’Donnell, President and CEO of Arbinet. “As carriers consider the choices they have for international voice services, and as Arbinet seeks to work in more flexible ways with its Members, Customers and Suppliers, we are privileged to have the depth and range of experience that Robert brings to Arbinet.”

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 utilizing 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. The company can be reached at its corporate headquarters in New Brunswick, NJ at +1.732.509.9100 or by email at sales@arbinet.com.

Forward Looking Statement

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, 2008, 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.

May 26, 2009 with great anticipation from the initial word in February 2009 that Tiscali International Networks would be sold to BS Private Equity, one of the largest and oldest Private Equity firms in Italy, the deal closed today and the company has officially rebranded as Tinet. 

www.tinet.com

WHOLESALE CARRIER WILL BE REBRANDED AS TINET

MILAN, ITALY – May 26, 2009 - Tiscali International Network, the former carrier arm of Tiscali Group and a pure play wholesale carrier business, today announced that its acquisition by BS Private Equity SpA, one of Italy’s largest private equity firms has been completed.  Being now independent from Tiscali Group, the company will change its name and will be soon rebranded as “Tinet”.

BS Private Equity is committed to Tinet’s successful business model and will continue to support Tinet’s global growth strategy in the wholesale IP and Ethernet markets. In addition, Tinet will enhance its network performance and customer support services, with plans to deploy a third Network Operations Centre (NOC) in the USA.

“With the backing of a major Private Equity firm, we are in a strong position to consolidate our growth in the market,” states Paolo Susnik, CEO of Tinet.  “As a result, we are well placed to continue to provide our customers with the Quality of Service that they have come to expect from us.”

Paolo Pendenza, partner of BS Private Equity commented: “We invest in companies that have a strong management team and a proven, sustainable business model.  It is clear that Tinet has both of those.  Our skill is in finding companies which are already strong and helping to build them to their full potential.  I am confident that our involvement will help lead Tinet to even greater success.”

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 About BS Private Equity

 BS Private Equity is one of Italy’s leading private equity firms, investing in manufacturing and service companies. It arranges management buy-outs and buy-ins, with the goal of assisting experienced executives who are eager to become entrepreneurs. It provides the capital that unlisted companies need to grow both internally and externally. 

BS Private Equity, owned directly by its partners, manages, through BS Investimenti SGR, BS Investimenti IV, one of the largest country funds in Italy, with a total size of 550 million.  

About Tinet

Tinet, formerly the carrier arm of Tiscali Group, is the only global carrier exclusively committed to the IP/MPLS wholesale market.

With network presence and customers in EMEA, Americas and APAC, Tinet provides global IP Transit and Ethernet connectivity to Carriers, Service and Content Providers worldwide, within 7 working days. The carrier guarantees customers proactive management of SLAs and protection from DDoS attacks.

Established in 2002, Tinet’s unique business model, based on focus and simplicity, assures the delivery of the highest standard of service. Tinet has grown to become one of the top 10 global IPv4 backbones and the number one IPv6 network worldwide.

For more information on Tinet, please visit www.tinet.net.

Hibernia Atlantic, the company that is building a new modern submarine cable to connect Northern Ireland directly with North America and Europe (Project Kelvin), has just received a $12 Million dollar investment by BIA DIGITAL PARTNERS.  This investment will be used to support Hibernia Atlantic’s future growth plans.  As part of the investment opportunity, BIA has also appointed its own Chuck Weibe as an observer to the Hibernia Board of Directors.

Hibernia Atlantic was established in 2003 by Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC) and is the only diverse TransAtlantic submarine transport cable provider.  Hibernia is a US-based, privately held submarine cable and terrestrial cable network that offers over (70) redundant network Points of Presence (PoPs) throughout Canada, US, UK and mainland Europe on over 24,000 kilometers of network.   The Company’s redundant fiber rings and unique network footprint provides “Security through Diversity” by avoiding traditionally congested routes, such as the waterways around New York and London. This physical security is a network requirement for global financial firms, media houses, international carriers and ISPs who rely on Hibernia for the safe transport of their critical communications.  Hibernia provides dedicated Ethernet and optical level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional Sonet/SDH services.

“Hibernia Atlantic is honored to be selected by BIA Digital Partners,” states Bjarni Thorvardarson, CEO of Hibernia Atlantic. “BIA focuses on investments in the telecommunications industry; and after careful evaluation and the necessary due diligence, BIA has selected Hibernia as a worthy industry investment.  With this additional funding, Hibernia will continue to grow its uniquely secure and diverse network, with the latest cutting-edge network advancements, to ensure our customers enjoy secure and diverse communications, locally and globally.”

For more information, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

Today, iland Internet Solutions announced a partnership with Vizioncore to offer complete virtualization solutions for the small and medium-sized enterprise markets.  In doing so, iland has chosen a valuable company to partner with.   As a subsidiary of Quest Software, and with operations throughout the world, Vizioncore is a leader in virtualization data protection and management solutions.  It’s vReplicator solution was designed specifically for virtualization and this is the product that will be deployed in iland’s virtual data centers throughout the U.S.

Iland’s Cloud Hosting Services featuring Hosted VMware VI Enterprise solutions and Managed Storage and Colocation, has further positioned itself as a leading global provider of virtualization solutions.  In deploying Vizioncore’s vReplicator, iland will be providing its customers a ‘best in class’ replication solution. 

The partnership is also a great win for Vizioncore.  The company will be leveraging the iland Hosted VMware platform to enable new technology adopters to achieve high availability services more cost-effectively.

iland will be deploying the service in its Virtual Data Centers located in Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Boston, and the Washington DC area.  The company’s President, Brian Ussher stated that ‘with Vizioncore’s vReplicator product, iland’s customers can now access the latest technologies available to view necessary applications. We also enable companies to cost-effectively implement these solutions on-site or within their own facilities.  With this partnership, we can manage the Vizioncore licenses and provide consulting services for implementing more reliable virtualization solutions.”

Vizioncore and iland’s solutions are scalable, both globally and regionally, providing an emphasis on achieving greater ROI on virtualization.  For more information, please visit www.iland.com.

A copy of the complete Press Release is below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

ILAND INTERNET SOLUTIONS AND VIZIONCORE PARTNER TO OFFER COMPLETE VIRTUALIZATION SOLUTIONS FOR THE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE MARKETS

 Houston, TX and Buffalo Grove, IL (May 11, 2009) - iland Internet Solutions, a leading global provider of Cloud Hosting Services featuring Hosted VMware VI Enterprise solutions and Managed Storage and Colocation, and Vizioncore Inc., the market leader in virtualization data protection and management solutions, today announce they have entered into a partnership to leverage each company’s products and services to provide complete virtualization solutions for the small and medium-sized enterprise markets.  Vizioncore’s vReplicator, a solution designed specifically for virtualization, will be deployed in iland’s virtual data centers, providing ‘best in class’ replication solutions for iland, iland’s customers and for external clients’ on-premise use. Vizioncore leverages iland’s Hosted VMware platform to enable new technology adopters to achieve high-availability services more cost-effectively.

Iland’s Virtual Data Centers, located in Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Boston and the Washington DC area, provide access to iland’s enterprise Hosted VMware Cloud Services, where businesses can host multiple operating systems and applications locally and in remote locations.  This allows for maximum performance, high availability, data protection and improved disaster recovery processes while reducing organizations’ costs for space, power and equipment.  By implementing Vizioncore’s vReplicator product, developed specifically for the VMware platform, iland’s customers can easily replicate virtual servers and applications to iland’s hosted environment without the use of any agents and will no longer be concerned about system hardware and storage dependencies that drive up costs of such services.  System fail-over and recovery is automated and fast.  This first-to-market, high-level of detail access to information, fulfills a critical gap in the marketplace.

“iland believes in partnering with the right companies to offer our clients best-of-breed, quality solutions at competitive rates,” stated Brian Ussher, President of iland.  “With Vizioncore’s vReplicator product, iland’s customers can now access the latest technologies available to view necessary applications. We also enable companies to cost-effectively implement these solutions on-site or within their own facilities.  With this partnership, we can manage the Vizioncore licenses and provide consulting services for implementing more reliable virtualization solutions.”

“With iland, Vizioncore can address new market opportunities more affordably and be part of a greater solution for companies as they implement cloud computing solutions,” added Joe Castro, VP of North and South American Sales for Vizioncore. “We are proud to say iland is not only a partner they are also a client, and can provide a direct testimonial of vReplicator’s advantages.”

Together, iland and Vizioncore enable a complete set of solutions from SMBs to large-scale enterprises, providing products and services that have been proven in the marketplace.  The solutions are scalable, both globally and regionally, with an emphasis on achieving greater ROI on virtualization.  For more information, please visit www.iland.com.

Telecom companies continue to thrive, including data center facility operators which are attracting more and more global network operators.  The recent announcement by Mzima Networks touting its European expansion within 2 TelecityGroup’s data center facilities in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a continued sign of positive growth patterns among global telecom operators.

In addition, this announcement comes right between two key conferences discussing both data centers and European Ethernet network technologies.

Just 2 weeks ago, the Tier 1 Data Center Transformation Summit brought together global operators in the space to discuss trends and technologies affecting the industry.  And next week the Ethernet Expo: Europe 2009 is taking place in London.  The Light Reading Ethernet expo covers an array of ‘hot topics’ as its related to the carrier Ethernet network technologies and services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Mzima Networks’ announcement today marks its own participation within these leading market segments.  As a leading high-performance Network Service Provider, Mzima’s all-optical, meshed backbone network is engineered to provide the highest levels of performance, reliability and value.  By leveraging global data center s and Ethernet technology, Mzima Networks is on the cutting-edge.

Below is the company’s announcement released on May 6^th for your further review:

Key Summary Points:

- Mzima expands its Network in the Netherlands within 2 TelecityGroup facilities in Amsterdam

- Mzima’s IP Transit and Ethernet Transport Services are now available in over 40 carrier-neutral facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia

- By expanding with TelecityGroup, Mzima’s European network can now reach over 50 carriers colocated within these two facilities

- TelecityGroup facilities have a reputation for providing high-end, quality, data center facilities in the Netherlands. 

 MZIMA NETWORK EXPANDS ITS GLOBAL, HIGH-PERFORMANCE IP NETWORK TO TWO TELECITYGROUP DATA CENTER S IN AMSTERDAM

Los Angeles, CA and Amsterdam, The Netherlands – May 6, 2009 – Mzima Networks, the world’s premier high-performance Network Service Provider, and TelecityGroup, Europe’s leading provider of premium network independent data center s, today announce the expansion of Mzima’s next-generation, IP Network into two of TelecityGroup’s colocation facilities in Amsterdam. With the addition of these two new network Points of Presence (POPs) in TeleCityGroup’s Telecity3 located at Gyroscoopweg 2E & 2F and Telecity4 located Wenkebachweg 127, Mzima’s IP Transit and transport services are now available in over 40 carrier-neutral facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Mzima Networks offers a unique combination of route-optimized transit and private peering for customers requiring the highest levels of performance and reliability. A high-quality, cost-effective alternative to traditional Tier 1 service providers and multi-homed networks, Mzima built its international backbone network using a multi-layer design. Therefore, customer traffic reaches end-users quickly and efficiently, even in the event of a catastrophic facility failure. Mzima’s European expansion expands its network reach to over 50 carriers already colocated with TelecityGroup in the Netherlands.

“TelecityGroup has a reputation for managing quality data center  facilities that are operated 24×7.  The company has been a choice for leading U.S. businesses expanding into Europe, as it is widely recognized as the benchmark for European colocation operations and management of one of the leading energy efficient facilities in the EU,” states Grant Kirkwood, CTO of Mzima. “Mzima could not be more pleased to be working with TelecityGroup as we extend our network reach to offer our next generation, high performance services throughout Europe.”

“TelecityGroup is excited to include Mzima Networks on its carrier roster.  Attracting quality network operators that offer high quality services is the ideal fit, supporting TelecityGroup’s commitment to being a highly-connected data centre provider,” states Alexandra Schless, Managing Director of TelecityGroup Netherlands. “Supported by TelecityGroup’s skilled, on-site technical personnel, together with our track record of scalable service delivery to a broad range and size of organizations and sectors, we can not only meet Mzima Networks exacting needs for redundancy, fault tolerance, physical security, and service quality, but provide a channel to new opportunities.”

“Mzima’s valued customers demand the highest levels of performance and security,” continues Mr. Kirkwood, “whether it’s a content provider streaming video of live entertainment, or an enterprise firm concerned with communications resiliency. By expanding Mzima’s network into TelecityGroup’s two state-of-the art colocation facilities in Amsterdam, we can ensure that these performance and security expectations continue to be met and exceeded.” 

For more information on Mzima Network, please visit www.mzima.net. For more information on TelecityGroup, visit www.TelecityGroup.com.

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 About Mzima Networks

Founded in 2002, Mzima Networks is the world’s premier high-performance network service provider delivering Internet bandwidth to enterprise, content providers and carriers globally. Mzima’s all-optical, meshed backbone network is engineered to provide the highest levels of performance, reliability and value. By leveraging its partnership with Force10, Mzima is the leader in native 10 Gigabit Ethernet technologies. Coupled with its extensive private peering with numerous broadband ISPs and content providers, Mzima Networks offers its customers the fastest, most reliable connectivity currently available.

For more information please visit: www.mzima.net. 

For media enquiries, please contact:

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Ilissa Miller

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About TelecityGroup plc

TelecityGroup is the leading pan-European provider of network independent data centres offering a range of flexible, scalable data centre and managed services. TelecityGroup specialises in the design, build, and management of highly connected and secure environments in which customers can house their technical, web and internet infrastructure. Each of its data centres acts a connectivity and content hub facilitating the storage, sharing and distribution of data, content and media. Headquartered in London, TelecityGroup operates 22 network independent data centres across seven European countries. The data centres are located in prime positions for commerce and connectivity, including Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Manchester, Milan, Paris and Stockholm.

Telecity Group plc, the parent company of TelecityGroup, is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: TCY)

Contact:

TelecityGroup Amsterdam

Päivi Rintala

paivi.rintala@telecity.com

+31 (0)20 564 0872

Two complimentary network service providers, Atlantic Metro Communications and Waypoint Telecommunications, have partnered to expand each of its networks, leveraging the others’ complimentary services.

Atlantic Metro is a SAS 70 managed network and service provider that offers dark fiber, nation-wide colocatoin and IP Transit primarily in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles markets.  On the other-hand, Waypoint Telecommunications is a Mid-West regional facilities-based carrier that connects key business centers throughout the region, including Grand Rapids, MI; Cleveland, OH; Indianapolis, Indiana; St. Louis, MO; and Chicago, IL.   What one has, the other doesn’t (and vice versa). 

In this deal, Waypoint Communications has extended its reach into the Chicago, IL market by purchasing managed colocation services from Atlantic Metro at its facility located at 350 East Cermak Road.  With this new Point of Presence (PoP) in Chicago, Waypoint has also leveraged Atlantic Metro’s Chicago metro fiber network to interconnect its facilities within the market to its regional network.

Atlantic Metro also sees this as an opportunity to extend its network reach throughout the Mid-West.  The company will gain access to Waypoint’s network to offer transport services from DS1/T1 up to OC192 and beyond to Waypoint’s over 50 PoPs through-out the region, including carrier htoels, ILEC facilities and Central Offices.  Truly a win-win for both companies. 

For the complete press release, please click here.

For more information about Atlantic Metro please visit www.atlanticmetro.net

Please see Waypoint’s Mid-West network map below:

Waypoint Telecommunications' Mid-West Network

May 1, 2009 – International Telecom Week 2009 (ITW2009) has issued its 4^th Delegate newsletter informing attendees of the latest updates regarding the event.  A few key items that readers should take note of: 

1. ITW 2009 is tracking the WHO (World Health Organization) recommendations for travel, based on the recent flu outbreak.  Currently, WHO advises no restriction of regular travel or closure of borders.  If the situation changes, the organizers will inform all ITW delegates.
2. Information about ITW 2009 is now available through a variety of social media networks, so be sure to follow updates on  LinkedIn and Facebook and Twitter by using the #ITW2009 term when discussing the event.
3. If you would like to exhibit – act now – only 3 spaces left!  jasmin.javaherian@capacitymedia.com.
4. There are still sponsorship opportunities, these include:
   1. Hosting a Roundtable
   2. Merchandise Bag Inserts
   3. Room Drops
   4. Literature Inserts
   5. Coffee and lunch sponsorships

To get your company’s brand the most exposure, please contact Rachel Jone at Rachel.jones@capacitymedia.com or Guillaume Boyer at guillaume.boyer@capacitymedia.com

And now for the latest numbers as of April 30, 2009:

• Over 140 Bilateral Tables
• Over 200 Individual Company Meeting Rooms Scheduled
• Over 1660 Meetings Scheduled in the DealCenter so far
• More than 2800 Registered Delegates
• More than 610 Companies Registered To Attend Representing the following global regions: 

ITW Delegate Geographical Breakdown

For more information including the ITW 2009 DealCenter Login, latest Agenda, a list of companies attending, sponsorship packages and more, please review the complete newsletter here:  ITW 2009 – Newsletter #4

 And if you’re not already registered – don’t delay: http://www.itw2009.com/registration.asp