ITW 2009 News Round-Up
Uncategorized June 8th, 2009
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ITW 2009 News Round-Up
ITW 2009, held June 1-3, 2009 was a resounding success. Many people commented that it was one of the best events they had ever been to. Others said it was the first time, at this venue, that attendees were compelled to visit the bilateral tables and exhibition areas.
With over 10,000 meeting requests made through the ITW DealCenter and more than 4,500 attendees on site for the meeting, here are just some of the companies that released news during the week:
News Highlights:
ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading telecommunications industry research firm, announced the general availability of its 2009 Global Wholesale Carrier Report Card today at International Telecoms Week 2009 (ITW 2009) in Washington, D.C. This edition of the industry’s principle benchmarking study, which is based on more than 1,200 individual ratings of global carriers by their wholesale customers, revealed increased customer satisfaction across key wholesale voice and data products, among other noteworthy trends. To read the full text click here.
Columbus Networks to Offer International MPLS in Caribbean
Columbus Networks says it has introduced MPLS technology over its undersea fiber-optic network allowing businesses in the Caribbean to improve the use and efficiency of their private wide area networks. The company made the announcement Monday during the International Telecoms Week conference in Washington, D.C. To read the full text click here.
HIBERNIA ATLANTIC’S PROJECT KELVIN FIBRE OPTIC CABLE NETWORK BUILD IS SUCCESSFULLY UNDERWAY
The announcement provides a glimpse into the cable build of Northern Ireland’s most modern new cable system ‘Project Kelvin.” To read the full text click here.
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), a global integrated media company, has selected the Global Financial Network (GFN), a Hibernia Atlantic network specifically-designed to meet the demanding performance and reliability requirements of the financial community, as one of its Communications Solutions 2008 Product of the Year winners. Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic submarine transport cable provider, constructed the GFN in key financial cities, such as New York, Weehawken, Secaucus, Carteret, Chicago, Philadelphia, Ashburn, Toronto, London, Slough, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and more, to offer diverse, secure and reliable dedicated (POS) connections to hundreds of global banks and financial exchanges. To read the full text click here.
Lexent Metro Connect has deployed a dark fiber optical network for Telx, one of the largest and fastest-growing domestic interconnection and colocation data center operators. The dark fiber network links Telx facilities at 60 Hudson Street and 111 8th Avenue in Manhattan. The network supports the Telx Metro Cross Connect service that provides TDM and Ethernet connectivity at various speeds between Telx’s New York area colocation facilities. To read the full text click here.
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. To read about the acquisition, please click here.
Wilshire Connections (WILCON) Expands in Los Angeles and to Las Vegas, NV
Wilshire Connections, a leading metro fiber network provider in Los Angeles, announced it has extended its dark fiber network to two additional buildings in downtown Los Angeles located at 1200 West 7th St. (the Garland Building) and 900 N. Alameda St. (the Wilshire Annex building). Wilshire Connection has also lit a new network route between its entire Los Angeles network Points of Presence (PoPs) to Las Vegas, where the company has deployed a PoP at SwitchNAP, providing access to any of the SwitchNAP facilities throughout Las Vegas. To read the full text click here.
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