At the ITEXPO West conference in early October, Len Bosack, President and CEO of XKL, LLC, took a moment to sit with Erik Linask of TMC to discuss XKL. Len gives insight on how they started XKL, where they are now and what differentiates the company from its competitors.

Len goes on to say how they have developed new products with a smaller simpler integration of network end points and describes how XKL has improved optical physics to gain momentum in the market place.

The full interview can be viewed at http://www.tmcnet.com/tmc/videos/default.aspx?vid=3080&title=Interview+with+XKL+LLC

For more information about XKL, LLC, please visit www.xkl.com.

Neutral Tandem is enhancing the overall experience for their Exchange customers with the launch of a new modern online portal. The launch of the web service allows customers to manage their business over the Exchange and focus on efficiently driving sales, generating faster metrics, and easily locating other connectivity solutions.  

Neutral Tandem is excited about the new state-of-the-art security features of the portal, including those allowing its customers to have more control over who is able view, edit and update content on the portal. Additionally, customers can monitor service levels, place orders and continue to interconnect in a more efficient and secure manner.  

Read the full announcement below.

For more information on Neutral Tandem’s Ethernet Exchange, please go to http://www.neutraltandem.com/prodServices/ethernet-exchange.htm.

Neutral Tandem Launches New Web Portal for Ethernet Exchange Customers

Chicago, IL, October 28, 2010 — Neutral Tandem, Inc. (Nasdaq: TNDM), a leading provider of global interconnection services, announced today the launch of its new, custom-developed online web portal –   a tool designed to streamline and automate business conducted over its Ethernet Exchange in a secure manner.

 “Neutral Tandem’s online web portal was designed to enhance the overall customer experience and simplify the manner in which customers conduct business over the Exchange,” said Surendra Saboo, President and Chief Operating Officer of Neutral Tandem.  “The portal serves to empower our Ethernet Exchange customers, allowing them to find Ethernet connectivity solutions for their global off-net needs, place orders, view order status, as well as monitor service levels and trouble tickets on an end-to-end basis.”

The new portal offers custom security layers allowing customers to control which user groups are permitted to view, edit, and update content.  The reporting module of the portal offers the ability to view order status, reporting metrics on circuits, and more.  Additionally, the state-of-the-art tool will help drive sales activity for Exchange members by providing their building locations and service capabilities in a secure and streamlined fashion to Service Providers, as well as accept orders for tail circuits on their behalf.

“We believe that the new online web portal will be a staple tool for all of our Ethernet Exchange customers going forward,” continued Saboo. “It will enrich our customer experience, further illustrating Neutral Tandem’s objective to help its customers interconnect in a simplified and efficient manner.”

To learn more about Neutral Tandem’s Ethernet Exchange, visit http://www.neutraltandem.com/prodServices/ethernet-exchange.htm.

Cautions Concerning Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release regarding Neutral Tandem’s strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “estimates,” “projects,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Neutral Tandem may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in its forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements Neutral Tandem makes. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: risks associated with our ability to successfully develop and market Ethernet Exchange or ethernet services, including but not limited to identifying, obtaining, operating and maintaining attractive network switch sites, equipment,  software and business support systems, such as our Ethernet Exchange web portal, the risk that our business and the Tinet business will not be integrated successfully, cost estimation errors or overruns, interconnection delays, material delays or shortages, our inability to obtain and maintain necessary third party rights or permits on a timely basis, if at all, and other factors, including the impact of regulation, many of which are beyond our control and all of which could delay or negatively affect our ability to offer or market this new service; and other important factors included in Neutral Tandem’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly in the “Risk Factors” section of Neutral Tandem’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2009 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, as such Risk Factors may be updated from time to time in subsequent reports. Neutral Tandem does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About Neutral Tandem

Headquartered in Chicago, Neutral Tandem, Inc. provides voice, data and video interconnection services worldwide.  Neutral Tandem recently acquired Tinet, a global carrier exclusively committed to the IP

Transit and Ethernet wholesale market.  The acquisition combines Neutral Tandem’s interconnection services for wireless, wireline, cable and broadband companies with Tinet’s global IP backbone.  Together with Tinet, Neutral Tandem provides voice, IP Transit and Ethernet solutions to carriers, service providers, and content management firms worldwide.  Operating 14 Ethernet Exchanges, the company is now the largest Ethernet Exchange provider in the U.S., a top 10 global IPv4 backbone provider and the number one IPv6 network worldwide.    Please visit Neutral Tandem’s website at: www.neutraltandem.com and follow us on Twitter @NeutralTandem.  Please also visit Tinet’s website at: www.tinet.net.

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Allied Fiber carries their busy speaking tour into November with two engagements next week. Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber will be participating in two panels, one of which he will moderate, at The Broadband Expo in Dallas, November 1-3. Hunter will be speaking on Backhaul Design & Operation and Fiber Deployment in Rural Areas.

On November 4-5, Allied Fiber’s President and COO, Jason Cohen, will be across the pond in London speaking at the 3^rd Annual Dark Fibre Convention. Jason’s presentation will be an Overview of the Dark Fiber Market in America. Both the Broadband Expo and Dark Fibre Convention promise to be well attended events attracting industry thought leaders from across the world.

And Allied Fiber’s speaking engagements don’t stop there, Hunter will be back in Dallas on November 10-11 to speak at LTE North America 2010, an annual conference for key players and decision-makers to inform, refine and benchmark their LTE strategies. Stay tuned to see where Allied Fiber will be appearing next!

If you will be attending any of these conferences and would like to meet with Allied Fiber’s executive team while there, please contact pr@jaymiescotto.com.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has become a widely adopted strategy for communicating with customers, partners, and prospect interactions. As businesses globally strive to retain solid customer relationships while balancing acquisition of new clients, more and more companies are leveraging CRM outsourcing specialists such as Forward Emphasis International.

Based in Malin Head, Ireland, Forward Emphasis recently upgraded its network to support its CRM operational models with Hibernia Atlantic’s high performance and low latency IP capacity.

“At the heart of our business is a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure which ensures we can deliver the best and highest quality solutions to our clients,” states Rickie Doherty, Chief Technical Officer of Forward Emphasis International. “We chose Hibernia because of their reliable high performance network built with diverse routes across Ireland. This cutting-edge connectivity furthers our goals to provide resilient and secure services.”

With over 24,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable, the Hibernia Atlantic network is comprised of over 100 redundant network Points of Presence. The network includes a special submarine cable build, known as Project Kelvin, connecting key Northern Ireland cities directly to North America and Europe. Engineered for robust and high capacity connectivity with superior support and service, the Hibernia cable network was built on a next-generation platform offering ‘security through diversity’.

By utilizing Hibernia’s next-generation services, Forward Emphasis can offer greater speeds with lower latencies which help to provide significant advantages to support its CRM infrastructure.

To view the complete announcement, please CLICK HERE.

For more information on Hibernia Atlantic, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com

To view Hibernia’s communication video, please click here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_zxh1XP1E

Data Foundry is proud to present its new blog series on the exciting construction of its new $150-million, 250,000-square foot Master Planned Austin Data Center 2 (ADC2) Facility, due to open in June of 2011.  Data Foundry’s new blog, which provides users with frequent news, photos, and updates of the construction of the highly anticipated state-of-the-art data center facility, was started in August of this year, and will continue throughout the remainder of 2010 and into 2011, as the company continues to update the public on its progress.

Residing on Data Foundry’s renowned 40 Acre Data Ranch, capable of over 1 million square feet of data center space, the ADC2 is designed with redundancy at every level – power, water, utilities, IP connectivity and more.  The ADC2 will house servers, store data, and provide IT backup and disaster recovery for companies on both a local and global level. View the Groundbreaking ceremony.

The ADC2 facility will forever change the landscape of the Austin economy, in that it will provide the city with a substantial economic boost, creating a wealth of new jobs, and drawing several other businesses, including corporate headquarters, to the area.   Austin is an ideal place to do business with its low risk of natural disasters and ultra-high technology resources available.

Data Foundry is honored to share with the community its construction progress leading up to the ADC2 debut in June 2011. Stay tuned, visiting them often at http://www.datafoundry.com/blog.

Tinet, a global carrier exclusively committed to the IP and Ethernet wholesale markets, announced today that its global IP Transit services have been selected by FXCM Holdings LLC.  FXCM is a global online Forex and CFD broker that caters to both retail and institutional markets. Tinet’s IP Transit services, including its dual stack IPv6 support and network-based dDoS protection, will provide FXCM the additional reliability and coverage it needs to serve over 165,000 tradable accounts on platforms offered by FXCM.

“We chose Tinet for its market-leading IP Transit solution, and we could not be more pleased,” states Erik Cuevas, VP of Infrastructure Engineering at FXCM Holdings LLC. “As an online currency trading company, we require top notch, high performance IP Transit, and Tinet more than delivers. We are especially keen on Tinet for the company’s notable global coverage area and specifically throughout Europe, as well as for the number of customer IP prefixes Tinet serves, and for the fact that Tinet runs IPv6 natively.” 

“Here at Tinet, we pride ourselves on delivering quality and efficiency to customers like FXCM Holdings LLC, thanks to our exclusive focus on IP and Ethernet connectivity,” said Paolo Gambini, Chief Marketing Officer of Tinet. “FXCM needed an IP Transit service provider to meet its network needs. We were ultimately chosen because of the value our IP services deliver and our ability to quickly provision circuits.”

For more information about FXCM Holdings LLC, visit www.fxcm.com or www.fxcm.it.

For more information about Tinet S.p.A., please email sales@tinet.net or visit www.tinet.net.

With the meteoric rise of the smartphone, shoppers are using their cell phones more and more to do both their shopping and retail related online searches (m-commerce), a trend that could eventually overtake more traditional methods of Internet browsing on a laptop or home computer.

Opinion is clearly divided however. Whilst some shoppers actively participate within the realms of m-commerce, others are wary of mobile shopping; with the majority unnecessarily concerned with online security risks.

One statistic revealed that more than 50 percent of US shoppers are now using their cell phones for shopping, but not for items other than those only available on a smartphone, such as music, apps and games.  Yet, cell phones are impacting on the customers shopping behavior in ways beyond just purchasing goods.  More than 80 percent of consumers in the US now use their cell phones to locate their nearest store to purchase a particular good and 65 percent review a product using their phone before making a decision.

The Internet has already seen its rise to consumer preference and last year saw peak online sales,  now the NGR Committee believe that m-commerce could do the same and want to look at the best investment techniques to roll out a user friendly platform.

“As consumers look to their phone as a natural extension of their social network, retailers are leveraging the opportunity to realize new sales opportunities from the mobile channel. M-Commerce enables the customer to always be connected to the retailer – anywhere and at any time. Retailers leveraging mobility to connect with consumers can deliver a new sales stream (expected to reach $630 billion in value by 2014) and can also drive the consumer into existing sales channels (store, web, etc). Implementing effective M-commerce technology comes down to four primary pillars of value: convenience, scale, cost effectiveness, and access.”

The committee is made of representatives from Barnes & Noble – Terri Pucin, VP Customer Experience, Dick’s Sporting Goods – Paul Yater, VP Applications & Intergrated Services, Foot Locker – David Hartig, Director IT Operations, Macys.com – Mike Robinson, SVP Technology Walmart – Sean Coutts , GM of Commerce, Gucci Group – Rodney Woodruff, Chief eBusiness Architect among many others and they themselves will drive the mobile revolution

To ease the burden on consumers it is important for retailers to create a simple and concise plan for how m-commerce will work for their business and for their customers to take a slice of the ‘virtual pie’.

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Boca Raton, FL – October 26, 2010 – GlobeNet, an international wholesale provider of submarine capacity, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oi (Bovespa: TNLP3, TNLP4, TMAR3, TMAR5, TMAR6 and NYSE: TNE), unveils today its plans for a 200 Gbps upgrade, from 360 Gbps to 560 Gbps of total lit network capacity, in its lowest latency, fiber optic cable network connecting the Americas.  In response to the ever-increasing bandwidth demands from its customers, GlobeNet has successfully completed a network trial to ensure its optical transmission technology can support this high capacity upgrade. As a result, GlobeNet awarded Alcatel-Lucent and Xtera Communications, Inc. 100 Gbps contracts respectfully. The new network capacity deployment is scheduled to be complete by first quarter 2011 with further plans by GlobeNet to upgrade to a 1.44 Tbps network thereafter.

This push for more capacity is a result of Latin American and U.S. carriers and end users’ growing demand for bandwidth-intensive services and applications such as broadband Internet, streaming media, video, tele-presence and online gaming. According to a study by Pyramid Research, South America has a projected annual growth in capacity demand at more than 40% in 2010 and 30-35% in 2011-2012. Additionally, the total capacity demand in the North America-Latin America routes are expected to rise to 1.9 Tbps in 2010, reaching 6.9 Tbps by 2014.

With landing points in Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza (Brazil), Maiquetía (Venezuela), St. David’s (Bermuda), Boca Raton and Tuckerton, N.J. (United States), the GlobeNet submarine network allows networks to bridge the Americas with lowest latency routing and high performance.

“Here at GlobeNet, we trial, test and deploy the latest in technology innovations to ensure our network is and remains cutting edge,” states Erick W. Contag, Chief Operating Officer of GlobeNet.  “In order to cater to our carrier clients’ needs for today as well as tomorrow, we are upgrading our network capacity substantially.  With additional bandwidth availability, our carrier customers will continue to have the necessary fiber optic infrastructure to ensure secure data transmissions and increased Internet-based services in and between the Americas.”

“Reliability is a hallmark of our service,” said Luiz Mario Alonso, GlobeNet’s Director of Network Engineering and Operations. “By preparing our network today, we are further ensuring high performance and a quality network infrastructure for tomorrow.  Designed to offer the lowest latency on all network segments, the GlobeNet fiber system ensures a viable communications network for carriers between the U.S. and Latin America.”

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About GlobeNet

GlobeNet provides international capacity services between North and South America over a dual ring-protected, fiber optic submarine cable system serving Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, U.S.A., and Venezuela. The network spans more than 22,000 kilometers and offers a network availability of 99.99%. GlobeNet with its headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida and USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Brazilian Oi (that acquired Brasil Telecom).

Telecom’s biggest and brightest will be in attendance at this year’s Capacity North America Conference to be held in Toronto – October 26-27. With hundreds of delegates attending from all over the world, this year’s event should prove to be one of the best shows yet.

Showcasing the latest in technology and trends in the wholesale carrier arena, Capacity North America will feature industry leaders such as GlobeNet, an international carrier providing capacity between North and South America. GlobeNet’s high capacity network stretches from Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bermuda, up to the United States via a dual ring-protected submarine cable system.

Spurred by rapid growth of Internet and broadband services throughout the Americas, GlobeNet recently expanded routes through the Eastern border of Colombia. Offering one of the most reliable connectivity options marked by zero subsea cable outages, GlobeNet’s network spans more than 22,000 kilometers.

Come learn about innovative carriers such as GlobeNet at this year’s event. Don’t miss out on the knowledge share and abundance of networking opportunities.

To schedule a meeting with GlobeNet at the Capacity Conference, please email: pr@jaymiescotto.com

Visit www.capacitymedia.com to register for the conference.

To learn more about GlobeNet, please visit www.globenet.net

Please join Neutral Tandem for their upcoming events at the Light Reading Ethernet Expo Americas on November 2-3 at the Hilton New York, NYC. Jeff Beer, RVP Sales of Neutral Tandem is participating in a live webcast about the Evolution of Ethernet Exchanges on 10/26 at 11:00am ET. Click here to register for this exciting webinar.

We encourage you to use the link below and register as a Neutral Tandem VIP Guest. Watch live demos and meet the team one-on-one at the live event on Nov 2-3^rd  in their meeting room located in the Hilton Board Room on the 4^th floor.  Don’t miss Surendra Saboo, President & COO of Neutral Tandem present Carrier Ethernet Exchange- The Catalyst for Market Growth on November 3^rd at 9:15am ET at the Ethernet Expo, use the link below to register now.

Here is the registration link to be a VIP guest of Neutral Tandem.

http://www.lightreading.com/live/default.asp?event_id=29322&survey_id=694&surveyquestion_7356_prepop=NEUTRAL  

For more information on any of the events above and to schedule a meeting with Neutral Tandem, please email lsauer@jaymiescotto.com.