Apple’s big fight: FLASH on iPhones–Will it work? see what PacketExchange says on the topic….

Posted by vanessa on May 12th, 2010

Have you been following the latest on Steve Jobs’ decision to restrict FLASH based apps on his Apple iPads, iPhones and such? Jobs’ take on it is that the user experience and overall quality is at risk by loading his devices with FLASH. He says it makes them unreliable and not as secure. The debate is heating up as several industry leaders recently weighed in on the discussion. GrantKirkwood, CTO PacketExchange, a next generation IP and network services provider, commented about the use of FLASH on Apple’s devices, saying that although there are some technical challenges in doing so – they can be overcome. This makes for interesting conversation. Read below to see what other technology gurus, such as Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen are saying on the subject along with what’s to come in our technology future.

The full article can also be found here: http://www.von.com/articles/5-misconceptions-in-apple-v–flash.html

5 Misconceptions in Apple v. Flash

User Experience, Bugs ‘Thinly Veiled Excuses’

By: Richard Martin

05/07/2010

The fight between Adobe and Apple, over the lack of support for Flash applications on the iPhone and iPad, continued on May 6 with Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch responding, at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, to Steve Jobs’ anti-Flash screed on the Apple Web site.

Jobs’ refusal to allow Flash-based apps on Apple’s popular mobile devices “is totally counter to the Web,” Lynch declared, according to InformationWeek. “Apple is playing this strategy where they apparently want to create a walled garden about what applications people can use.”

Since this high-tech throwdown started, thousands of words have been written about Flash, the iPhone, and the future of mobile video. And thanks largely to the large megaphone owned by Steve Jobs, several misconceptions have arisen. Below, we examine five of those.

1. This is a quality of experience issue.

That’s what Steve Jobs would have you believe. In his blog post, he went on at length about how buggy Flash is, how it “has not performed well on mobile devices,” it’s “the number one reason Macs crash,” it drains batteries rapidly, and so on.

To be sure, Flash does have some security and reliability issues. But James R. Borck, former manager of the InfoWorld Test Center, concluded in a review for CIO Magazine that, “Technically, Flash is a solid and well-designed content delivery platform that has continuously evolved to keep stride with a rapidly maturing Web ecosystem.”

And make no mistake: Jobs’ primary concern here is not bugginess, or the fact that Flash was not designed to run on touchscreen devices. It’s money.

There are legitimate technical reasons to block Flash applications on the iPhone and iPad,” acknowledged Grant Kirkwood, CTO at Packet Exchange, a provider of IP peering and interconnection services. “But those are very easily overcome.”

The fact is that Apple works with third-party developers all time, to adapt those applications to the iPhone platform so they work seamlessly. Shouting about how poorly Flash performs, Kirkwood stated, is “a thinly veiled excuse” to do what Jobs really wants to do, which is keep the iPad a closed, proprietary platform wherein every application is native to the device and every time a user pays for something, Apple gets a cut. If Flash were available on the iPhone, why would users buy an app when they could surf the Flash-based Web for free?

2. Adobe will give in and produce “Flash for the iPhone.”

If the comments of Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen are any indication, Adobe is just as entrenched in this battle as Jobs’ Apple. And Adobe, which had $2.9 billion in revenues in 2009, makes only a fraction of its money on Flash.

If Adobe Flash loses market share to alternative solutions, such as HTML5, which Jobs is promoting,” Avian Securities senior analyst Jeff Gaggin told VON/xchange in an email, “then Adobe could see risk to their Flash business. But it’s well less than 5 percent of total revenues for Adobe.”

Flash has been the lingua franca for Web-based video for many years. Adobe has little incentive to cave in to Jobs’ demands, and there’s no indication it will do so.

3. Apple is the new Microsoft.

Word that both the Dept. of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are looking into possible anti-trust inquiries related to Apple’s refusal to accept apps not based on its own developer tools came from a thinly sourced story in The New York Post, not exactly a bastion of authoritative tech news. And, let’s face it, Apple is hardly Microsoft, which generated a long, costly, and ultimately stalemated anti-trust battle that the federal government has little appetite to repeat.

And Microsoft controlled a far larger portion of the PC operating-system market than Apple controls of the smartphone market today. Although the iPhone was the fastest-growing smartphone in the first quarter of this year, it still ranks No. 3 in the world.

The iPhone’s share of the global smartphone market surged in the last year, according to a recent report from IDC. But it still represents only 16.1 percent in the first quarter of 2010.

Nokia controls almost 40 percent of the smartphone market. The iPhone is wildly popular, particularly with tech-savvy, fashion-conscious, affluent users. But it’s hardly a monopoly product.

4. This is about next-generation technology.

This is the crux of Jobs’ argument: Flash is yesterday’s technology, “created during the PC era – for PCs and mice.” The future belongs to HTML5, “the new Web standard that …lets web developers create advanced graphics, typography, animations and transitions without relying on third party browser plug-ins.”

Even worse, said Jobs, Flash is a “a cross platform development tool.” Oh, the horror!

Here Jobs inadvertently reveals his true motivation: to keep the iPhone garden walled. He’s right to say that HTML5, along with the video codec H.264, will eventually become the de facto standard for creating video, animation, and interactive apps for both mobile and laptop devices. The key term in that sentence is “eventually.” In fact, Flash remains a widely accepted, versatile tool for developers that happens to also support HTML5. Beta versions of Flash version 10.1 include support for touchscreen devices. Millions of developers are busy creating Flash-based applications that will run not only on non-Apple smartphones but on tablets and ultra-mobile computers as well.

Flash support on Windows-based netbooks and tablets is another story,” pointed out Avi Greengart, mobile and wireless analyst at Current Analysis. “There it is just one of several huge differences between Apple’s vision of tablets and rivals’.”

5. This is a minor squabble between two prideful tech CEOs.

It’s not; it’s a debate over the future of the mobile Web. Going back to Lynch’s remarks this week, it’s clear that Apple, which has made billions with its genius for product design, intuitive user interfaces, and slick marketing, is every bit as wedded to a walled-garden vision of mobile devices as are the major U.S. carriers. That’s working grandly now, and Jobs is well aware that he can afford to continue to ban Flash on his mobile devices and keep the iPhone/iPad platform proprietary.

Eventually, though, as Jobs himself wrote in his anti-Flash manifesto, “open standards created in the mobile era … will win on mobile devices.”

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PacketExchange – A Leader in Advanced IP Technologies

Posted by vanessa on May 7th, 2010

We’ve seen an explosion over the last few years of content hungry sites centered on newer technologies such as interactive video, gaming, Ethernet services, 3G/4G/WiMax, increased workforce mobility, streaming media, and cloud based applications. Broadband users are demanding quick and seamless access to the content, services and cool new applications. As the demand for content and services increases so does the need for innovative strategies in IP architecture.

Let’s face it – the Internet wasn’t originally designed to carry this type of traffic.

In order to drive the high performance necessary to support these services, Internet providers will have to change they way they address their peering and overall network architectures. A different architecture is needed to ensure reliability and speed as traffic shifts between content providers, Software as a Service providers, along with other media rich applications and broadband users at work or home.

PacketExchange’s innovative Donut Peering model ensures that Internet traffic is routed efficiently – minimizing packet loss and latency – delivering traffic quickly to the edge.  By building a “Donut” around the core of the Internet, PacketExchange connects directly to hundreds of providers around the world reaching over 100 countries.  This model ensures IP traffic takes the shortest and most-stable path every time – enhancing the user’s experience.

With PacketExchange the cool new content and applications that everyone wants to see are always available and load quickly and seamlessly.

To learn more about PacketExchange’s Donut Peering Model, Click Here or you can also contact: enquiries@packetexchange.net | U.S. Phone: +1 888 446 9462 | U.K. Phone: +44 20 7377 4130

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MediaXtream Rebranded as Hibernia Media

Posted by vanessa on April 9th, 2010

In 2009 Hibernia Atlantic acquired international broadcast and media production service provider, MediaXSTREAM. Recently the company rebranded as Hibernia Media and is gearing up for significant opportunities in 2010. Specializing in flawless digital and high def content, Hibernia Media is fulfilling the high demand from TV, sports, news, film production and mobile carriers who create and manage media content. By combining high quality transport services with an existing robust services platform Hibernia Media has laid the foundation for increased technological innovation and enhanced service quality.

With an increased demand from the media and large Enterprise sector for multi-service network infrastructures including high definition digital transmission, its essential secure and diverse platforms are in place to allow for high performance, scalability and continued growth.

For more information on Hibernia Media click here.

For the complete press release see below:

MEDIAXSTREAM IS REBRANDED AS HIBERNIA MEDIA;

This Announcement Follows Hibernia Atlantic’s Acquisition of the Media Services Company

SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND- April 8, 2010- Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider, today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, MediaXstream, will now be branded as Hibernia Media. Hibernia Media is a leading provider of high quality transport and managed network services for the media production and broadcast industries. Hibernia Media is currently operational in 30 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. Hibernia Atlantic acquired the company in December 2009, further enhancing the combined entity’s network reach, performance and product offering, adding significant marketplace opportunities, technological innovation and customer value to media customers, financial houses and wholesale carrier providers.

As more media companies shift to multi-service network infrastructures and the demand for high definition increases, having a network infrastructure capable of supporting these elements is vital,” states Bjarni Thorvardarson, CEO of Hibernia Atlantic. “Hibernia Media, together with Hibernia Atlantic’s existing secure and diverse network, is the perfect solution for media companies who require the highest levels of network performance and flexibility.”

Operating the largest, national, state-of-the-art optical switching and Dynamic Transport Mode (DTM) network, Hibernia Media 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.

Hibernia Media bridges current industry operations with the demands of emerging new technologies, offering transport reliability that meets customers’ needs,” continues Delwin Bothof, President of Hibernia Media. “The network capabilities are ideal for global media and broadcast companies looking for global and local connectivity along with high performance and security.”

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About Hibernia Media

Hibernia Media, formerly known as MediaXstream, provides carrier-neutral, high quality transport and managed network services for the production and broadcast industries in over 30 North American and European markets. Operating the largest national Dynamic Transport Mode (DTM) network, Hibernia Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hibernia Atlantic, specializes in transporting flawless digital and High Definition content in its native formats as demanded by sports, TV and film production, news, mobile and IPTV.

For more information or sales, please visit www.hiberniamedia.com or email info@hiberniamedia.com.

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

For media enquiries, please contact:

Jaymie Scotto & Associates

+1.866.695.3629

pr@jaymiescotto.com


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Understanding, Overcoming, and Implementing Telepresence: The Inter-Company Telepresence & Video Conferencing Handbook and Conference

Posted by Jaymie Scotto on February 1st, 2010

There are many factors contributing to the increase in inter-company telepresence, such as the current economic state, geopolitics and public health, to name a few. As companies look to reduce travel costs while increasing their global footprint, understanding and implementing an inter-company telepresence is a growing necessity.

The Human Productivity Lab, together with Brockmann & Company, has recently compiled The Inter-Company Telepresence & Video Conferencing Handbook. This handbook is a guide for creating an inter-company telepresence and/or videoconferencing program with partners, vendors, or customers. The handbook discusses the drivers of telepresence, the fundamentals of inter-company telepresence, and the best practices in inter-company telepresence operations.  From operational issues to cultural concerns, the handbook addresses all aspects of inter-company telepresence.

To coincide with the release of this handbook, the Human Productivity Lab will be hosting Developing an Inter-Company Telepresence and Visual Collaboration Program Conference & Working Group on April 22, 2010 in Reston, Virginia. A great supplement to the handbook, the conference will pick up where the handbook left off, providing attendees with more detailed information on how their organization can create an inter-company telepresence and videoconferencing program to cut costs, improve individual and organizational productivity, and accelerate time-to-market advantage.

For more information on the conference, please click here.

For the complete handbook, please click here.                   HPL_Brockmann_Handbook_Cover                                  

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Tier 1 or Tier 2 – Does it matter when choosing an Internet Provider?

Posted by Ilissa Miller on January 11th, 2010

Original Blog post by Vanessa Eixman, Director Business Development for Jaymie Scotto & Associates.  The blog was posted on January 11, 2010 on Up to the Minute Tech, Vanessa’s blog:

What should you consider when choosing a quality Internet Provider?   High speed is key, but Grant Kirkwood, CTO of Mzima Networks suggests a few more important factors to consider – the provider’s access to content and the quickest route.  How close is your internet provider to the content you want to download?   Kirkwood in a recent article examines the differences between Tier 1 and Tier 2 Internet backbone providers to explain how an IP provider’s proximity to content and applications makes a huge difference in the overall user experience.

Essentially the more ‘hops’ there are between two points along a network, the higher the latency which affects overall performance. In his article Kirkwood reviews the factors that come into play for providers when routing Internet traffic. There are distinct differences in routing choices and flexibility for a Tier 1 provider versus a Tier 2 provider.

The provider that makes routing choices based on a variety of factors such as performance, flexibility, quality, and redundancy helps to ensure that IP traffic will be routed across the path with the fewest hops (most direct and closest path), which in turn makes for a better user experience.

So how do you know how a Tier 1 provider makes routing choices? Or which Tier 2 network providers route only on price versus quality? You must consider a variety of factors when choosing a provider including quantity and quality of the provider’s global peering relationships; the provider’s ability to provide quality end-to-end solutions; the companies the provider partners with; and you can’t forget the quality of its technical and customer service.

“Mzima Networks,” as stated by Kirkwood, “has focused its business model on creating more efficient peering connections among other Tier 2 providers in order to deliver content and streaming media more efficiently for and between its customers. The company’s goal is to connect to as many networks as it can, in as many locations as possible, in order to bypass the Tier 1 ‘inner circle’ as often as possible. This doesn’t mean that Tier 1 providers are not necessary, because indeed they are – but more often than not, Tier 1s are not the shortest or more efficient route to a destination from a cost and quality stand-point.”

To read the article in its entirety please go to: http://www.techistan.net/2010/01/05/mzimanetworkstier1or2/

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BIG MOVE: Hibernia Atlantic acquires MediaXstream

Posted by Ilissa Miller on December 16th, 2009

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/

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Mzima Networks’ Grant Kirkwood: Ethernet Gives a Fresh Start (Interview by Light Reading’s Phil Harvey)

Posted by Ilissa Miller on November 25th, 2009

 

Grant Kirkwood, CTO & Founder of Mzima Networks discusses Ethernet Private Line (EPL) services and the deployment of the latest technology:  Ciena’s PBB-TE (www.mzima.net)

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NYIIX Becomes the Largest and Longest Running Public Peering Point in the New York Market

Posted by Ilissa Miller on November 18th, 2009

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TELEHOUSE America’s NYIIX Internet Peering Exchange Becomes the Largest and Longest Running Public Peering Point in the New York Market

Linked with TELEHOUSE America’s Los Angeles Exchange LAIIX, TELEHOUSE Peering Offers Service Providers a Global Interlink for IX Interconnection

Staten Island, NY, USA – November 18, 2009– TELEHOUSE America (www.telehouse.com), the United States’ leading provider of dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges and managed IT services, announces that its New York International Internet Exchange public peering platform (NYIIX) remains the longest running and largest public Internet exchange point in the New York metropolitan market.  Since its inception in 1996, the NYIIX has been a vital public IP interconnection point for global carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprise businesses within New York.  NYIIX is headquartered at 25 Broadway, TELEHOUSE America’s Broadway Center, and provides redundant and diverse direct interconnectivity to and from the 60 Hudson Street and 111 Eighth Avenue carrier hotel facilities.

The NYIIX platform continues to be updated to meet the growing technology requirements of the industry and currently operates Brocade RX series switches.   The platform supports IPv4 and IPv6 peering connections and offers standard bilateral peering exchange as well as multilateral peering arrangements.  In addition, NYIIX offers private peering over VLAN – enabling secure private peering or direct bandwidth over the NYIIX. As of October 2009, the NYIIX peering platform has over 120 members and handles over 80 Gbps of traffic, making it the largest public Internet exchange in the New York Metro Market.

In addition to NYIIX, TELEHOUSE America also operates the Los Angeles International Internet Exchange (LAIIX).  Launched in 2000, the LAIIX provides public peering interconnectivity via its Layer-2 switch offering connectivity to multiple transit providers.  In Los Angeles, the LAIIX provides optimal primary and secondary IP traffic routing options with direct route server access, ensuring highly advanced peering among multiple simultaneous network routes. As one of the oldest private peering points in the Los Angeles market, LAIIX serves as a key IP peering gateway to the Asia-Pacific region.

With the announcement of TELEHOUSE America’s Global Interlink services in 2008, the company interconnected its NYIIX and LAIIX platforms and has also made both peering exchanges accessible from any of the 12 Interlink PoPs throughout the world.  Global Interlink provides seamless redundant and diverse Ethernet private line connections between multiple carrier hotels throughout the US and Europe.

“With over 120 active members on NYIIX and over 55 members on LAIIX, TELEHOUSE America provides robust public peering connectivity solutions among the most prominent network operators in the industry,” commented Akio Sugeno, Sr. Director Business Development, Internet Engineering & Operations for TELEHOUSE America and the founder of both  NYIIX and LAIIX.  “We are excited to witness the continued growth of our Internet Exchange platforms in both New York and Los Angeles and look forward to extending the NYIIX to 7 Teleport, TELEHOUSE’s Teleport Center on Staten Island in the coming months.”

Connectivity to the NYIIX and LAIIX is currently available from major carrier hotel facilities throughout the US and Europe, for more information about TELEHOUSE America’s public peering solutions and its complete total solutions for data center solutions, colocation, 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 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.

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

Posted by Ilissa Miller on November 10th, 2009

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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.

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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

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Conversations with Communications Innovators: Deploying an All-Wireless Triple Play – A Case Study of Mzima Networks and Bel Air Internet

Posted by Ilissa Miller on November 9th, 2009

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In this podcast New Paradigm Research Group (NPRG) analyst Stephen Hernan talks with Grant Kirkwood, CTO of Mzima Networks, and Terry Koosed, President of Bel Air Internet. Be sure to join us as we discuss how these two carriers have collaborated to deploy an all-wireless voice, data, and video bundle to both the residential and business customer segments – and how this might represent the next big threat to the incumbent carriers and cable MSOs.

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