Arbinet’s IP Exchange Selected by DNS Made Easy

Posted by Ilissa Miller on July 14th, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

 

DNS Made Easy Selects Arbinet for IP Transit Multi-homing

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

About Arbinet

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

About DNS Made Easy

 

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

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

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

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Fierce Markets Webinar Series Kicks-off July 14 at 2pm

Posted by Ilissa Miller on July 13th, 2010

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

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

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Portrush- A Northern Ireland Town Making Global Headlines- Again

Posted by Jaymie Scotto on June 22nd, 2010

Ever visit a rural town where few tourists tread and then, coincidentally, the name of the town seems to appear in your news headlines, over and over again?

HiberniaIt was literally one year today that Hibernia Atlantic, JS&A and members of the local media gathered in Portrush, one of the most northern towns on the tip of Northern Ireland. We were there to welcome Hibernia Atlantic’s next-generation, high capacity TransAtlantic cable that was literally being pulled ashore at Portrush to connect Northern Ireland to North America.

As per the telecom headlines, this new, modern cable network is indeed news worthy – as it adds additional and much needed capacity to support local and global companies. The transAtlantic pipe will connect 13 local towns and connect through to Dublin and Europe as well.GFN

The additional connectivity will allow businesses to increase their communications and next-gen Internet service offerings as well as increase their access to a larger marketplace of available service providers. Visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com for more.

This weekend, Portrush got another spotlight cast upon the town as Graeme McDowell, a 30-year old pro golfer from Portrush, won the 110th US Open in Pebble Beach.

Graeme McDowell of Northern IrelanA Northern Islander has never won this golf championship and in fact, McDowell is the first European in 40 years to capture the U.S. Open title.

And as per WorldGolf.com, this recent exposure is calling the town of Portrush “a can’t-miss stop on your next Northern Ireland golf vacation.”

So congrats to Mr. McDowell and all the folks in the lovely town of Portrush. Here’s to a town that continues to make global headlines- and continues to serve as a connection point for North America and Europe.

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Telx Hosts Annual CBX Event Today

Posted by vanessa on June 3rd, 2010

Catch the latest industry news from the Customer Business Exchange (CBX) event! CBX is being hosted by Telx today in NYC at the Marriott Marquis. As an invitation only networking event, the CBX is designed to help grow and drive new business with hundreds of companies participating.

Over 15 companies also participated in special news announcements this morning including:
Lexent Metro Connect, Logicworks, FiberLight, Rainbow Broadband, Tinet, Hosting.com, Global Telecom & Technology, Optimum Lightpath, EKU Solutions, EDPNET, IDC Global, GCS, and Rubicon Professional Services.

Jaymie Scotto & AssociatesWith the CBX Press Room moderated by Jaymie Scotto & Associates and sponsored by Marketwire, on-site media included:  GlobalVision, Data Center Knowledge, TMCNet, Dow Jones, NewTeeVee, Tier 1 Research, The 451 Group, The TABB Group, and NJ Biz. There were also Virtual Media participants including: Telecom Ramblings, Light Reading, Atlantic ACM, and A-Team Group.

Headlines from the day…….

Optimum Lightpath Connects To Key Telx Facilities To Meet Increasing Low Latency Demands Of Financial Services SectorExtends Advanced, Ethernet-Based Communication Services To Telx’s Clifton, New Jersey Colocation and Interconnection Facility To Meet Need For Speed And Route Diversity In New York City and Northern New Jersey

TELX PLANS TO JOIN WITH NEUTRAL TANDEM TO EXPAND NEW ETHERNET EXCHANGE NETWORK SERVICES TO 21 KEY U.S. LOCATIONS -Carrier Neutral Interconnection Leaders Will Connect Key Ethernet Exchange Sites to Help Service Providers Extend Their Networks

TELX ETHERNET EXCHANGE ENABLES FASTER SPEED TO MARKET AND EXTENDS NETWORK REACH FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS -Telx Utilizes Its Industry-Leading Service Provider Ecosystem and Collaboration with Cisco to Deliver Ethernet Virtual Interconnections in Key U.S. Markets

GCS launches Dynamic On-Demand – A SaaS Version of its market leading Route & Rate Management Solution

RUBICON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DELIVERS ENERGY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR CRITICAL FACILITIES - Rubicon Enables Telx to Identify Demand Response Revenue While Reducing Costs Across all Phases of the Critical Facility Deployment

LEXENT METRO CONNECT PLANS EXPANSION OF ITS DARK FIBER NETWORK INTO TELX’S CLIFTON, NJ COLOCATION FACILITYA BOON FOR FINANCIAL NETWORKS, ALSO COLOCATED IN CLIFTON, WHO REQUIRE LOWEST LATENCY CONNECTIONS FOR HIGH CAPACITY TRADING IN AND AROUND CITY

RAINBOW BROADBAND AND BUSINESS ONLY BROADBAND FORM PARTNERSHIP -Strategic Partnership Will Greatly Enhance Companies’ Wireless Broadband Network Offerings to Enterprise and Government Customers in NYC and Chicago Markets

EKU Solutions, LLC Selects Global Telecom & Technology to Expand Its U.S. Network

EDPnet – Building bridges between the USA, Europe and Russia

Pacific Controls Energy Services Command Control Centre Serves Clients Globally - enabling the monitoring and management of their assets, carrying out continuous Commissioning, Measurement & Verification of their Carbon Footprint and converting them into Carbon Financial Instruments, in real time.

Hosting.com Selects Tinet’s VPLS Solutions to Provide Disaster Recovery and Redundancy for its Cloud Computing Solutions

IDC Global Announces MPLS + Dedicated DSL Broadband Network Service -MPLS + DSL = Low Cost Private Network with QoS

Logicworks Launches “The Compliant Cloud” - The First Cloud-Computing Service Capable of Enterprise-Level Security and Compliance


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Arbinet’s Private Exchange Provides Global Interconnectivity Solutions

Posted by Ilissa Miller on May 24th, 2010

Just a few weeks ago Arbinet announced that it had signed MegaFon a Russian Mobile Telecom.   This was a significant milestone for the company as it was only in March 2010 that they announced its new premium Mobile Routing Table, with CLI guarantees were available.   To date, the industry interest has been terrific.  So much so that Roshan, the leading GSM cellular service provider in Afghanistan, has contracted to utilize Arbinet’s thexchange™ marketplace to buy and sell international voice communications and PrivateExchangesm to facilitate direct interconnects between it and correspondent carriers and bi-lateral partners. 

 To read more about how Roshan is leveraging the strength and intelligence of the Arbinet platform – please continue reading here: 

Roshan Selects Arbinet International Voice Services

 Partnership with Arbinet enables Roshan to extend its reach and directly interconnect with leading international voice carriers.

Washington DC, USA – May 24, 2010Arbinet Corporation [NASDAQ:  ARBX], a leading wholesale voice and data telecommunications service provider, announces today at International Telecoms Week (ITW) that Roshan, the leading GSM cellular service provider in Afghanistan, has contracted to utilize Arbinet’s thexchange™ marketplace to buy and sell international voice communications and PrivateExchangesm to facilitate direct interconnects between it and correspondent carriers and bi-lateral partners. 

By utilizing Arbinet’s thexchange, Roshan gains access to a platform where more than 1,100 carriers and service providers trade, route, manage and settle voice traffic.  Roshan can source high quality routes that allow it to provide its retail customers with cost-effective international voice services.  It can offer its own routes to the marketplace in an easy and cost-effective manner.  Arbinet’s CreditWatchsm credit management and settlement technology, which is backed by third-party underwriting, guarantees fast, reliable payments for traffic received. 

With PrivateExchange, Roshan can interconnect directly with corresponding bi-lateral partners over Arbinet’s network.  Arbinet will manage routing, billing and settlements, and provide any necessary TDM or VoIP protocol conversions.  Roshan and its corresponding service provider partners will negotiate pricing and volume commitments directly between themselves.

“Arbinet’s thexchange and PrivateExchange services are a key part of Roshan’s strategy to provide high-quality and reliable telecommunications service to the people of Afghanistan,” states Karim Khoja, chief executive officer, Roshan. “Using Arbinet’s thexchange marketplace to trade traffic gives Roshan access to a majority of global service providers and carriers to buy and sell voice traffic.  By using PrivateExchange, we will be able to easily develop bi-lateral routes and send and receive traffic with designated telecommunications providers.  Both these services enable Roshan to easily and efficiently work with the international marketplace to provide customers with unmatched quality, reliability and value.”

“We are very pleased with Roshan’s selection and utilization of our voice services” states Dan Powdermaker, Arbinet’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  “With one interconnect, Roshan gains access to two unique International Voice Services.  In an industry where most operators are looking for new efficiencies when delivering international voice services to their end-users, Arbinet’s PrivateExchange and thexchange services give Roshan high-quality voice access to carriers and service providers across the world with unmatched flexibility.”

Arbinet offers three ways for carriers and service providers to originate and terminate international voice traffic.  PrivateExchange is an easy to use, low-risk outsourcing approach that enables service providers to create virtual direct routes and aggregate existing interconnects.  thexchange is the industry’s leading marketplace for buying and selling voice communications.  Arbinet Carrier Services is a standard wholesale service with no fees, a single invoice and rate lock.  It uses supplier codes in its wholesale routing plans.

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

About Roshan

Roshan (Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd) is Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications provider, with coverage in over 230 cities and towns and approximately 3.6 million active subscribers. Roshan directly employs more than 1,100 people and provides indirect employment to more than 30,000 people. Since its inception seven years ago, Roshan has invested over $450 million in Afghanistan and is the country’s single largest investor and tax payer. Roshan is deeply committed to Afghanistan’s reconstruction and socio-economic development. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is a major shareholder of Roshan and promotes private initiatives in building economically sound enterprises in the developing world.  Also owned in part by Monaco Telecom International (MTI) and TeliaSonera, Roshan brings international expertise to Afghanistan and is committed to the highest standards of network quality and coverage for the people of Afghanistan.

                                                   

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Allied Fiber Announces that the First Phase of its Long-Haul Dark Fiber Cable Across America is Underway and Fully Funded

Posted by Ilissa Miller on May 24th, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Conference Call

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

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

 

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

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NORDUNet Research Network Selects Tinet’s IPv6 IP Transit Network

Posted by Ilissa Miller on May 24th, 2010

The Internet was started as a research networking tool to assist researchers and educators to get access to current data and collaborate on programs to collect data from disparate locations and still have the ability to share the information in near real-time.  As such, the Internet continues to be a highly valuable tool for a wide-variety of research firms and educational instituations.   One of today’s greatest examples of how research networks use the Internet is through the Internet2 initiative.  Internet2 is a not-for-profit advanced networking consortium comprising more than 200 U.S. universities in cooperation with 70 leading corporations, 45 government agencies, laboratories and other institutions of higher learning as well as over 50 international partner organizations. Our organization is governed by an executive Board of Trustees and strategic councils consisting of leaders who represent our broad membership.

With Tinet’s announcement that it has been selected by NORDUnet, a joint collaboration by the five Nordic National Research and Educational Networks, the significance of this announcement is put into perspective.  Tinet’s network will be used to interconnect Nordic and Global Research and Educational Networks – providing an important link for research and education within the Nordic region.  

What makes Tinet an idea partner for Nordic is their ability to deliver both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity.  Tinet is one of the leading global IPv6 backbone providers, consistently ranked among the top 10 most well-connected global carriers by third party research institutions such as Fixed Orbit and Renesys. 

The announcement, in its entirety is below for further review.  It provides more detail on the Nordic research and education groups that rely on this new connection:

NORDUNET SELECTS TINET’S ROBUST IPV6 IP TRANSIT SERVICES

TO FURTHER INTERCONNECT NORDIC AND GLOBAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL NETWORKS

MILAN, ITALY – May 24, 2010Tinet, formerly the carrier arm of Tiscali Group, the only global carrier exclusively committed to the IP and Ethernet wholesale market, and NORDUnet, a joint collaboration by the five Nordic National Research and Education Networks, announce today, NORDUnet’s selection of Tinet’s IP-Flow IP Transit service in Copenhagen, Denmark for high speed IP Transit service. 

The multi year deal provides NORDUnet additional capacity for its Nordic research and educational networks interconnecting the regional and global networks. The service delivers both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity to NORDUnet, continuing Tinet’s strong presence in the Research and Education vertical as well as in the Nordic Region.

NORDUnet is the Nordic infrastructure for research and education and includes the Forskningsnettet network in Denmark, the Funet network in Finland, the RHnet network in Iceland, the Uninett network in Norway and the SUNET network in Sweden.  NORDUnet offers world-class, high- speed Internet access and high bandwidth connectivity throughout this region. Its IPv4 and Ipv6 production networks interconnect the Nordic research community to the rest of the world.

“Maintaining an innovative role in global communications is important to NORDUnet as we strive to collaborate with the world’s research and economic communities,” states Jørgen Qvist, Chief Network Operating Officer of NORDUnet.  “We chose to deploy Tinet’s IP Transit service to help us further deliver highly available network services, supporting our global efforts.”  NORDUnet requires secure and robust network connections to peer effectively with all regions of the globe.

“Tinet has been rated the top IPv6 network globally by an independent analyst firm,” continues Paolo Gambini, Chief Marketing Officer of Tinet. “We see the ability to serve the NORDUnet research network as another testament of our strategy of exclusively delivering high capacity IP and Ethernet services over an ever expanding geographic reach that reflects the fast changing Internet footprint. We look forward to further enhancing NORDUnet’s robust connectivity with Tinet’s highly available and scalable IP services.”

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

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QT Globe – Never Heard of Them? Now You Have

Posted by Ilissa Miller on May 13th, 2010

Introducing QT Globe:

No one would argue that the Internet has transformed the way people communicate. Since its inception in the ’70’s its impact and capabilities have touched our lives, our businesses and in essence made the world smaller.  Services such as Voice Over IP (VoIP) enabling voice communications, along with the explosion of music, video streaming, and multi-media applications across the Internet have set the stage for amazing possibilities going forward.  With the same spirit of innovation that started the Internet, coupled with technology leaders who constantly push the envelope – the possibilities are limitless.

Companies like QT Globe  are enabling technology innovation to further expand access, reach and services across the Internet. With its Internet access, VoIP, private networking and data transport services QT Globe transacts more than 800,000 minutes a day across its networks.  

From its wholesale division of Medcom, serving the needs of global carriers to its retail division, QT Talk , focused on consumer and business communications – QT Globe strives to deliver high quality end user experiences when using the Internet.  For more information and to find out how to utilize the very best in Internet innovation, please email us at: ir@qtglobe.com or visit us at: www.qtglobe.com .

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QT Globe’s Retail Division QT Talk Offers VoIP Telephony Trial – for Free

Posted by Ilissa Miller on May 12th, 2010

Voice Over IP (VoIP) services have grown exponentially in recent years and are slated to increase even more throughout the next decade. What is driving this growth? Mainly the inherent benefits to the technology itself:

  • Dramatically decreases the cost of communications
  • Flexibility to adapt with new technologies like WiFi and 3G
  • Feature rich service sets that enhance the user’s experience

Still not convinced that VoIP is for you?  QT Talk’s PrePaid Calling Solution (without the card), PUREMinutes, is offering trials of its international VoIP network services – for free.  This service allows callers to use the service and see for themselves how the quality of VoIP is just as good as traditional telephony services.

By using the PUREMinutes service from companies like QT Talk, the retail division of QT Globe, users can also save money – up to 70% off traditional international carrier rates.

In today’s economy – free international calling PLUS savings of up to 70% – it’s certainly worth a try.  For a limited time only, and as part of the company’s promotion as they attend the International Telecoms Week (ITW) meetings May 24-26, 2010 in Washington DC,  QT Talk is offering $10 Free Calls – simply text QT to 64842  from you mobile phone – then call family, friends and clients – globally, today.

Check them out there or also www.qttalk.com and www.pureminutes.com.  For information email info@qttalk.com.

*QT Talk was Voted Best VoIP provider by Voip Review and  a 5 star rating by MyVoipProvider.com

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ITW 2010 – Two Weeks Away – Who Should You Meet With?

Posted by Ilissa Miller on May 10th, 2010

With ITW 2010 just two weeks away, I’m sure you are scheduling meetings with the fierce veracity of the business you will be doing at this leading global event for the wholesale telecom industry.  The Marriott Wardman Park will be a flurry with men and women in suits doing deals.  But in order to do deals – you need to know the companies that you can do business with.  Here are six companies that you may want to consider meeting:

Allied Fiber -spearheading the US Nation’s first long-haul dark fiber network system in over 10 years, this company is building a next-generation dark fiber network that will circumvent the United States providing access to all types of communication companies including carriers, service provides, mobile operators, microwave operators and more.  Allied Fiber is changing the way that networks are built in the US.  It is ‘America’s All Access Network’ bridging the communications gap between the middle mile and local mile together with International submarine cable systems – coast-to-coast.  Simply search for ‘Allied Fiber’ in the DealCenter to request a meeting.

Arbinet- No longer just the voice exchange that was launched in the late ’90’s – in the past year+ the company has transformed itself into a leading service provider and partner enabling companies, large and small, to leverage its world class infrastructure to achieve greater ROI on global termination of international voice minutes.  Connecting customers now companies have the control they require, with the intelligence to support them – without the traditionally heavy operating expenses.  You will want to find out about their premium voice services, carrier services, private exchange, mobile routes and developing products that will help you get the most out of your minute margins.  Oh – and their Data Exchange and IP solutions are cool too.  Simply search for ‘Arbinet’ in the DealCenter to request a meeting.

Hibernia Atlantic- The company has transformed substantially in the past year.  It’s Project Kelvin – submarine cable system connecting Northern Ireland to North America and Europe is now live.  The company also acquired MediaXstream in December 2009 bringing them into the media space.  The company has re-branded this group to Hibernia Media.  With services ideal for the financial industry - Hibernia’s Global Financial Network, for the streaming media/content industry – Hibernia Media and its wholesale carrier services via its leading transatlantic network, this is a company you will want to get to know – again.  Simply search for ‘Hibernia’ in the DealCenter to request a meeting.

Lexent Metro Connect- want to provide custom services and solutions in the New York Metro market?  Then this is the company you need to know.  Lexent Metro Connect constructs and operates its own dark fiber network throughout the NY Metro market.  It has the ability to build and design custom solutions ensuring the lowest latency through the shortest path.  Simply search for ‘Lexent’ in the DealCenter to request a meeting.

PacketExchange - This company has been quietly building an enhanced value global IP and Ethernet network based on its vast peering relationships and solutions.  In February 2010 the company acquired Mzima Networks, a provider of layer-2 Ethernet solutions throughout the US with reach to Asia and Europe.  With PacketExchange’s roots in Europe, the combined company has the ability to provide end-to-end bandwidth solutions to meet any growing network demand.  Simply search for ‘PacketExchange’ in the DealCenter to request a meeting.

Tinet Tinet, formerly the carrier arm of Tiscali Group, is the only global carrier exclusively committed to the IP and Ethernet 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.  Simply search for ‘Tinet’ in the DealCenter to request a meeting.-

Of course these are my recommendations – there are many others to meet with as well.  You can download a list of all companies and attendees through the DealCenter – this way you can plan your meetings more effectively and ensure you get deals done.   And if you’re not going to ITW (a. you will be missed, b. still time to plan) you can request a meeting with these companies directly by visiting their websites.  Hope to see you in DC – May 24-26, 2010!  

Need help?  Want more information about ITW or these companies?  email: support@deal-center.com

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