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Level 3 launched Carrier Cloud Voice, combining Level 3 Enhanced Local Service and Alianza’s cloud VoIP platform. Level 3’s wholesale voice segment gains a revenue stream, and carrier clients gain a low-cost/low-risk way to add voice services.
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TSIC launched a full set of IPX-enabled products at ITW. The offers are supported by a compelling message of dedicated IPX infrastructure deployed across TSIC’s 200-POP global IP footprint – definitely one of the largest in the IPX service segment.
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Tata Communications offers carriers new voice management tools and managed services promising simplified migration to IP and efficiencies; but carriers already committed to migration to IP may hesitate to switch to Tata’s solution.
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Ooredoo (formerly Qtel) is leveraging an IPX partnership with Tata Communications to be the first Middle Eastern regional operator to offer IPX products. Yet, competition looms from PT Telkomsel and Axiata in Ooredoo’s largest market (Indonesia).
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TI Sparkle has taken proactive steps to improve mobile voice and SMS routing accuracy with additional anti-fraud security. While the move expands TI Sparkle’s offerings for MNOs, it is replicable, as other carriers can partner with iconectiv.
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MedNautilus, a TI Sparkle company, launched cloud solutions from its three data centre facilities in Greece. This is a positive initiative that leverages the carrier’s Mediterranean assets and know-how to drive new potential revenues.
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GlobeNet’s Segment 5 cable system is the latest in a series of capacity upgrades the carrier has made to its subsea cable system. GlobeNet is not alone in increasing capacity in the region; upgrades from competitors will go live in 2013 and 2014.
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XO is entering the managed video transport delivery market. The new service plays to XO’s transport and Ethernet services expertise and its newly upgraded national network. But the carrier will need to build up credibility in the segment.
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National mobile HD voice is available in more than 45 countries worldwide, according to the GSA (January 2013). Meanwhile cross-border international mobile HD voice is just beginning to emerge driven by wholesale carrier pioneers.
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A year after its initial launch of Carrier Switched Ethernet, Windstream announces nationwide availability of the service, across its ILEC and CLEC footprints. Windstream lags competitors in offering its service, but aims to make up for lost time.
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United Fiber & Data went public with the start of construction along a diverse fiber route between New York City and Ashburn, VA, due for completion later in 2013. The company is hedging its bets by building in data centers and cloud service offers.
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Deutsche Telekom finished 2012 hitting some key goals (e.g., EBITDA of EUR 18 billion) and missing others (e.g., stabilizing German revenues). For the year, revenues in Germany and Europe fell, while U.S. and Systems Solutions sales showed growth.
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Impact Telecom agreed to acquire Matrix Telecom (which rolls up numerous brands) and AmericaTel from Platinum Equity. This big move puts a smaller wholesale specialist on the map for competitive retail business and residential services.
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Level 3 closed 2012 on a positive note, with gains in enterprise services across all regions and steady progress on its Global Crossing integration. North America and Latin America continue to perform well, despite wholesale revenue declines.
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AT&T launched its newest CDN service, the result of its strategic alliance with Akamai. AT&T can support the critical requirement to deliver multiple types of content to any device, but enterprises may be hesitant to move to a new platform.
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The telecom boom hit its peak around 1996-2000; the flurry of that generation's IRUs is starting to expire. Transport gear has cycled, but the fiber in the ground is still serviceable and precious, prompting speculation of carrier conflicts.
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Interoute’s Virtual Data Centre IaaS product is available on the ArrowSphere online cloud services portal. The arrangement opens Interoute’s indirect VDC sales channel, but the carrier is not the only IaaS provider in the portal.
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In 2012, major competitive carriers continued to invest in Ethernet over copper; in Q4, some stepped up speeds, while others added central offices. The CLECs that operate these services are stretching their colocation investments.
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Sidera Networks and Lightower Fiber Networks are planning a $2 billion merger, underpinned by Berkshire Partners. The combination of the two creates a stronger fiber provider with deeper reach into key Northeastern markets.
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tw telecom has raised the visibility of its national Ethernet services with a MEF 33 version for Ethernet interconnection that has already found wholesale customers, including a Latin American provider. It claims to be first with MEF 33 compliance, but competitors will not be far behind.
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AT&T and Akamai have initiated a strategic alliance to deliver global CDN solutions. This is not AT&T’s first move in the CDN space, but a managed CDN and tight integration between the companies may finally be the right solution for the carrier.
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100 Gbps services that have been on the horizon for years are finally becoming reality. While multiple 10 Gbps waves may be more economical in many cases, this should change as bandwidth demand grows and 100 Gbps equipment costs decline over time.
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KPN has launched its ‘Open Cloud Store,’ targeting local SMEs via indirect channels. This move should drive revenue leveraging KPN’s national cloud infrastructure and application partners, although others are thinking along similar lines.
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