NWMAP likes to review the top Telecom news stories for each month. This is what was happening in March and April.
March wrapped up the Channel Partners Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. For a complete review: https://nwmap.com/2012-channel-partners-vegas-telecom-conference-and-expo-review
Other news:
In the past year, MegaPath has aggressively expanded its EoC footprint. In September, it announced it would provide service nationwide.
Read more: MegaPath among largest Ethernet over Copper players – FierceTelecom http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/megapath-among-largest-ethernet-over-copper-players/2012-04-17#ixzz1soNqkrlT
Windstream is offering new disastor recovery service. The drive here is about unburdening a business from having to build their own disaster recovery capabilities themselves. By handing these processes to Windstream, they can replicate and recover critical servers and data center infrastructure in the cloud at a lower cost.
Integra Telecom is adding another page to its growing medium-to-large business service cookbook by launching a new set of optical wavelength services. Targeted at large enterprises, health care, and financial service companies, the new service provides metro-area and long-haul private networking for a set of customers that want high-bandwidth, dedicated network transport between their locations. Delivered over Integra’s DWDM-based fiber network, the focus is on providing customers flexibility and choice. They get the service with either a TDM or Ethernet interface in increments of 1 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, or 10 Gbps.