Mega-Merger: Verizon to Buy XO’s Fiber Biz
The roughly $1.8 billion deal is expected to close during the first half of 2017.
Fiber/Ethernet
We keep you up to date on the latest fiber and Ethernet trends, as well as how these technologies are being deployed by partners.
A VAR’s Guide to Channel Partners 2016
We’ve compiled a series of custom agendas for various partner types. This one is tailored toward VARs.
An Agent’s Guide to Channel Partners 2016
We’ve compiled a series of custom agendas for various partner types. This one is tailored toward agents.
January’s New Products and Services
Among the highlights are products offered through CenturyLink’s Cloud Marketplace, as well as distributors Tech Data and Ingram Micro. They range from cloud to analytics, security to networking.
Channel Partners’ Top 10 Stories in January
Last month, talk of Verizon selling its data centers caught fire. So did the prospects of a Charter-Time Warner Cable merger getting the green light, not to mention a series of Q&As we did with some big-name channel chiefs.
CenturyLink, USTelecom Blast FCC Broadband Report
The United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) said the FCC’s conclusion – that “broadband is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion” – and is not credible.
Telecom Carriers Worlds Apart on Competition in Special Access Market
The FCC must decide what the special access data actually shows and how it should regulate or deregulate the local loops that CLECs often lease from the likes of AT&T, CenturyLink and Verizon.
Global Capacity Expands One Marketplace With San Francisco Fiber Ring
The diverse route, 72-mile fiber ring in San Francisco is Global Capacity’s latest metro fiber ring providing connectivity services.
FirstLight Fiber Adds 36,000 Fiber Miles Near NYC
FirstLight Fiber has extended its dense fiber network further in New York.
AT&T Reaches Business Fiber Milestone
AT&T offers business customers high-speed Internet products on its fiber network in every major metro in the company’s 21-state footprint.
Galleries
.@curtallen14 vacates @Vonage #channelchief role after leadership switch. #UCaaS dlvr.it/RrPc4n
January 26 2021 @ 22:16:01 UTC
.@FusionConnectSM rolls out new calling services for @MicrosoftTeams. #UCaaS dlvr.it/RrPVYZ
January 26 2021 @ 21:30:02 UTC
.@KenPresti of @Avant_CCC sheds light on verticals and technologies that offer channel partners opportunity for gro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
January 26 2021 @ 21:30:02 UTC
.@Everbridge VP @ebPrashant explains how a CEM platform can keep people safe and their operations running during cr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
January 26 2021 @ 16:22:02 UTC
Digital transformation and #WFH trend means #SDWAN services need to have security by design, says @Accedian. dlvr.it/RrKwC6
January 25 2021 @ 23:51:02 UTC
.@microcorp and Lingo Communications formed a partnership. dlvr.it/RrKndj
January 25 2021 @ 22:51:32 UTC
#CenturyLink, @FrontierCorp miss federal #broadband deployment deadlines. dlvr.it/RrKn9T
January 25 2021 @ 22:45:32 UTC
.@jmcbain shares 10 channel trends for 2021 heavily influenced by #COVID19. dlvr.it/Rr8HRB
January 22 2021 @ 23:12:02 UTC