Tag: Comcast business

April 13, 2023

Two metro fiber/WiFi deals, one regional densification project, and some transatlantic connectivity: Great Plains Communications has a bit more fiber planned for the Omaha metro area. They will be expanding their infrastructure into the new 157-acre Gretna Crossing Park in […]

January 24, 2023

A couple metro expansions and a contract win across three disparate geographies: Neos Networks has finished up several metro fiber projects over in the UK. The company today announced completion of networks in Liverpool, Birmingham, and Manchester as well as […]

November 29, 2022

A couple infrastructure expansions and a couple technology partnerships to start the week: Comcast Business has extended its reach in the southwestern US. They have deployed a new PoP at H5 Data Centers’ facility at 505 Marquette in Albuquerque, New […]

September 28, 2021

Comcast Business is in the midst of investing about $26 million to expand its network facilities throughout Greater Philadelphia and New Jersey, reaching nearly 4,000 businesses directly and making its network more accessible to thousands more. The two-year build-out includes […]

February 26, 2021

A few interesting items on the metro and regional fiber front to close out the week, and who knows, maybe the winter too? We can hope. Dobson Fiber has made an inorganic move, announcing the acquisition of Pinnacle Communications. Pinnacle […]

February 17, 2021

Four bits of metro and regional network news to catch up with at midweek: WANRack has won the favor of Taylor County, Wisconsin. Following an October 2020 RFP, the county has picked WANRack to build out a 984 mile fiber […]

February 3, 2021

Telia Carrier keeps on adding depth to its North American footprint in response to customer demand. Today they announced yet another new PoP, this time down on the US/Mexico border in El Paso, Texas. It’s an expansion of a relationship […]

February 2, 2021

Comcast Business is taking its fiber Ethernet deeper into Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The fiber arm of the cable giant has completed a significant upgrade to its infrastructure across the city, bringing 10Tbps dedicated connectivity and Ethernet private line services to the […]

December 11, 2020

Three network expansion projects and a portfolio expansion. Comcast Business has finished up work on an expansion down in Virginia. They have added fiber infrastructure that will let them serve 2,800 more businesses across the state. The buildout focused on […]

June 2, 2020

Comcast Business has unveiled a new product aimed at better enabling enterprises to support remote workers. Comcast Business At Home allows enterprises to provide such workers a dedicated, independent internet connection and separate WiFi network for use by employees in […]

June 1, 2020

After posting a triple-digit revenue increase last year, the growth outlook for carrier managed SD-WAN has been lowered by 17%, according to a report. According to research by Vertical Systems Group, the corornavirus pandemic was the primary factor for lowering […]

April 8, 2020

There are more than one million commercial buildings and data centers across the U.S. that have on-net access to fiber-based network services, according to Emerging Networks Service (ENS) Fiber Plus research from Vertical Systems Group. While fiber availability increased to […]

March 30, 2020

Comcast Business has notched a 10-year, $9.3 million contract from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to deploy Ethernet gateways. DISA will use the commercial Ethernet gateways to provision Ethernet connections to its Defense Systems Network (DISN) in the […]

March 18, 2020

Comcast Business, PCCW Global, Spectrum Enterprise and Telia Company are the first service providers to pass muster for MEF’s SD-WAN certification process, which is administered by Spirent Communications. By gaining certification in MEF’s pilot certification program, the four service providers […]

September 6, 2019

Sparkle, the international arm of TIM group, has invested in some new reach down in South America. It has opened a new PoP on the company’s IP backbone in Huechuraba, Chile. It’s Sparkle’s second PoP in the Santiago metro area, […]

August 10, 2018

Cox Business strengthened its managed services hand with its purchase of hybrid cloud service provider RapidScale. RapidScale’s managed cloud offerings were designed for businesses of all sizes and include solutions such as SD-WAN, backup, recovery, security, mail services and desktop […]

February 5, 2018

CenturyLink is opening a new outbound sales center in Monroe, Louisiana, where 150 employees will focus on selling services and supporting small business customers to more effectively battle cable’s encroachment into the business sector. CenturyLink said the new center, located […]

April 28, 2017

Comcast may still be an insurgent player in the business services market, but the service provider continues to make inroads with a range of business sizes, a trend that continued into the first quarter of 2017. David Watson, president and CEO […]

May 27, 2016

Birch Communications isn’t afraid of large cable MSOs like Charter Communications and Comcast pursuing larger business accounts, because that focus will enable the provider to win more small to medium business (SMB) customers, Birch’s new CEO says. Tony Tomae, who […]

April 28, 2016

Comcast Business continues to make a good showing amid the cable operator’s overall revenue mix as it sees more mid-sized businesses purchasing its services. For the first quarter, business services revenue rose 17.5 percent to $1.3 billion due to an […]