Walter Cannon Joins the Lexent Metro Connect Team
Lexent Metro Connect, the leading provider of dark fiber networks in the New York Metropolitan area, announces today that it has named Walter Cannon as Director of Enterprise Sales. Known for his expertise in the enterprise marketplace, Cannon is responsible for leveraging his vast technology sales experience to further grow Lexent's core dark fiber business. Lexent's focus is in building ultra low latency routes within the New York and New Jersey metro areas to serve its financial, enterprise business and carrier clients.

Arbinet Offers its Global Number Portability for Free
Number portability has encouraged competition in mobile markets by allowing subscribers to keep their numbers when they change service providers. However, global number portability requires intelligence beyond the code system to route and rate calls correctly. Misrouted calls can incur transit penalties, increase termination costs and degrade call quality.

ALLIED FIBER and ADVA Show the Way to Light
Dark fiber is all the rage. It’s the core underlying network that transports communications traffic from one point to another – but dark fiber alone isn’t the solution – it’s the way the fiber is lit that’s the difference. Allied Fiber is building a new long haul dark fiber network that will eliminate obstacles for broadband access, wireless backhaul and lower latency through new, next generation construction. The network will have a short-haul dark fiber route as well as a long-haul dark fiber route – directly parallel to one another.

Mzima Networks’ Grant Kirkwood: Ethernet Gives a Fresh Start (Interview by Light Reading’s Phil
  Grant Kirkwood, CTO & Founder of Mzima Networks discusses Ethernet Private Line (EPL) services and the deployment of the latest technology:  Ciena’s PBB-TE (www.mzima.net)

Hibernia Atlantic’s Global Financial Network Signs IPC Systems
Hibernia’s GFN provides ultra low latency network connectivity between global banks and financial exchanges through a single connection, over its diverse and secure global communications network. The network is built upon 24,000 Kilometers of fiber optic cable and offers customers access to key metropolitan markets and financial exchanges in North America, the United Kingdom and across Europe.