July 11, 2011
SaskTel became the latest Canadian carrier to turn to fiber for its broadband requirements. The carrier announced April 5 a CAN$199 million expansion program for 2011 and a total of approximately $670 million over a seven-year period for its Next Generation Broadband Access Program (2011 – 2017). The program will see fiber to the premises (FTTP) and other broadband network upgrades in Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Estevan, Swift Current, Yorkton, North Battleford, and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
July 9, 2011
Integrated Telecom Company (ITC), which recently launched colocation services to strengthen its business sector and data center offerings, is participating at the upcoming Data Center Dynamics Conference in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, taking place Monday at Al Faisaliah Hotel, Riyadh.
July 9, 2011
Red River Telephone (Red River), recipient of a Broadband Stimulus award, has selected the Calix C7 Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) and 700GE family of optical network terminals (ONTs) from Calix Inc. to bring advanced broadband services to rural communities across its service area in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
July 9, 2011
Draka Communications won a European consulting, licensing, and training contract with e.wa riss Netze, a fiber services venture jointly owned by the public utility of the city of Biberach and EnBW, an energy provider for southwest Germany.
July 9, 2011
Allied Telesis Inc.’s technology will be employed in the broadband infrastructure of the developing North Georgia Network Cooperative (NGN) stimulus project.
July 9, 2011
Broadband Stimulus award winner Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services (SMBS) has chosen the EXA Powered Calix E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) and 700GE family of optical network terminals (ONTs) from Calix Inc. to bring advanced broadband services to eight rural communities across southwest Minnesota.