One Buy Ups EarthLink Business Value for Agents

Author: Khali Henderson - PhonePlus Magazine

EarthLink Inc.'s announcement Monday that it intends to buy CLEC One Communications Corp. is getting praise from the indirect sales channel for boosting the ISP's business services strategy, but it's too early to tell how it will impact partner programs for the newly minted EarthLink Business.

Once the transaction closes, One Communications will join Deltacom and New Edge Networks as part of EarthLink Business, a new subsidiary formed Dec. 8 following the acquisition of Deltacom, another troubled CLEC. New Edge Networks, an access aggregator and MPLS network provider, was bought by the ISP back in 2005.

With One Communications, EarthLink Business will operate a nationwide IP network with underlying fiber assets in 30 of the country's top 50 MSAs. Its fiber network will span 27 states with 923 colocations. And, it will employ almost 3,500 people.

One Communications enables EarthLink Business to expand in the Northeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic while Deltacom's eight-state region covers much of the Southeastern United States.

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Telecom News for December 20th

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EarthLink Inc. (ELNK) agreed to acquire privately held One Communications Corp. in a deal valued at $370 million.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal

ARC Networks, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadview Networks, announced today that it has been approved as a preferred vendor by the General Services Administration (GSA) of the United States Federal government.
SOURCE: benzinga

Ethernet over copper gear supplier Actelis announced that Cbeyond, a well-known CLEC, is deploying its solutions to deliver business-class Ethernet services to reach thousands of customers across its nationwide footprint. Actelis spokesman Chris Heinemann says it's the largest EFM over copper rollout in the U.S.
SOURCE: TMCnet.com

AboveNet, Inc. announced a strategic sales campaign to expand its network reach to enterprises and carriers in the top U.S. metro markets. The campaign will initially focus on customers in the more than 400 data centers already connected to AboveNet's high performance, low latency network.
SOURCE: Digital Journal

TelePacific Communications, the largest California-based CLEC providing integrated voice and data telecommunications services to the small and medium-sized business customer segment in California and Nevada, announced that its SmartVoice services are now available with Ethernet over Copper deployments. Ethernet over Copper (EoC) offers higher bandwidth at attractive price points compared to traditional T1 lines.
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee

AboveNet has cleared a major hurdle in offering services to Canadian businesses as the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruled that it can lease dark fiber and light it to sell services.
SOURCE: FierceTelecom

PowerNet Global announced that it has chosen to work with XO Communications, an industry–leading Ethernet service provider, to bring its agents and customers high–quality Ethernet service at lower prices.
SOURCE: PowerNet Global

Time Warner Cable Business Class, the B2B arm of Time Warner Cable, announced the completion of a $120 million development project, which has expanded the company's fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure in Southern California and more than doubled the number of potential serviceable businesses in its coverage area. The expansion will make Business Class services, including phone, Internet, Ethernet and cable television available to an additional 125,000 serviceable businesses in the region.
SOURCE: EON

TelePacific adds VoIP service to its Ethernet over Copper offering
SOURCE: FierceTelecom

PAETEC Holding Corp. celebrated the grand opening of a new data center today in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In addition to serving Milwaukee, the center plans to offer colocation for enterprise businesses throughout the Midwestern U.S. including Chicago, Madison, St. Louis, and the Twin Cities.
SOURCE: TradingMarkets.com

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Contingent Names On Track a Premier Master Agent

Contingent Names On Track a Premier Master Agent

Global IT services company Contingent Network Services has formed what it calls a unique and "first-ever" partnering alliance with On Track Communications to further expand its indirect sales channel. The companies say this alliance represents a major achievement for On Track Communications and enhances Contingent's ability to increase distribution throughout alternate channels nationally.

Contingent will be represented by On Track's national network of technology and telecommunication consultants as the preferred service provider of field installation, IT integration and dispatch services, including such products as NetMedX, LANWorX and StoreWorX. This strategy supports Contingent's ability to capitalize on the groundswell of demand for its EverWorX managed WAN service. EverWorX delivers 100 percent coverage throughout North America with a comprehensive, scalable and worry-free package that combines all elements of design, deployment and support for a single or multi-site voice and data network with NO capital investment, according to the company.

"On Track Communications is widely recognized and highly regarded throughout the industry for their ability to deliver outstanding support to both their clients and channel partners," said Drew Allgeier, Contingent director of Business Development. "On Track has consistently demonstrated the technical proficiency, a true consultative approach, and the business development capabilities and excellent back-office support required to generate meaningful opportunity for both organizations."

On Track President Bill Mansfield has called Contingent a "one-of-a-kind provider that enables us to deliver more value and much broader range of services to our existing and prospective clients. We are exceptionally excited about the points of differentiation we are able to leverage in partnership with Contingent," he said.

On Track was awarded this Premier status due to its understanding of Contingent's delivery capabilities with large retailers and distributed enterprise on a national and global scale, coupled with On Track's ability to support indirect channel partners who seek to expand their product portfolios by leveraging the range of services available only from Contingent.