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Level 3 Expands Commitment to Atlanta

Connected Planet Staff — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:45:33 +0000

ATLANTA–Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that it is expanding its operations and enhancing its local presence in the Atlanta area. Through this initiative, Level 3 will combine its extensive backbone network, metro fiber-optic footprint, and a locally focused sales and customer support team to provide mid-market enterprises with greater access to Level 3’s full spectrum of communications services. (more…)

TelCentris Announces Nationwide CLEC Rollout

Connected Planet Staff — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:24:26 +0000

TelCentris Announces Nationwide CLEC Rollout with Regulatory Approval in Five States

As a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), TelCentris will gain significant competitive advantages in terms of cost, quality and reliability

SAN DIEGO – Nov. 12, 2009 – TelCentris Inc., a new type of telephony company and the creator of VoxOx, today announced that it is launching a nationwide CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) and already has regulatory approval in five states. (more…)

Interop Selects Palo Alto Networks to Present at the Interop New York 2009 Conference Next Week

dan@spaldingcomm.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:13:54 +0000

Palo Alto Networks Co-Founder and CTO Nir Zuk to Present “What’s Wrong with the WAN Firewall?” in the Conference’s Networking Track

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2009 – Palo Alto Networks™, the leader in next-generation firewalls, today announced that it has been selected to present at Interop New York 2009, being held Nov.16 – 20 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. The company is also exhibiting at the event, in booth number 722.

Nir Zuk, security industry expert and Palo Alto Networks co-founder and CTO, will present “What’s Wrong with the WAN Firewall?” in the Networking Track on Nov. 20 at 10:15 am. Attendees will learn of the limitations of the traditional WAN firewall and identify what functionality firewalls need to implement to overcome these limitations.

“Interop prides itself on its ability to leverage industry expertise to achieve its goal of educating attendees in a (more…)

ITALTEL AND ECI TELECOM SIGN A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SUPPLY OF ADVANCED TELECOM SOLUTIONS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS WORLDWIDE

kwayland@pr-vantage.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:57:20 +0000

Italtel will enhance its telecom portfolio by selling and representing ECI Telecom solutions to service providers, utilities and communications providers worldwide. As part of this agreement, Italtel has become an ECI Global Partner. With ECI’s portfolio of access and transport products, Italtel is well positioned to take advantage of carriers’ investments in advanced technologies and services, such as IPTV, 3G wireless, and Quad-Play solutions. Italtel brings ECI an impressive global presence and in-depth expertise in end-to-end system integration.

Milan and Petach Tikvah, November 11, 2009 – Italtel, one of the leading companies in the next generation IP networks sector, and ECI Telecom, global provider of networking infrastructure solutions optimized for next-generation network (NGN) migration, today announced that they have signed a partnership agreement for the sale and customization of optical transport systems for metropolitan networks and access platforms for voice, data, IP video and fixed/mobile convergence. As such, (more…)

BCE reports 2009 third quarter results

Connected Planet Staff — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:18:12 +0000

This news release contains forward-looking statements. For a description

of the related risk factors and assumptions please see the section

entitled “Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” later in this

release.

- Net earnings applicable to common shares of $558 million, up

$310 million year-over-year

- Bell operating income growth of 26% driven by lower restructuring

charges and EBITDA(1) growth of 1.5%

- Healthy cash from operating activities of $1.5 billion; Free cash

flow(2) of $649 million adds to strong liquidity position

- Record Q3 wireless postpaid net activations and industry-leading TV

net activations

MONTREAL, Nov. 12 - BCE Inc. (NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company, today reported BCE and Bell results for the third quarter of 2009. (more…)