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  • Submarine cable equipment underdogs prepare to shake up the market

    The submarine cable systems market doesn't get much attention beyond those within its specific telecommunications segment. With the exception of those times that a significant cable cut--such as a recent slew of outages in March off Egypt--impacts countries across a region, submarine cabling rarely makes the news. That may be changing.

Accelero Capital to purchase Allstream for $504M

Accelero Capital will acquire Canada-based Allstream, the business services unit of Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS), for $504 million, a move that will enable it to sharpen its focus on serving the enterprise services market.

Week in research: Peru's telcos expand wireless, wireline networks; Consumer's love affair with TV services continues

Led by the Asia-Pacific region, the global pay-TV subscriber base (which consists of cable TV, satellite TV and telco-based IPTV subscribers) grew 8 percent to reach 804 million worldwide pay-TV subscriber households in 2012, according to MRG.

CenturyLink users in Arizona experiencing Internet connectivity issues

CenturyLink users in Arizona, particularly in Avondale and Phoenix, are reporting that they are having issues connecting to the Internet.

Alteva to lay off workers in its Warwick, N.Y., facility

Alteva, an independent telco that's been realigning its focus on the Unified Communications market segment, will lay off 20 percent of the staff in its Warwick, N.Y. facility.

Fibertech gets MEF CE 2.0 E-Access certification

Fibertech Networks, a regional fiber-centric service provider, has joined a growing list of service providers that have earned the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification.

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