And, the honorable mentions go to...
Cogent Communications, a pure-play Carrier Ethernet provider who may have invented the segment before it became standardized, and whose aggressive marketing of 100 Mb/s service set the tone for a now-booming market...
India's Reliance Telecom, whose acquisition of Yipes Enterprise Services makes Reliance a surprising new force in the U.S. market...
Windstream, for being aggressive in offering triple play services, and for using M&A to create a new force among independent telcos...
Xfone, a U.S. based carrier which intends to acquire NTS Communications, and already operates prepaid and low-cost international long-distance services overseas…
XO Communications, for launching its National Hub bandwidth-on-demand solution, and for pushing into broadband wireless...
