dark fiber

Rob Shanahan, CEO and president of Lightower Fiber Networks, isn't afraid of transitions. The 25-year telecom industry veteran is now leading the company through a merger with fellow competitive provider Sidera Networks. Sean Buckley talks with Shanahan about the value the merger will create for Lightower's customer base.

For much of its 30-plus year existence, Integra Telecom was known for its dedication to the SMB market. But in recent years, the service provider realized that assets it purchased in 2005 gave it a set of long-haul and metro fiber assets it could use to build a set of retail and wholesale services for larger customers. CEO Kevin O'Hara talks with Sean Buckley about Integra's emerging service strategies.

Integra Telecom on Tuesday launched a new dark fiber service, adding another piece to its growing wholesale service puzzle.

Optical Communications Group (OCG), a competitive fiber transport provider offering services throughout New York's five boroughs and parts of New Jersey, on Tuesday said that it kept its network running during Hurricane Sandy and is assisting area businesses and service providers with various connectivity options to help them restore or enhance their communications and backup systems.

Cross River Fiber, an emerging dark fiber provider, on Wednesday announced that it is building a low-latency fiber connection into Telx's colocation facilities in Clifton, N.J. to target new opportunities in the financial trading industry.

Spread Networks, a privately owned network provider known for its low latency and dark fiber networks, is adding a 100G flavor to its service portfolio, deploying the technology on its Chicago-to-New York fiber backbone and powering it with ADVA Optical's FSP 3000 optical hardware.