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Windstream suffers voice network outage across several states

Windstream reports that it is suffering a "widespread" outage on its voice network, an issue that's affecting the ability of customers in several states to make long-distance and toll free calls.

Frontier's West Va. middle mile project nearly complete

Frontier Communications is close to completing its middle mile broadband stimulus project in West Virginia, one that will provide services to various anchor institutions throughout the state.

Eve Griliches, Jim Hintze find new roles at BTI Systems

BTI Systems has beefed up its management team by hiring two telecom industry veterans, Eve Griliches and Jim Hintze, to head up new cloud and software-defined networking initiatives.

Windstream switch failure affects 30,000 lines in South Florida

Windstream reported that a switch in South Florida experienced a failure on Sunday afternoon, interrupting service to about 30,000 local business and residential lines in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and surrounding areas.

VTel debuts 1 Gbps symmetrical FTTH service for $35

Vermont's Vtel has entered the 1 Gbps fiber to the home symmetrical speed race, serving up a $35 a month offering for rural consumer and business customers.

Alcatel-Lucent Q1 rises to $4.2 billion on strong North America, VDSL2 sales

Alcatel-Lucent may be challenged by cash flow issues, but strong sales in North America and momentum for its VDSL2 products drove up its Q1 revenue 0.6 percent to €3.23 billion ($4.2 billion).

Tellabs Q1 revenue declines to $209 million on challenges in Europe, Mexico

Tellabs' first-quarter revenue declined year-over-year to $209 million, down from $258 million in Q1 2012, due to lower sales in Western Europe and regulatory uncertainty in Mexico.

FiberLight extends fiber network into Texas DASH market

FiberLight, a Southeastern fiber-centric service provider, has completed the buildout of its new long-haul regional network segment serving Texas' DASH (Dallas-Austin-San Antonio-Houston) market.

Calix avoids Q1 downward trend as revenue rises to $90.5 million

Calix bucked the seasonal trend that has plagued other members of the telecom ecosystem as the vendor's Q1 2013 revenues rose 15.3 percent year-over-year revenue to $90.5 million.

Level 3's Q1 revenue dips to $1.58 billion on expected government contract disconnects

Level 3 Communications' first-quarter revenues declined sequentially and year-over-year to $1.58 billion due to the expected termination of various North America and UK government contracts.