Carrier Ethernet Industry Voices

XO Communications announces now offers Carrier Ethernet access to its nationwide Ethernet infrastructure which reaches nearly four million buildings.  This new service connectivity with CENX enables the global Carrier Ethernet community connectivity at bandwidths from 3 Mbps to 10 Gbps to locations served by XO.  

CENX connection and integration services make Carrier Ethernet connection to and from XO's large footprint seamless and simple.  XO Communications Ethernet Services, offered with demanding SLA'a and granular bandwidth options, are utilized in more than 75 metropolitan  cities and where XO delivers last-mile Ethernet over Copper.   Reaching XO-served locations at speeds as low as 3 Mbps engages a tremendous number of new business opportunities to customers connected via the CENX exchange. 

"Connecting to the growing number of Ethernet service providers via CENX simplifies complex service level interactions and allows us to leverage our continuing investment in Ethernet services," said XO's Don MacNeil, vice president of XO Carrier Services Operations. "Key factors in our decision to work with CENX were its expertise, standardized approach to service alignment and service assurance."

"We are very excited to establish this very important connection with XO, which enables significant revenue and cost-savings opportunities for both XO Communications and all of our Carrier Ethernet Exchange members," said Nan Chen, CENX co-founder and CEO. "CENX's Carrier Ethernet exchanges are the world's first operational service-level interconnects. By leveraging several unique technical innovations and our years of Ethernet expertise, CENX exchanges address the key operational and business challenges faced by our customers."

For more details on CENX, please visit www.cenx.com.   For details on XO Communications visit www.xo.com.