Phoenix, AZ, May 8, 2012 – Phoenix NAP®, a full service data center, premier infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider and primary network access point (NAP), announces today that Inteliquent™ (Nasdaq: IQNT), a leading provider of global interconnection and interoperability solutions, has been added to the Secured Servers bandwidth blend.

“We are thrilled with the addition of Inteliquent to our bandwidth solution,” states Ian McClarty, President of Phoenix NAP. “As a major global carrier, Inteliquent ’s services will offer improved connectivity for Phoenix NAP Secured Servers clients. First coming into our data center in 2010, we have seen the company grow and are looking forward to expanding our relationship even more in the future.”

A global provider of advanced network solutions, Inteliquent ’s bandwidth services, including IP Transit, provide improved connectivity to Phoenix NAPs Secured Servers clients linking to Europe, and across the globe. As a top 5 global IP carrier, the addition of Inteliquent in the Phoenix NAP data center dramatically increases Phoenix NAP’s clients’ access to locations that are otherwise inaccessible.

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Vertical Systems Group:
2011 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD
Emerging demand for secure global access connectivity to Cloud services drives Ethernet expansion beyond regional market boundaries.

BOSTON, MA, MARCH 5, 2011 --  Vertical Systems Group announces that seven companies achieved a position on the 2011 Global Provider Ethernet Leaderboard according to year-end research on enterprises with multinational networks. The Leaderboard includes the following providers (in rank order based on port share): Orange Business (France), Verizon (U.S.), Colt (U.K.), AT&T (U.S.), NTT (Japan), Level 3 / Global Crossing (U.S.) and BT Global (U.K.). The Global Provider Leaderboard ranks companies with four percent (4%) or more of retail business Ethernet ports installed at sites outside of the provider's primary home country.

Additionally, three providers attained a position in the next or "challenge-tier" of the Global Provider Ethernet market (in alphabetical order based on port share): Reliance Globalcom (India), Tata Communications (India) and T-Systems (Germany).

Other providers delivering Ethernet services outside of their home countries include (in alphabetical order): AboveNet, Airtel, Cable & Wireless Worldwide, CAT Telecom, CenturyLink, China Telecom, Cogent Communications, Easynet Global Services, euNetworks, Exponential-e, GlobeNet, GTS, GTT, Interoute, KDDI, Korea Telecom, KPN International, Masergy, PCCW Global, SingTel, StarHub, Swisscom, Telecom Italia International, Telefonica Worldwide, Telenor, Telkom Indonesia, Telkom South Africa, Telus International, TM and others.

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Speaking at the recent NetEvents 2011 APAC Press & Analyst Summit in Thailand, MEF President Nan Chen outlined the proceedings of the MEF’s last quarterly meeting for 2011, held in Singapore last month, and their particular relevance for APAC business. Key issues for the region include Carrier Ethernet Multiple Classes of Service (Multi-CoS), Ethernet mobile backhaul, and the rise of wholesale Ethernet services – and all three issues were addressed by new technical specifications progressed at the Quarterly meeting. He also announced strong support for the new MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (CECP) certification program, which is already boosting the skills availability in a highly competitive market. Nan Chen explained how the letter ballot acceptance of the MEF’s Phase 2 on Multi-CoS and Mobile Backhaul Implementation Agreements – extending MEF 23 and MEF 22 respectively – is an especially important issue for the region where, without a strong legacy network of fixed line connections, it is doubly attractive to leapfrog traditional leased line connections from cell cites to core network and go for an all-Ethernet solution. According to Infonetics’ Michael Howard: “IP/Ethernet MBH is the universally accepted solution to lower the costs of growing mobile data traffic, and to facilitate migration to next generation all-IP/Ethernet networks. This two Implementation Agreements will be especially welcome for addressing explosive growth of mobile Internet traffic, as well as pointing the way to simpler 4G migration.”

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zColo, a Zayo Group Company and provider of carrier-neutral, interconnection focused colocation services, and CENX, Inc., operator of the world’s first and most connected Carrier Ethernet Exchanges, today announced the execution of an agreement enabling CENX to deploy its platform and offer its Carrier Ethernet Exchange services in Zayo’s data center facility located at 60 Hudson Street in New York City. The 60 Hudson Street building is among the most densely connected carrier hotels in the world. zColo is the exclusive operator of the 60 Hudson Street Meet-Me-Room. zColo also manages the riser infrastructure which enables interconnection between hundreds of domestic and international carrier and content networks throughout the building.

“Eleven Colorado business people to watch in 2011”. CENX Carrier Ethernet Exchanges offer access to more than 15 million Ethernet Service Locations (ESLs), the most of any Carrier Ethernet Exchange provider (based on published data). CENX Exchange members benefit from extended network reach, route optimization and diversification, and cost savings.

EANTC AG (European Advanced Networking Test Center) today announced its plans to complete its latest independent Carrier Ethernet Global Interconnect test tomorrow, conducted across live service provider production networks in London, Frankfurt, and New York. Service providers Abovenet, Level 3, Teragate, and Tinet participated, interconnecting their networks through Carrier Ethernet exchanges provided by Equinix.

The results will be presented at Light Reading's Ethernet Europe conference this week, April 12-13th at the Marriott Grosvenor Square in London. At EANTC's booth, the above carriers as well as leading Ethernet infrastructure vendors MRV Communications, Omnitron Systems and RAD Data Communications will be part of the Global Interconnect Showcase where delegates will be introduced to the test methodology and findings in detail.