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LEMONT FURNACE, PA, Feb 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi), a leading provider of managed services for voice and data networks, announced today it has completed a strategic expansion by acquiring IPNetZone Communications, Inc., a nationwide next generation network provider. The acquisition of IPNetZone and its established MPLS network positions UNSi as a major player in the managed network services space gaining their own advanced backbone network.

IPNetZone is a privately-held company headquartered in New York City which owns and operates its own 16-node MPLS/VPLS and Carrier Ethernet network. In addition, it provides intelligent internet connectivity, managed network services and proactive monitoring of network assets for both enterprise and Carrier customers. From inception, IPNetZone has provided complete end-to-end solutions to manage and maintain the performance of its clients' complex communications infrastructures.

"The combination of UNSi's managed network service portfolio and the largest cable and DSL footprint in North America, coupled with IPNetZone's nationwide MPLS network, enables UNSi to expand the delivery of enterprise-grade managed service solutions," states Francis D. John, President and CEO of UNSi. "Additionally, IPNetZone's highly experienced technical staff allows UNSi to seamlessly enhance our procurement capabilities and 24/7 NOC support to our customers," added Mr. John. "We're ecstatic to join forces with UNSi," added Allan Schwartz, Founder and CEO of IPNetZone. "Our customers will immediately feel the impact of an enlarged project management team and back office integration enabling them to more quickly leverage, deliver and deploy services on our advanced MPLS and VPLS networks."

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MSO service providers can deploy cost-effective commercial services and mobile backhaul applications

Motorola Mobility has introduced a new, expanded product line of Carrier Ethernet offerings, which the company says will satisfy the diverse business services and mobile backhaul needs of the MSO market.

Motorola's new Carrier Ethernet portfolio consists of a number hub-based aggregation switches/routers, customer premises based demarcation products, an Ethernet Service Management platform, and an innovative 10 Gbps Carrier Ethernet switch designed for deployment in the Fiber Node.

With the new Carrier Ethernet product line, MSO service providers can deploy cost-effective commercial services and mobile backhaul applications and it offers "one-stop shopping" which offers service providers quality Carrier Ethernet products at competitive price points, enabling MSO service providers to continue to expand their share of the lucrative Ethernet business services market.

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In Amsterdam, October 11–14, the IIR held the 7th annual Carrier Ethernet World Congress (CEWC). Carrier Ethernet continues to grow solidly, driven by upgrades to the mobile backhaul portion of the network. Future carrier Ethernet growth could come from new initiatives such as cloud services. The optimal architecture for core bandwidth management continues to be debatedCarrier Ethernet traffic growth forecast: mobile today, clouds tomorrow

Verizon, one of the global leaders in the Ethernet service market, provided a good snapshot of the current state of growth for Ethernet services. Verizon characterized its overall Ethernet service growth at 20%-plus for the last few years. This is an impressive year-on-year growth figure given the number of years Verizon has been offering Ethernet service and the current scale of Verizon’s Ethernet business. Verizon noted that traffic from the cell tower to switch, i.e. mobile backhaul, was “going crazy, pushing tremendous bandwidth through the network.” While the “packetization” of the mobile network continues to be a major driver of growth for carrier Ethernet, cloud services have the potential to be the future driver of traffic. It is still...

Growing business demand for high-speed broadband in emerging markets spurs network expansion

Orange Business Services will increase the capacity of its Latin American network by ten times due to growing demand from its multinational enterprise customers. Implementation will begin in October 2011, covering Brazil and Chile, followed by Argentina, Peru and Panama. The upgraded network will accommodate customers’ needs for expanding high-speed broadband services, including MPLS (IP VPN and Business VPN), International Ethernet Link and video services, such as Telepresence.

The new network ring will connect Latin America to the East Coast of the United States via Brazil and to the West Coast of the United States via Chile (through Peru and Panama). The upgrade will enhance quality of service for customers with improved latency to the West Coast, while also supporting the growing capacity requirements from Asia-Pacific.

“We continue to see increased global expansion not only by our multinational customers looking to grow in Latin America,“ said Mauro Cruzeiro, vice president of Latin America for Orange Business Services. ”We also see more and more Latin American enterprises expanding within the region and beyond.”

Latin America is a key growth market for Orange Business Services. As part of the company’s conquests 2015 growth strategy, Orange Business Services aims to generate revenues of €1 billion in emerging markets in 2015.

(Source: Datamonitor)Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, a provider of advanced IC solutions for carrier and enterprise networks, has announced an expansion of its carrier ethernet physical layer portfolio with new gigabit ethernet, or GE, devices that offer a straightforward upgrade path for network equipment requiring IEEE 1588v2 timing synchronization and ethernet/MPLS operations administration and maintenance, or OAM, features.

The new SimpliPHY 1G devices, the dual-port VSC8572 and quad-port VSC8574, are the first-in-class to deliver this functional integration, essential for supporting timing distribution in wireless backhaul, data center, industrial automation, smart grid and other applications that leverage real-time services over newer packet-based networks, the company said.