LOUISVILLE, Colo.– May 17, 2012 – Zayo Group today announces it is expanding its fiber footprint in Phoenix, AZ. The expansion will increase the Phoenix network by 165 route miles, a 60% increase over the existing network and 123 new towers. The build will provide presence to the Phoenix Suburbs Peoria, El Mirage, Fountain Hills and Sun City.

 

With the expansion in Phoenix, along with other markets, Zayo’s tower footprint has over 900 towers under construction; currently the on-net tower footprint is 2,427 while offering more than 100G in overall bandwidth to its tenants. Though Zayo’s expansion was for a specific wireless customer, other customer verticals in the greater Phoenix metro area can benefit from scalable Bandwidth Infrastructure solutions enabled by this build.

 

“Individual towers are experiencing substantial bandwidth growth, driving the requirement for direct fiber access at these locations,” states Matt Erickson, President of Zayo Fiber Solutions. “Zayo’s network allows our wireless customers to cost effectively address their bandwidth needs.” 

 

For more information on Zayo, visit www.zayo.com.

 

 

 

About Zayo Group

Based in Louisville, Colo., privately owned Zayo Group (www.zayo.com) is a national provider of fiber-based Bandwidth Infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services. Zayo serves wireline and wireless carriers, data centers, Internet content and services companies, high bandwidth enterprises as well as federal, state and local government agencies. Zayo provides these services over regional, metro and fiber-to-the-tower networks. Zayo’s network assets include approximately 45,000 route miles, covering 42 states plus Washington, D.C. Additionally, Zayo has approximately 5,200 buildings on-net, 440 Points-of-Presence (POPs), 2,300 cell towers on-net, and over 94,000 billable square feet of colocation space. In March 2012, Zayo announced its intent to acquire AboveNet, a leading provider of high bandwidth connectivity solutions. Zayo was recently named one of the Denver-area’s Fastest Growing Private Companies by the Denver Business Journal.

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SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND – May 14, 2012 – TELE Greenland, Eastlink and Hibernia Atlantic announce a potential new low latency high bandwidth connection between New York, New York and Landeyajasandur, Iceland. The route would utilize the Greenland Connect cable, owned and operated by TELE Greenland; network facilities owned and operated in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by Eastlink; and the facilities of Hibernia Atlantic from Halifax to New York. The route would provide the lowest latency possible and could remove up to 1100 kilometers from the existing route.

As the main communications and postal provider for Greenland, TELE Greenland operates an existing cable system, Greenland Connect, which connects Europe and Halifax, Nova Scotia via Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland. The new build in conjunction with Hibernia Atlantic and Eastlink, a key telecommunications provider in Canada, will modify the design of Greenland Connect from Landeyajasandur, Iceland to Milton, Newfoundland via Nuuk, Greenland through the deployment of branching units and a new more direct connection between those branching units.

"Eastlink has a high capacity fibre network in place that links Milton, Newfoundland to Halifax, Nova Scotia,” says Lee Bragg, Eastlink CEO. “This network gives us the ability to further expand to meet the growth in requirement on this leg of the route."

LOUISVILLE, Colo.– May 10, 2012 – Zayo Group announces today that it will be expanding its fiber network into Richmond, VA. The build of 60 miles will mark Zayo’s initial Dark Fiber presence in Richmond. The project is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2012. 

 

Once complete, the 60-mile build will consist of a metro ring through the southeast portion of the Richmond Central Business District (CBD) and a larger ring with connectivity up to Henrico and Laurel.  Alongside the new fiber build, Zayo will now have diverse access into a large data center campus in Richmond.

 

“This build will be Zayo’s 3rd new market of the year and will provide connectivity into a key data center in the Richmond area,” states Matt Erickson, President of Zayo Fiber Solutions.

 

For more information on Zayo, visit www.zayo.com.

 

About Zayo Group

Based in Louisville, Colo., privately owned Zayo Group (www.zayo.com) is a national provider of fiber-based Bandwidth Infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services. Zayo serves wireline and wireless carriers, data centers, Internet content and services companies, high bandwidth enterprises as well as federal, state and local government agencies. Zayo provides these services over regional, metro and fiber-to-the-tower networks. Zayo’s network assets include approximately 45,000 route miles, covering 42 states plus Washington, D.C. Additionally, Zayo has approximately 5,200 buildings on-net, 440 Points-of-Presence (POPs), 2,300 cell towers on-net, and over 94,000 billable square feet of colocation space. In March 2012, Zayo announced its intent to acquire AboveNet, a leading provider of high bandwidth connectivity solutions. Zayo was recently named one of the Denver-area’s Fastest Growing Private Companies by the Denver Business Journal.

 

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For Zayo media inquiries, please contact:                            

Jaymie Scotto & Associates                                       

+1.866.695.3629                                                   

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BALTIMORE, MD– May 9, 2012 – 24/7 Mid-Atlantic Network, a premier provider of high-capacity transport serving the Baltimore, Washington, DC metro and Delmarva Peninsula regions, announces today it is expanding its high bandwidth network in Washington, DC and Virginia. This major expansion will add over 300 route miles to 24/7’s existing network. Through the new reach, 24/7 will provide connectivity to downtown Washington, DC, McLean, Reston and Ashburn back to its existing Maryland network.

These fiber optic routes will extend 24/7’s ability to connect carrier customers to critical sites, such as key facilities in Washington, DC and data centers in Northern Virginia, Maryland’s 270 corridor and the corridor parallel to Interstate 95 between Baltimore and Washington. Customers in Virginia and DC can now benefit from access to 24/7’s Baltimore and Delmarva Peninsula network. Bandwidth-intensive applications are well supported by 24/7’s solutions that support fast, secure, high-performance network transactions

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LOUISVILLE, Colo.– May 8, 2012 – zColo, a Zayo Group Company, announces it will provide carrier-neutral interconnection and colocation services for First Communications. First Communications is a leading regional communications provider, which offers metro and long-haul fiber network services, and voice and data services across the United States.

zColo will serve First Communications by deploying them directly into the Meet-Me-Room at 60 Hudson St. The solution will allow ease of access into the facility for First Communications’ customers, particularly those utilizing its MPLS platform due to the extensive network options available.

“As the exclusive manager and operator of the 60 Hudson St. ‘Meet-Me-Room’, zColo offers First Communications the opportunity to connect with major operator networks,” states Rick Poore, President of First Telecomm Services. “First Communications is looking forward to being a part of the 60 Hudson community, as well as expanding the number of providers available to our customers.”

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