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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BOXBOROUGH, MA — May 4, 2012 — Lightower Fiber Networks, the premier metro fiber and bandwidth provider in the Northeast, announced today its participation at the upcoming Jefferies 2012 Global TMT Conference to be held May 7-9, 2012 in New York City. Rob Shanahan, President and Chief Executive Officer for Lightower will participate in a panel discussion entitled ‘Growth in Fiber Networks’ on May 7th at 9am EST.

Known for its advanced, all-fiber network throughout the Northeast, Lightower has experienced tremendous growth over the past three years as organizations upgrade to Lightower’s fiber-based networking solutions.  Enterprises, carriers, educational organizations, wireless providers, and government groups are increasingly upgrading their networks to Lightower’s end-to-end fiber solutions to take advantage of bigger bandwidths and lower latencies.

“Over the past three years Lightower has had an aggressive strategy focused on growth through both strategic network expansions across the Northeast as well as through the acquisition of six key service providers,” states Rob Shanahan, President and Chief Executive Offices for Lightower. “Our expansion was designed to increase our reach and overall network density in order to serve more customers.  The Lightower Network now serves close to 3,000 locations and is truly where the customers are.

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BOCA RATON, FL – April 17, 2012 – GlobeNet, an international wholesale provider of submarine capacity, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oi, announces today it has received its MEF certification.  This certification process verifies both the compliance and the performance of GlobeNet’s Carrier Ethernet product portfolio.   
 
GlobeNet’s completion of the certification process demonstrates its commitment to delivering standardized services with proven levels of reliability and performance.   The process took several weeks of extensive planning and testing, and concluded with the successful certification of its EPL (Ethernet Private Line), EVPL (Ethernet Virtual Private Line), and E-LAN (Ethernet LAN) services.  The MEF certification is widely recognized and trusted by wholesale buyers and expected to provide a competitive advantage over non-certified services being offered by other providers.

“MEF Certification allows GlobeNet’s Carrier Ethernet portfolio to meet the most stringent industry standards,” states Erick W. Contag, Chief Operating Officer of GlobeNet.  “Through the recent enhancements to our Ethernet services, we have prepared our product line to meet the high level of service availability customers and the MEF require.  GlobeNet’s continuous commitment to meeting customers’ evolving needs while remaining competitive in the marketplace is demonstrated through our MEF compliance and official certification.”

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LOUISVILLE, Colo. – April 03, 2012 – Zayo announces today that it has completed construction of its fiber network expansion in Nashville, TN.  Through this build, Zayo has nearly doubled the fiber route mileage in the greater Nashville area to 104 miles. These additional miles will allow Zayo to serve the markets of Franklin, Brentwood and Oak Hill with dark fiber, Ethernet and wavelength services.

Zayo has a substantial and growing presence in Tennessee. In addition to the Nashville network project, Zayo offers it metro and longhaul services in Johhnson City and Kingsport and has recently completed expansions in Memphis including extending its fiber-to-the-tower (FTT) network into Northern Mississippi. Zayo also operates carrier-neutral colocation facilities in Nashville and Memphis to securely house customer equipment and provide access to a broad range of carri er networks.

"Zayo continues to expand its fiber network throughout the state of Tennessee to meet the growing demand for bandwidth and dark fiber.” states Matt Erickson, President of Zayo Fiber Solutions. 

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. Zayo was recently named one of the Denver-area’s Fastest Growing Private Companies by the Denver Business Journal.

For Zayo media inquiries, please contact:
Jaymie Scotto & Associates                      
+1.866.695.3629
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