Broadwing Extends All-Optical Gigabit Ethernet Solution to Customer's Door Through Agreement With Telseon.Business Editors & High Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2001 Broadwing Communications (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BRW BRW Business Review Weekly (business magazine; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) BRW Business Report Writer BRW Barrow, AK, USA - Barrow (Airport Code) BRW Business Requirement Worksheet ) Strategic Agreement Provides Broadwing with Additional Metro Optical Connectivity in 10 Cities Broadwing Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of the optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. leader Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW), today announced a strategic agreement with Telseon, which combines the Telseon metropolitan IP Service with Broadwing's nationwide Optical Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. services giving customers coast-to-coast Optical Gigabit Ethernet access. The agreement catapults Broadwing's Optical Gigabit Ethernet deployment into the metropolitan market and positions Broadwing as one of the first providers to offer coast-to-coast Optical Gigabit Ethernet services. "Telseon's web-based, real-time, self-provisioning and granular scalability complements our optical services which will offer instant availability and usage-based billing carried across the industry's only intelligent, all-optical switched network," said Rick Pontin, president and COO of Broadwing Communications. "Telseon and Broadwing share the vision of a network that brings intelligence to the edge and delivers network control directly to the customer," said John Kane For other persons named John Kane, see John Kane (disambiguation). John Kane (1860 – 1934) was an American painter celebrated for his skill in Naïve art. He is also considered to be the first self-taught painter in the 20th century to be recognized by a museum. , chief executive officer of Telseon. "We chose to align with Broadwing because they have a proven track record and state-of-the-art, all optical network to deliver the reliable bandwidth and quality service that our customers demand." Broadwing will utilize Telseon's metropolitan access to rapidly offer its enterprise customers Optical Gigabit Ethernet services eliminating the capital expenditures and time required to build and maintain a metropolitan access network. The agreement gives Broadwing customers a direct, uninterrupted connection to Broadwing's powerful suite of data offerings over the combined long-haul and metro networks Metro Networks is a broadcasting outsourcing company based in Houston, Texas. It is a subsidiary of Westwood One, which is managed by CBS Radio. The company operates a number of local and regional news and traffic facilities that provide regular reports to affiliates, together with . The services are currently in trial in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Seattle, Miami and Denver. Broadwing continues to break barriers and shatter records in the optical arena. Most recently, Broadwing announced that it provisioned 38 OC-192 circuits in less than 60 days, breaking industry records for both provisioning and bandwidth capacity. In addition, Broadwing's optical leadership has led the way for many industry firsts including the development and deployment of the first intelligent all-optical switched network. About Broadwing Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW) is parent to two of the industry's leading communications companies, Broadwing Communications and Cincinnati Bell. Broadwing Communications leads the industry as the world's first intelligent, all-optical switched network provider and offers businesses nationwide a competitive advantage by providing data, voice and Internet solutions that are flexible, reliable and innovative on its 18,500-mile optical network and its award-winning IP backbone. Cincinnati Bell is one of the nation's most respected and best performing local exchange and wireless providers with a legacy of unparalleled customer service excellence and financial strength. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Broadwing has 6,400 employees in 56 offices across the country and can be found on the Web at www.broadwing.com. |
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