LightCore Adds 12 New Markets in Louisiana and Texas.CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- LightCore has launched commercial service on three new fiber optic rings that adds 12 new markets in Louisiana and Texas. This major network expansion project strengthens its position as the leading regional fiber optic network provider in the Central United States The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States and Western United States as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the Southern United States; the term is . LightCore added three high-capacity OC-192 fiber rings with more than 2,150 route miles The number of miles that are spanned by a telecommunications network. It does not include combined wire mileage due to multiple wires or fibers within a single cable or by overlapping segments, just the total geographic distance between cities or other terminal points. of new fiber to its footprint that now spans more than 12,000 miles. It is the largest network expansion project in the company's history. In Louisiana, new points-of-presence (POPs) were established in Alexandria, Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. , Lafayette, Lake Charles Lake Charles, city (1990 pop. 70,580), seat of Calcasieu parish, SW La.; inc. 1867. It is located on Lake Charles at the mouth of the Calcasieu River in a rice, timber, oil, and natural gas region. , and New Orleans. In Texas, new POPs were established in Austin, Beaumont, Houston, Nacogdoches, San Antonio, Tyler, and Waco. To see and download a map of LightCore's expanded network go to: http://www.lightcore.net/network_nm.php "Our expansion into these additional Louisiana and Texas markets was driven by strong demand from our key customers," said Matt Porterfield, senior vice president of sales and marketing for LightCore. "We work very closely with our customers and invite them to be active participants in all of our network planning initiatives. The added routes are a logical extension of our existing network and will help LightCore achieve its growth objectives." LightCore customers include both wireline and wireless carriers that serve customers throughout the Central United States. They use LightCore's high-capacity fiber optic networks to transport critical communications traffic. About LightCore Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, LightCore is 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 CenturyTel, Inc.(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CTL See control key. 1. CTL - Checkout Test language. 2. CTL - Compiler Target Language. 3. CTL - Computational Tree Logic ) The company owns and operates an extensive fiber optic network in the central U.S., currently totaling more than 12,000 route miles across 15 states. LightCore specializes in providing its carrier customers bandwidth transport solutions to underserved markets. The company's Web site is www.lightcore.net. |
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