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COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2015 Business Expo
COMPTELPlus | Monday, October 19, 2015 Beka Publishing, 26
DAY 1
NTT Com Highlights IP Services, Innovation
NTT Com is focusing on new infrastructure,
technology and customer service for its
IP services at COMPTEL PLUS, targeted to
communications service providers, CLECs, ISPs,
network operators and Internet-centric businesses.
The company operates one of the world’s most
extensive Tier 1 IP backbones, linking more than
90 points-of-presence (PoPs) and data centers. In
addition to launching new 100G-enabled PoPs and
upgrading submarine assets to 100G speeds, NTT
Com has been a pioneer in IPv6, software-defined
networking (SDN) and a number of green initia-
tives. One of the first global carriers to transition
from 1G to 10G, NTT Com has been offering 100G
ports to customers for more than two years. The
company also recently broke new ground when it
became the first carrier to deploy 100G technolo-
gies on its PC-1 subsea cable system – a 13,000-mile
network linking the U.S. and Japan. The move effec-
tively bolstered capacity on the route by 2.5 times.
Last year, the company opened a PoP in Luxem-
bourg built exclusively on 100G network links, the
first 100G connected PoP anywhere in the NTT
Com’s European network.
“Strengthening our IP backbone helps our
customers enhance their own networks as well,” said
Brent Duncan, vice president of sales and marketing
of the NTT Communications Global IP Network at
NTT America. “By increasing performance overall and
continuing to expand our content-rich IP network,
we’re empowering companies to provide the best
service possible and deliver an exceptional customer
experience to their end users, which we believe
differentiates them from their competitors.”
NTT Com is also talking up a video win: During
the FIFAWorld Cup 2014, its network facilitated
a low-latency connection between Tokyo Broad-
casting System Television (TBS) in Japan and the
Japanese national team’s training camp in Brazil,
some 12,500 miles away. TBS broadcasted high-
quality, low-latency news—both live and pre-
recorded—of Japan’s national soccer team.
The connection enabled near-real-time live
conversations with voice delays of less than one
second between Japan and Brazil.
So far, the company said that it has achieved
a 99.8 percent customer retention rate among
North American customers, and was named
best global wholesale carrier for data and best
North American wholesale carrier at the Carrier
Global Awards. o
Great Plains Communications, owner and
operator of the largest fiber network in
Nebraska (and the largest privately owned
telecommunications company in the state) has
announced the addition of a diverse network route
expansion from Nebraska to Des Moines, Iowa.
“We are proud to be expanding our fiber foot-
print yet again by entering into the Iowa market,”
said Lynn Mead, head of carrier and wholesale
services. “This latest expansion gives us the ability
to serve new customers and provides greater
opportunity for our current clients to broaden their
business as well.”
The Des Moines route will provide capability
ranging from low-end Ethernet to 100G, both
within the market and throughout the Plains
Region. The route will extend from Nebraska into
the Des Moines carrier hotel, connecting with
regional and national carriers. The Iowa expan-
sion, along with the entire 5,000+ mile network,
is monitored around the clock by the company’s
network operations center, which recently became
the first Tier III Organization to become fully
TL9000-certified.
“Our company has set our network apart by
providing unique routes to meet customers’
demands for the greatest security, diversity and
redundancy,” said Todd Foje, CEO of Great Plains.
“Iowa is the latest addition to our ongoing
expansion plans that most recently included
Kansas, Minneapolis, Missouri, South Dakota
and Wyoming.”
Great Plains offers last-mile and middle-mile
solutions in Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota,
Missouri, South Dakota and Wyoming, to
regional and national telecommunications
carriers, LECs, ISPs, wireless carriers and other
service providers. o
Great Plains Extends Network to Des Moines