Recently, a number of telecoms have boosted their service footprints in the U.S., providing services for more customers across the country.
tw telecom Orange County expansion
One such carrier is tw telecom, which announced significant network expansion in Orange County, Calif., in late March. The service provider added new fiber-to-the-tower resources in several cities, including Brea, Buena Park, Cypress and East Anaheim. Customers in Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach and Westminister also now have access to tw telecom services. These efforts are part of a large-scale expansion project the telco is undertaking, including plans to grow the company's metro-area service footprint by 17 percent across the U.S.
Will Frederickson, tw telecom Orange County vice president and general manager, said the expansion was launched due to growing customer demands in the region.
"Our continued growth and investment in Orange County has enabled us to continue to competitively serve the business community as well as add key technical and sales positions to support those efforts," Frederickson said.
Lighthouse Fiber Networks completes D.C. expansion
In mid-April, Lighthouse Fiber Networks announced the completion of a significant expansion project in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The growth includes the addition of 400 miles of new fiber lines for the delivery of increasingly dense services between cities, commercial organizations and data centers in the D.C. area. Rising customer demands for broadband resources by firms in the enterprise, education, government and other sectors prompted the decision to expand in Washington.
"With traffic volumes growing so quickly in the D.C. metro area, we invested heavily here in order to connect more locations and ensure that we are prepared to serve the growth that we are seeing," said Lighthouse CEO Rob Shanahan. "This is an aggressive build that delivers on the need for more high-performance bandwidth, and comes at a time when organizations rely on networks more than ever before to connect with the world and participate in it."
Unite Private Networks Kansas City-Omaha expansion
Toward the beginning of April, Unite Private Networks announced plans for extensive growth in the Kansas City, Mo., and Omaha, Neb., markets. The 200 miles of fiber will connect the markets through a route running alongside the 1-29 corridor. The fiber will run north from Kansas City to northwest Missouri, and southwest to Iowa and end in Omaha and southeast Nebraska. The company hopes to complete construction on the FTTA resources in early 2015.
Due to growing demands from carriers, government agencies, data centers and business clients, Unite Private Networks decided to invest and increase its service footprint in the region. The new route will enable area customers to access Ethernet, wavelength, Internet and dark fiber content. The expansion will also allow carrier network firms to lower latency and improve diversity in their existing arrangements.
Kevin Anderson, United Private Networks' chief executive officer, said the organization is looking forward to providing additional infrastructure resources to heartland customers.
"Whether urban, suburban or rural areas. the demand for fiber-optic networks and related services continues to be very strong," Anderson said.
