Wholesale

Verizon Offers Wholesale Wireless

Bernie — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Verizon announced the addition of wireless services to its wholesale product portfolio. The new wholesale wireless options are being made available to Verizon’s community of wireline service resellers, through its wholesale arm, Verizon Partner Solutions (VPS). According to a Verizon press release, “The introduction of Verizon Wholesale Mobility Solutions presents VPS wholesale clients with the opportunity to bundle their full-service Verizon wholesale wireline services with wireless voice, text messaging and mobile broadband services to offer their retail end-users a single source for both fixed and mobile voice and broadband services.” Verizon also announced that Lightyear Network Solutions is the first reseller to sign up for the new wireless portfolio.

AT&T Expanding Wholesale VoIP Options

Bernie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:01:26 -0400

AT&T is expanding wholesale VoIP services by announcing the availability of a Gigabit Ethernet connectivity interface for AT&T Voice over IP Connect Service (AVOICS). Wholesale VoIP providers connect to AVOICS via AT&T's Multiprotocol Label Switching-Private Network Transport (MPLS-PNT) service. AT&T claims the AVOICS connectivity interface enables customers to interconnect with the AT&T network more efficiently, more easily manage their networks and edge equipment and help reduce costs through the use of less expensive interface hardware.

AT&T Expands Wholesale VoIP Options

Bernie — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:20:38 -0400

AT&T announced the expansion of wholesale VoIP termination of long distance traffic. AT&T’s platform, AVOICS provides unbranded and unbundled transport over the AT&T network, as well as termination of international and U.S. domestic traffic. AVOICS is expanding connectivity options beyond T1 to T3 and OC circuits, as well as allowing native and non-native IP traffic on the same circuit.

Qwest Launches Wholesale Gig-E Internet Services

Bernie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:38:58 -0400

Qwest announced the launch of wholesale GigE services for dedicated Internet access. The new service class will offer between 2Gbps to 10Gbps, and can be ordered in 1 Gbps increments. Qwest is using MPLS networking for these new wholesale Ethernet services.