Windstream expands metro fiber network in Philadelphia
November 29 2016 - 9:30AM
Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network
communications, today announced a major expansion of its advanced
metro fiber network in Philadelphia. Windstream’s expansion will
provide the area’s growing business community with world-class
fiber and fixed-wireless infrastructure that connects even more
local data centers and commercial buildings with Windstream’s
high-speed, highly available nationwide fiber network.
“Our expansion in Philadelphia is part of a previously disclosed
$50 million investment that Windstream is making this year to
upgrade our high-speed fiber network infrastructure, including both
our long-haul network nationwide and our metro fiber networks in
specific markets,” said Brian Norton, regional president for
Windstream. “This ambitious project will result in a new level of
connectivity and network stability for businesses in Philadelphia,
and it will have a major economic impact on Philadelphia. We are
proud to be supporting the city’s business community in this
important way.”
The Windstream expansion increases both the footprint of the
company’s network and the services that are available to local
customers – including fixed wireless service, unified
communications, managed services, network security, business
continuity, network solutions and cloud services, all of which are
provided with the support of a truly local team. This expansion
also will allow Philadelphia-area business customers to utilize the
enterprise-class data, voice, network and cloud services that
Windstream customers in other major markets use as the foundation
of their technology strategy.
Last month, Windstream announced a major expansion of its 100G
long-haul express fiber transport network throughout the western
United States, including Salt Lake City, Reno, Las Vegas and the
Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area. The expansion of
Windstream’s advanced metro fiber network in Philadelphia will
better connect companies to those markets as well as to hundreds of
other major and mid-size markets across the country via
Windstream’s nationwide backbone network.
Windstream is expanding local metro fiber networks across the
country as part of an initiative that will support customers in the
banking, financial services, legal services, education, healthcare,
government, hospitality and retail industries, among others. In
addition to this expansion in Philadelphia, Windstream is expanding
its metro fiber networks in a number of other cities including
Charlotte, Nashville, Richmond, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Chicago and
Cleveland.
For more information on Windstream and the company’s
Philadelphia network expansion, please visit
windstreambusiness.com.
About WindstreamWindstream Holdings, Inc.
(NASDAQ:WIN), a FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading provider of
advanced network communications and technology solutions for
consumers, businesses, enterprise organizations and wholesale
customers across the U.S. Windstream offers bundled services,
including broadband, security solutions, voice and digital TV to
consumers. The company also provides data, cloud solutions, unified
communications and managed services to business and enterprise
clients. The company supplies core transport solutions on a local
and long-haul fiber network spanning approximately 129,000 miles.
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