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Cincinnati Bell Explores Restructuring, Investment Options for Data Center Business CyrusOne

February 10, 2012 — Telecommunications provider Cincinnati Bell announced on Friday its plans to restructure or acquire financing for its data center division, operated by colocation firm CyrusOne. Cincinnati Bell acquired CyrusOne in June 2010 for $525 million to bolster its data center and colocation business. In 2011, CyrusOne generated revenues of approximately $185 million.

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Google Tops Greenpeace ‘Cool IT Leaderboard’ for Clean Energy Advocacy

February 8, 2012 — Non-profit environmental organization Greenpeace released the results of its fifth Cool IT leaderboard, a list that ranks 21 IT companies on clean energy use and green policy advocacy. Its latest report finds Google to be the top green IT leader.

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Could Tucows’ New Ting Mobile Service be the Next Big Hosting Value-Add?

February 2, 2012 — Internet services wholesaler Tucows announced on Thursday that it has launched its new US mobile phone service Ting. Ting was created with the intent to make mobile phone service more transparent, more affordable and with better customer service as compared to the billing and support provided by huge telcos.

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Telecommunications Firm NTT Completes Singapore Data Center

January 31, 2012 — Japanese telecommunications provider NTT Communications announced on Tuesday that it has completed the construction of its Singapore Serangoon Data Center. Designed to meet the needs of financial services industry and enterprises, the data center is in close proximity of the stock exchanges to provide low latency networks to the financial industry for electronic trading.

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NTT Communications Acquires 74 Percent of Indian Web Host Netmagic Solutions

January 25, 2012 — Japanese telecommunications provider NTT Communications announced on Wednesday that it has acquired a 74 percent stake in Indian data center services provider Netmagic Solutions. The acquisition is subject to the approval of authorities in India, according to the press release. NTT Com says the addition of Netmagic’s data center services and sites will expand its capability to provide cloud service to the Indian market.

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Colocation Firm FIBERTOWN Adds New Telecom Carriers to Houston Data Center

January 23, 2012 — Colocation provider FIBERTOWN announced on Monday that it has added new telecom carriers into its 50,000 square foot data center in north Houston. FIBERTOWN opened its Houston data center in October 2011. At this time it also named Garreth Speer vice president of operations.

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Telecommunications Firm Knology Buys Data Center Operator E Solutions for $13.8 M

January 10, 2012 — Telecommunications provider Knology announced that it has acquired data center operator E Solutions for $13.8 million in cash. Headquartered in West Point, Georgia, E Solutions provides colocation and data center services to customers in the Southeast, upper Midwest and Kansas regions.

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AT&T Joins OpenStack, Launches Mobile Developer Cloud Service

January 9, 2012 — US telecommunications provider AT&T is the first telecom service provider to join open source cloud organization OpenStack, according to an announcement on Monday. OpenStack chief stacker and VP corporate development at Rackspace Jim Curry spoke at the AT&T Developers Summit at CES in Las Vegas Monday.

Colocation Firm Zayo Raises $315M to Complete 360Networks Acquisition

December 7, 2011 — Colocation provider Zayo Group announced on Tuesday it has completed its latest round of fund raising totaling $315 million in a five-year term loan, which it will use to complete its acquisition of telecommunications provider 360networks. Zayo Group first announced in October acquire it would acquire 360networks.

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Telecommunications Firm Windstream Completes Acquistion of Web Host PAETEC

December 2, 2011 — Telecommunications provider Windstream announced on Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of web hosting provider PAETEC Holding Corp. The deal, first announced in August, is Windstream’s second major acquisition in the hosting space in the past year.