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Telx: Frontier Communications Chooses Virtual Exchange From Telx

^{Published on 2009-03-26 09:02:51, Last Modified on 2009-11-03 18:35:34 - Market Wire}
 

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - March 26, 2009) -

Key Highlights:

-- Offers Frontier reliable, cost-effective circuit translation and virtual cross connects

-- Requires no additional equipment or capital expense to implement

-- Provides rapid turn up of virtual cross connects

[ Telx ], a leading provider of network-neutral colocation and interconnection services, announced today that Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE: [ FTR ]) has selected its Virtual Exchange platform to help expand its access to additional service providers. Virtual Exchange helps service providers decrease initial capital expense, improve time to market and lower recurring expense by providing a way to do multiplexing, Sonet/SDH conversion and cross connections more efficiently and effectively.

Frontier will use Telx's Virtual Exchange platform to interconnect with new service providers, thereby adding other carrier options to its current selection of traditional carriers. Telx's Virtual Exchange's 99.999 percent uptime, 24 x 7 network monitoring and quick, efficient virtual interconnections will help Frontier continue to grow.

"The Telx Virtual Exchange solution is a value add for Frontier," said Frontier's Vice President of Carrier Sales and Service Christopher Eldredge. "Telx's solution lets us demux OCN circuits into DS3, T1s, etc. without incurring significant space or equipment costs. It is also very easy to add circuits or new service providers to the platform. It's a win-win for all involved."

Virtual Exchange from Telx simplifies carrier networks, enabling global service providers to eliminate the need for additional hubbing, grooming and conversion equipment. The platform can take low-speed circuits and mux them into higher speed circuits or demux high-speed circuits into lower-speed circuits. It can also perform circuit conversion, for example, taking an SDH signal and changing it to SONET; map Ethernet circuits to SONET; and provide software-based cross connections between providers. This lowers the cost of a service provider's network.

"Virtualization is a trend as the industry tries to be more efficient and lower costs," said Chris Downie, President of Telx. "By offering the Virtual Exchange, Telx extends this trend to interconnection and muxing."

About Telx

Telx is a world-class leader in providing interconnectivity solutions through its network-neutral and network-rich facilities. With more than a dozen facilities in North America, Telx offers cost effective networking solutions for customers to seamlessly access diverse global networks and exchange information in a secure and reliable environment. More than 600 leading telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprises rely on Telx's world-class team to support their mission-critical global infrastructure needs and create a global connectivity marketplace to dramatically expand their business growth opportunities. Telx is a privately held company headquartered in New York City with facilities in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Miami, Phoenix and Charlotte, as well as Weehawken and Clifton, NJ. For more information about Telx, visit [ www.telx.com ].