February 28, 2023

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Windstream Wholesale-Global Accounts, a leading provider of fast and flexible advanced optical solutions, today announced an innovative agreement to provide a custom, hybrid 400G spectrum solution for a large global financial institution.

The 400G spectrum service features a unique route design with customer-specific equipment, satisfying the need for capacity, encryption, and diversity. The hybrid solution will be controlled between endpoints by Windstream Wholesale and includes the capability to expand and upgrade capacity with the company’s winning Fast and Flexible process.

“We’re an open, collaborative partner, and this is a great example of how we are bringing our Fast and Flexible culture to the Global Accounts market. We were able to work with our customer with full transparency, come up with a very creative solution, make quick decisions, and set a delivery timeframe that met customer expectations,” said Joe Scattareggia, Windstream Wholesale chief revenue officer. “In this instance, we were the only provider willing and able to design and make the service offering available in a hybrid capacity. Our new Global Accounts vertical really delivered white glove service for this customer, and we’re proud to create the capability and technology to offer such a unique solution.”

Leading the industry with technology and network intelligence, as well as infrastructure expansion, Windstream Wholesale is ready to design more custom solutions to meet the demands of its growing customer base.

Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

To view the Windstream network map, visit https://www.windstreamwholesale.com/ww-nationwide-network-map/.

About Windstream
Windstream Holdings is a privately held communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, federal government agencies and Fortune 100 companies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

Category: Wholesale

Windstream Contact:
Scott Morris, 501-748-5342
[email protected]

Source: Windstream Holdings

Windstream Wholesale has evolved from a traditional telecom company into a construction company. We’re supporting our infrastructure goals by building our own fiber routes and coming to the table to serve the connectivity and diversity needs of our customers.

Our T-Rock Express, a 432-count fiber route from Tulsa to Little Rock, is complete, taking orders, and open for business – but we’re not stopping there – we recently announced the extension of the T-Rock Express to Memphis for 472 total route miles. All aboard the T-Rock Express!

We’re proud to announce our connection to the ColoHouse data center in the fifteenfortyseven (1547 CSR) flagship facility located at 1 Ramland Rd. in Orangeburg, New York. This location provides optimal access to New York and New Jersey Markets and is one of many network expansions we’re making to serve our customers’ connectivity needs.

Valuable partnerships like these are critical as we extend our footprint and we’re thankful to have ColoHouse and 1547 CSR helping us lead the way. It was a pleasure to celebrate the announcement with 1547 CSR CRO, John Bonczek, at MetroConnect in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. We’re ready to make waves!

It’s February, which means it’s Super Bowl time! Whether you’re a Chief, an Eagle, or looking forward to next season – there are a few traditions surrounding the game that are universal.

We asked CRO, Joe Scattareggia, to name the Top 3 things he looks forward to during the Super Bowl – see how they compare to yours!

  • Commercials
  • House Parties
  • Halftime Entertainment

January 30, 2023

  • Committed to Network Expansion and Flexible Partnerships – Industry leader Windstream Wholesale connects to Orangeburg, NY data center offering optimal access to New York and New Jersey Markets.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of fast and flexible advanced optical solutions, today announced that it will connect to the ColoHouse data center in the fifteenfortyseven (1547 CSR) flagship facility in Orangeburg, New York, in February 2023.

Located at 1 Ramland Rd., Orangeburg, the data center is positioned near the region’s major highways and only 18 miles from Midtown Manhattan. ColoHouse’s two data center halls occupy over 30,000 square feet with an additional 25,000 square feet coming online in 2023. The New York carrier-neutral facility offers low latency to Manhattan and the surrounding New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas.

Continuously committed to flexible partnerships and network expansion, Windstream Wholesale strategically chose to connect to this data center in support of its expanding network footprint and customer demand including the growth of its new Global Accounts customer vertical. This new sales team specializes in providing core backbone data services to Fortune 100 companies including the financial sector.

Windstream Wholesale’s connection at 1 Ramland Rd. will be a long-term Point of Presence (POP) of Windstream’s ICON network and is the first of other future data centers located in this region. Wholesale’s route from 1 Ramland Rd. into New York City provides the most direct access with the lowest possible latency into and out of the data center.

“Adding to our ecosystem of carriers at ColoHouse is an integral part of our mission to provide a digital foundation that connects our customers with impactful technology solutions and services,” said Steve Rogers, senior vice president of sales at ColoHouse. “ColoHouse is constantly working with carriers to come into our state-of-the-art, top-tier data centers to offer security and connectivity for customers. We are excited for this partnership with Windstream Wholesale to deliver an option for their customers looking for space and connectivity in New York but without the real estate price tag in Manhattan.”

“These new partnerships support our network growth and the increasing connectivity needs of our customers,” said Joe Scattareggia, chief revenue officer for Windstream Wholesale. “This connection allows us to provide the most direct path into Manhattan with the lowest latency. We’re able to serve customers and area data centers most effectively and have the crucial advanced point of presence necessary to quickly turn up services for larger customers.”

“We are very excited about Windstream Wholesale adding a new presence to our building at 1 Ramland road,” said John Bonczek, chief revenue officer of 1547 CSR. “Our mission is to create an ecosystem of customers like ColoHouse and providers like Windstream Wholesale that focuses on creating highly connected facilities that will deliver value and provide opportunities. This partnership will give our building additional reach and provide our tenants with an excellent option for network solutions.”

This carrier-neutral data center has many prospects both within and outside the current Windstream Wholesale customer base, and the Windstream team is ready to begin taking orders in February.

Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

To view the Windstream network map, visit:
https://www.windstreamwholesale.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/WW-Nationwide-Network-Map-2023.pdf

About Windstream
Windstream Holdings is a privately held communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, federal government agencies and Fortune 100 companies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

About ColoHouse
ColoHouse is a retail colocation, cloud, bare metal, security and services provider. Our diverse geographic locations paired with our secure, reliable connectivity and product suite, allow our customers to confidently deliver services to their end users while being mindful of cost performance. Our IT infrastructure platform continues to alleviate IT resources for business to focus more on their core business. For more information, please visit www.colohouse.com.

Category: Wholesale

Windstream Contact:
Scott Morris, 501-748-5342
[email protected]Source: Windstream Holdings

January 5, 2023

Industry leader now offers customers a self-service, full-fiber path view of their wavelength circuits using KMZ files through their iconnect customer portal.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of advanced optical solutions, today announced that it can now offer customers a self-service full fiber path view of their wavelength circuits using KMZ files through a customer portal.

The announcement is the latest in an ongoing series of enhancements that Windstream Wholesale is making to give customers real-time access to network intelligence and health data. In October, the company launched its iconnect customer portal offering multi-layer network data and self-service tools.

“Windstream Wholesale’s KMZ-based fiber view enhances customers’ awareness of our network performance by showing exactly what route their waves take between each segment along the full path,” said Joe Scattareggia, chief revenue officer for Windstream Wholesale. “Network diversity is vital for our customers and partners who require large amounts of bandwidth for mission-critical functions, and this new view allows for a more accurate, in-depth diversity analysis against other wave circuits.”

The newly available view is made possible by specialized Windstream mapping software using network data and customer segment identification. Customers equipped with a compatible mapping application, such as Google Earth, can download KMZs on demand, saving valuable time.

“Windstream Wholesale is committed to making network health information transparent to our customers,” Scattareggia said. “We’ll have even more enhancements to announce in the coming months, including additional network health map visualizations, so stay tuned.”

Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings is a privately held communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, federal government agencies and Fortune 100 companies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

To view the Windstream Wholesale network map, visit: WW National Network Map

Category: Wholesale

Scott Morris, 501-748-5342
[email protected]

Source: Windstream Holdings

DC BLOX: Serving Locally. Connecting Globally.

Jeff Uphues, CEO of DC BLOX, joins the program to provide an overview of his organization and reveals why DC BLOX is focused on providing centralized choices in smaller markets. Jeff also discusses with CRO, Joe Scattareggia, how Windstream Wholesale’s new Beach Route is tying directly into DC BLOX latest expansion – a new international subsea landing station in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – as well as how DC BLOX is adding value to the migration of IT workloads to the cloud. Jeff also shares what his company looks for when developing partnerships and what he appreciates about the partnership with Windstream Wholesale. 

November 7, 2022

100G Waves travel across the Atlantic to London, England, utilizing Aqua Comms’ subsea fiber optic network and connecting Windstream Wholesale’s U.S. network to Colt’s European wavelength network.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of advanced optical solutions, today announced the delivery of low latency, ultra-high bandwidth wave connectivity from the United States to Europe through a strategic partnership with Colt and Aqua Comms—yielding roundtrip latency of less than 100ms with no frame loss.

Originating in Chicago on Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON), the 100G Waves test traveled to New York and across the Atlantic to London, England, utilizing Aqua Comms’ subsea fiber optic network. The service connected Windstream’s U.S. network to Colt’s European wavelength network and terminated in Frankfurt, Germany.

“Windstream Wholesale is pleased to announce our first trans-Atlantic 100G Wave in cooperation with Colt and Aqua Comms,” said Joe Scattareggia, chief revenue officer for Windstream Wholesale. “We are committed to best-in-class customer experience, and this three-way strategic partnership not only expands the reach of our low-latency, ultra-high Wave network, it also provides our customers with streamlined access with end-to-end connectivity from the U.S. to Europe for faster deployment.”

Jaya Deshmukh, executive vice president of Strategy and Transformation, Colt Technology Services, said, “Businesses, across industries, need access to powerful digital infrastructure to execute on their digital imperatives. From robotic surgery, seamless supply chains to immersive learning, the entire gamut of digital capabilities rely on ultra-fast connectivity across geographies. This requires a strong commitment to partnerships, working together to help customers succeed and fulfil their potential. I am excited by this unique collaboration between Windstream, Aqua Comms and Colt and the potential it delivers for connecting global businesses.”

This successful partnership expands Windstream Wholesale’s available connectivity offerings for global, government, hyper-scale, content, and other large-scale customer providers outside of the company’s nationwide North American network to more than 1,000 data centers and POPs within Europe across various Wave connectivity options, ranging from 10G and 100G currently, and up to 400G in the near future.

Chris Bayly, CCO at Aqua Comms, said, “At Aqua Comms we are pleased to be part of a partnership which is setting the standard for delivering unique end-to-end connectivity solutions between the U.S. and Europe with industry leading deployment times and a strong focus on exceptional customer experience.

Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings is a privately held communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, federal government agencies and Fortune 100 companies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

To view the Windstream Wholesale network map, visit: WW National Network Map

About Colt Technology Services

Colt Technology Services (Colt) is a global digital infrastructure company which creates extraordinary connections to help businesses succeed. Powered by amazing people and like-minded partners, Colt is driven by its purpose: to put the power of the digital universe in the hands of its customers wherever, whenever and however they want. Since 1992, Colt has set itself apart through its deep commitment to its customers, growing from its heritage in the City of London to more than 60 offices around the world. The powerful Colt IQ Network connects 222 cities and 32 countries with more than 1000 data centres, 51 Metropolitan Area Networks and over 31,000 buildings across Europe, Asia and North America’s largest business hubs. Privately owned, Colt is one of the most financially sound companies in the sector.

Obsessed with delivering industry-leading customer experience, Colt is guided by its dedication to customer innovation, by its values and its responsibility to its customers, partners, people and planet.

For more information, please visit www.colt.net.

About Aqua Comms

Aqua Comms is a leading provider of global subsea connectivity services delivered through an extensive portfolio of owned and operated subsea systems. Aqua Comms offers connectivity networking solutions including managed capacity services, spectrum and dark fibre to the global content, cloud and carrier markets.

In April 2021, Aqua Comms DAC was acquired by Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (D9), a London Stock Exchange listed fund with ticker DGI9, which is managed by Triple Point Investment Management’s Digital Infrastructure team.

To learn more about Aqua Comms and its portfolio of connectivity networking solutions, visit www.aquacomms.com.

Category: Wholesale

Scott Morris, 501-748-5342
[email protected]

Source: Windstream Holdings

October 17, 2022

  • Windstream Wholesale partnership achieves 400 Gig Open ZR+, 0 dBm TX Power, high-performance QSFP-DD full router integration

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of fast and flexible solutions, along with its partners Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR) and Nokia, today announced it has completed full integration of the 400 Gig, 0 dBm QSFP-DD Pluggable into the generally available Nokia 7250 IXR X1 and 7250 IXR-X3 routers. The integrated solution is ready for full commercial deployment, accelerating Windstream’s ICON and ICON-Edge network strategy. The result is a best-in-class flexible option for both high-power coherent optics support in combination with the services delivery needed for metro aggregation.

Windstream announced in October 2021 co-development with Coherent (formerly II-VI) of the world’s first high performance 0 dBm, 400G QSFP-DD coherent pluggable module – making these transceivers compatible with existing and emerging modern ROADM-based photonic layers supporting multi-service, multi-layer, open and interoperable architectures.

This major milestone represents a significant inflection point in high capacity, optical and packet networks. Key benefits include:

  • A direct technical path for IP-over-DWDM with ROADM-based photonic layers, extending the application space beyond simple point-to-point DCI style networks.
  • High-performance 0 dBm, 400G QSFP-DD coherent pluggable modules that provide widespread compatibility with existing and emerging modern ROADM-based photonic layers supporting multi-service, multi-layer architectures.
  • A significant reduction in capex and opex by eliminating intermediate DCI-style boxes, allowing for direct insertion of high-performance coherent optics into current 400G-enabled routers. This is enabled by Nokia’s 7250 IXR-X1 and 7250 IXR-X3 platforms running SR OS.
  • An important increase in 400G transceiver density, drastically reducing the size and power demands of 400G pluggables relative to sled-based and even CFP2-based solutions.
  • Adherence to Windstream’s philosophy of open and interoperable standards for both packet and optical designs.
  • An increase in overall network reliability and availability.

“This announcement demonstrates Windstream’s technology leadership in the evolution of both optical and packet networking,” said Art Nichols, chief technology officer for Windstream Enterprise and Wholesale. “Windstream’s ability to manage everything from the base science technology through system integration is key to achieving new architectural breakthroughs. Coherent and Nokia have been outstanding partners throughout the development process.”

“It’s been exciting to work with Windstream and Nokia at the frontier of high-speed transmission technology, transforming proprietary line cards into standardized pluggable transceivers that are much easier to provision on Nokia’s routers and deploy in Windstream’s network,” said Matthias Berger, vice president, Coherent Technology, Coherent Corp. “With our three-way collaboration, we were able to develop in record time a seamless interface between the transceiver and the router enabling a rich set of features that Windstream can begin leveraging right from the very first deployment. It’s personally exciting to see such compact 400 Gbps pluggable coherent transceiver technology come to fruition on the way to 1 Tbps and beyond.”

“Nokia is proud to partner with Windstream on its successful deployment of 0 dBm 400ZR+ coherent optics on the Nokia 7250 IXR-X1 and 7250 IXR-X3 routing platforms and SR OS operating system,” said Juan Rodriguez, senior director, IP Consulting Engineering at Nokia. “This significantly expands the scope for coherent routing applications and provides another great proof point of the leading IP-optical network design capabilities that Nokia can bring to Windstream and the larger market.”

Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings is a privately held communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, federal government agencies and Fortune 100 companies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

To view the Windstream Wholesale network map, visit: WW National Network Map

Category: Wholesale

Scott Morris, 501-748-5342
[email protected]

Source: Windstream Holdings

Windstream Wholesale’s ICON – Enabling Smarter, High-Capacity Optical Services

This episode features a conversation between colleagues, John Nishimoto, Vice President, Wholesale Products, Marketing, Business Development, and Joe Scattareggia, CRO, at Windstream Wholesale. John returns to the program to provide an overview of ICON (Intelligent Converged Optical Network) – Windstream Wholesale’s new generation network architecture that’s enabling smarter, high-capacity optical services for Wholesale customers. John also reveals details about current builds and future strategic network expansions.

October 03, 2022

  • Windstream Wholesale announces a revolutionary, industry-leading customer portal, including network intelligence software that provides unprecedented visibility into both wavelength and fiber performance. Customers gain access to multi-layer network health data and self-service tools delivered via APIs or the iconnect portal.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Wholesale, a leading provider of advanced optical solutions, today announced the upcoming launch of its industry-leading iconnect customer portal offering multi-layer network data and self-service tools.

The iconnect portal will be available to Windstream Wholesale customers by the end of October.

Customers also will have the option to access the same highly relevant data through self-managed application programming interfaces (APIs).

“We are redesigning and relaunching our portal based on feedback from our customers and partners, to make it even more insightful and easier to use,” said Joe Scattareggia, chief revenue officer for Windstream Wholesale. “In what we believe is a first for the industry, Windstream Wholesale will provide customers with real-time access to multi-layer network intelligence and health data as well as a suite of self-service tools delivered through our intuitive iconnect user interface or via APIs. Taken together, these features will give customers a deep look into the moment-by-moment performance of our network.”

Windstream Wholesale’s network intelligence software provides unprecedented visibility into both wavelength and fiber performance.

With these tools, customers will be able to:

  • Reveal More:
    • Multi-Layer Network Health Performance Metrics
    • Proactive Wave monitoring and ticketing
    • Logical and Fiber-Route Circuit Paths
    • Circuit-Level Maintenance and Ticket History
  • Manage Confidently:
    • Circuit path with active and historic outage visibility
    • Non-Intrusive multi-layer network health performance measurements
  • Extension of your Network:
    • API Performance Metrics
    • API Order Status
    • API Ticketing and Repair
    • API Quoting and Ordering

Windstream Wholesale delivers high-capacity optical services over its Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON), which provides open and disaggregated networking infrastructure, enabling wholesale and enterprise technology customers to select unique custom routes, maintain operational insights with Windstream’s Network Intelligence functions, and place their networks closer to the edge to better serve end-users.

To view the Windstream network map, visit https://www.windstreamwholesale.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Windstream-Wholesale-National-Network.pdf

For more information on our network intelligence—please visit: https://www.windstreamwholesale.com/network-intelligence-data/

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings is a privately communications and software company. Windstream Wholesale is an innovative optical technology leader that creates deep partnerships with carriers, content and media providers, and federal government agencies to deliver fast and flexible, customized wave and transport solutions. Additional information is available at windstream.com or windstreamwholesale.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.

Category: Wholesale

Windstream Contact:
Scott Morris, 501-748-5342
[email protected]

Source: Windstream Holdings

Industry Trends & Investments – Part 2: An Update with Bill Cook, President of Cook Consulting

This episode features Bill Cook, President of Cook Consulting, as he returns to discuss with Joe Scattareggia, CRO of Windstream Wholesale, his thoughts surrounding economic challenges and the overall factors driving industry growth. Bill shares insight on data center expansion in the western United States, the growing desire for organizations to control their networks, and reveals the partnership qualities he seeks to create strategic relationships with customers. To hear Bill’s first interview, tune in to Episode 24.