China Telecom Americas Connects with CENX to Expand Carrier Ethernet Services

Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010

China Telecom Americas, the North American subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation Ltd. (NYSE:CHA) , the world's largest fixed-line telecommunications and broadband services provider, today announced that it has established connections with CENX, operator of the world's first and most connected Carrier Ethernet exchange. Connecting with CENX enables China Telecom Americas and China Telecom to provide services both to and from its significant base of end-users, thus opening up new revenue opportunities for China Telecom Americas and its U.S. partners. The initial connections are in CENX's New York and Los Angeles exchanges.

"Connecting with CENX enables China Telecom Americas to extend our reach through a diversified platform," commented Donald Tan, president of China Telecom Americas. "As an additional way to interconnect with our partners, we are able to respond to our customers' needs in a more scalable and efficient manner."

Carrier Ethernet is an increasingly important means of providing flexible bandwidth and cost effective delivery of a wide variety of services to China Telecom Americas' customers. Interconnecting with other carriers via CENX brings seamless delivery of China Telecom's services and enables the creation of new business relationships. The CENX connection also enables U.S.-based service providers to efficiently reach businesses based in the U.S., China and the 73 other countries served by China Telecom.

"We are very excited to establish this new global connection, which enables significant revenue and cost savings opportunities for China Telecom Americas and its partners," said Nan Chen, President of CENX. "CENX's Carrier Ethernet exchanges are the world's first and largest service-level interconnects. By leveraging several unique technical innovations and our years of Ethernet expertise, CENX exchanges address the key operational and business challenges faced by our customers."

Source: PR Newswire