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Denver-Based Company Reaches East Coast

FiberLight Helps Global Technology Services Company Extend Its Reach in DC and Miami

Washington, DC -- 1/21/2009

Washington, DC --(BUSINESS WIRE)--FiberLight® LLC, a leading source of metro optical transport solutions, is extending the market footprint of one of today’s fastest growing telecommunications companies by providing Ethernet transport capacity in Miami and DC. WBS Connect, a Colorado-based global technology services company located in 32 markets worldwide, recently signed agreements with FiberLight to directly link two major datacenters in Miami’s central business district and add Ethernet capacity linking companies to datacenters in downtown D.C.

 “Our customers are demanding faster turn-up times to manage their growing information transport needs. FiberLight provides us with the leading edge technology solution to exceed customer requirements while simultaneously growing our market footprint,” WBS Managing Partner Mike Hollander said. “FiberLight’s pricing, quick response and product delivery time allow us to maintain a competitive edge in the technology marketplace.”

The agreements make good strategic sense for both telecommunications companies, FiberLight President Kevin Coyne said.  “WBS Connect brings a set of next generation services that the market is demanding.  We are excited about the partnership and our ability to extend WBS’s reach and its unique product offerings in two of our largest markets.”

About FiberLight

FiberLight provides metro optical transport services including Ethernet, Wavelengths, IP, SONET and Dark Fiber within Atlanta, Washington DC, Miami, Baltimore, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Waco, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Fort Lauderdale, Clearwater, Boca Raton, and Northern VA. The most exacting customers in the industry including telecom carriers, international carriers, government, large enterprise, content providers, and web centric businesses all rely on FiberLight to transport mission critical and delay sensitive data. For more information visit www.fiberlight.com.

About WBS Connect

Founded in 2002, WBS Connect is a provider of global technology services.  They leverage multi-gigabit commitments with IP transit carriers to offer high bandwidth Internet connections and data transport services worldwide.  WBS Connect also offers data center colocation, expert managed network services, business video communications services, and cloud computing services.  They have a presence in over 300 carrier-neutral data centers across the world, and have access to over 70,000 network nodes.  For more information, visit www.wbsconnect.com.          

 

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Pat Mahony
Marketing Manager
(678) 347-9256
pat.mahony@fiberlight.com