{"id":706,"date":"2007-12-07T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=706"},"modified":"2007-12-07T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-07T08:59:00","slug":"growing-from-sea-to-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"Growing from sea to sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhgoldberg.com\/blog\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"MTS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gstconferences.com\/gst\/logos\/sponsors_95_mts_allstream.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>MTS Allstream released its <a href=\"http:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/cnw\/071207\/mts_allstream_outlook.html?.v=1\">2008 forecast<\/a> this morning and for the first time since 2004, it is expecting to experience growth from both its ILEC and its national operating divisions.<\/p>\n<p>A couple other announcements over the past week may indicate that MTS Allstream is starting to ride a wave of momentum that to help carry it into the new year. On Tuesday, <a href=\"http:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/cnw\/071204\/mts_expand_ip_nl.html?.v=1\">MTS Allstream announced<\/a> it has completed the extension of its fibre optic network to Newfoundland. On Wednesday, Primus <a href=\"http:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/cnw\/071205\/mts_primus_contract.html?.v=1\">extended<\/a> its wholesale services agreement with MTS Allstream.<\/p>\n<p>The fibre project, which added 3000 route km of new fibre, including diverse undersea cables, puts MTS Allstream into an elite position of controlling its own capacity and service requirements for its business services portfolio such as MPLS. <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 85%; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\"><p>This achievement marks a significant milestone for MTS Allstream and the people of Newfoundland, and forever changes the landscape of the telecom industry in Atlantic Canada. The door is now open for new services, and more choice for businesses. We are proud to be the first telecommunications provider to leverage this new alternative fibre-based route to bring competitive services to Newfoundland<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Consumer services is also expected to contribute strongly to 2008 results, likely led by success with its IPTV product and MTS Allstream dominance in the Manitoba wireless market.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre Blouin will be a keynote speaker at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomsummit.com\">The 2008 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a>. MTS Allstream will be represented on a number of other key panels at the event.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/MTS+Allstream\" rel=\"tag\">MTS Allstream<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Primus\" rel=\"tag\">Primus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Canadian+Telecom+Summit\" rel=\"tag\">Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTS Allstream released its 2008 forecast this morning and for the first time since 2004, it is expecting to experience growth from both its ILEC and its national operating divisions. A couple other announcements over the past week may indicate that MTS Allstream is starting to ride a wave of momentum that to help carry &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=706\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Growing from sea to sea<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Growing from sea to sea &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MTS Allstream released its 2008 forecast this morning and for the first time since 2004, it is expecting to experience growth from both its ILEC and its &#8226; 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