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Qwest Communications has reportedly unveiled its new fiber-based, Ethernet backhaul service designed for wireless service providers. 

Qwest (News - Alert) Mobile Ethernet Backhaul will utilize the company’s fiber-to-the-node deployment to extend fiber to cellular sites. This will help the company fulfill the increasing demand for next-generation mobile technologies such as smartphones, laptops, netbooks and other bandwidth-demanding devices.

 

Thanks to the new service, the company said it is able to offer incremental, scalable bandwidth to WSPs. The WSPs are in turn able to scale up their capacity to cell sites when required. Instead of upgrading equipment, software is used to manage bandwidth to cell sites. This not only ensures significant cost savings but also simplifies operations and expedites provisioning times, according to Qwest.

 

Qwest Mobile Ethernet Backhaul is available in two Ethernet models and is highly suitable for WSPs looking to migrate from traditional SONET backhaul services to the flexibility of Ethernet.

 

 “Wireless users seem to have an insatiable appetite for bandwidth, whether they’re watching videos, sending pictures to friends, playing games online – you name it,” said Roland Thornton, executive vice president, Qwest Wholesale Markets. “As new, enhanced personal mobile devices begin to flood the market, wireless service providers need to be able to keep pace with growing bandwidth demands. Qwest’s Ethernet backhaul services provide wireless service providers a smart, scalable solution to help manage their growing needs.”

 

Calling itself a price-performance leader, Qwest Communications prides in its strong national fiber optic network. Headquartered in Denver, the company offers network, data and voice services to 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies. It serves residential customers by offering a combination of award-winning high-speed Internet, home and wireless voice solutions and digital TV.  

 

TMCnet recently reported that Qwest Communications has been honored with eight “carrier excellence” awards from ATLANTIC-ACM, a research consultancy serving the telecommunications and information industries.