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Verizon to Complete MCI Network Integration in Q3

Jim Duffy writes on NetworkWorld:

Verizon will complete most of the integration of its local and MCI long-distance networks by the third quarter, says the network operations chief of Verizon Business, the renamed MCI.

The carrier is building a "dual rail" ultra long haul network to integrate the backbones of both networks, says Fred Briggs, executive vice president of network operations and technology for Verizon Business. This build will add "several more thousand" route miles to the more than 20,000 route miles of the current backbone network, Briggs said during an interview at the TelecomNext conference.

posted by Fergie @ 3/23/2006 09:23:00 AM