This past week, Connected2Fiber attended International Telecoms Week in Chicago. The conference was a huge success, drawing over 7,000 telecom professionals to network, collaborate, and learn about the latest technologies and trends that are shaping the future of the industry… read more
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What to Expect at International Telecoms Week (ITW) 2018
The Connected2Fiber team is excited to be attending this year’s International Telecoms Week (#ITW2018). This global event brings together leaders from the wholesale telecoms industry to build relationships, collaborate, and engage in discussions relating to trends having the greatest impact on the market and how telecoms must adapt to capitalize on these trends. The Connected2Fiber… read more
Why Building Intelligence is Necessary to Compete in Modern Networking Environments
The network sales process moves quickly. When prospective clients, whether organizations, building owners, or commercial real estate firms, reach out to network sales teams, they are looking for a fast response to get connectivity built into their location within a reasonable time frame… read more
The Need for Location Intelligence During Digital Transformation
Access to current location intelligence has become the number one priority of the telecommunications industry. Advanced mapping and real-time location analytics show new market opportunities, reveal ways to maximize return on network investments, and support excellent service delivery. Additionally, location intelligence empowers innovative telecommunication players with increased sales, decreased risk, and added market share, finding where network investments will bring high-revenue growth. This is why 70 percent of telecommunications companies consider location intelligence business critical and necessary for continued success…read more
5 Key Themes & Takeaways from #MetroConnect2018
Last week, Connected2Fiber headed to Miami for the Metro Connect 2018 conference, hosted by Capacity Media. Metro Connect brings many of the top telecom industry leaders together in one space to network, collaborate, and forecast where fiber and connectivity are headed. This year boasted top attendance, with more than 600 senior-level industry attendees and 250… read more
Top 3 Industries & Trends That Will Impact Telecommunications in 2018
The telecom industry has been a largely behind the scenes enabler to the advancements in other industries. Across verticals, organizations are driving technical innovations and building the digital economy using connectivity provided by their network operators. This spans healthcare, finance, manufacturing, retail, and more. It is nearly impossible to think of an industry that is not leveraging the power of connectivity. …read more
Connected2Fiber Raises $8 Million in Series A Funding
BOSTON, Jan. 16, 2018 — Connected2Fiber, provider of the leading SaaS platform used by B2B connectivity providers to manage and transform market data, announced today that it has closed $8 million in additional funding from Ascent Venture Partners, Nauta Capital, NXT Ventures and Osage Venture Partners. The Series A round follows a period of sustained and rapid growth for Connected2Fiber over the past two years, as location management and marketing has increasingly become a must-have for modern marketers in the connectivity industry…read more
Managing Fiber Connectivity Sales
Today, the success of commercial real estate is closely linked to telecommunications infrastructure. To fill these buildings with corporate tenants, building management has to be able to provide high-speed connectivity. For today’s modern enterprises, the ideal infrastructure is fiber connectivity due to its superior speed and bandwidth capabilities.
No business will move into a building that cannot provide connectivity. Therefore, to achieve the best return on investment – building management, commercial real-estate firms, and other enterprise organizations are eager to be in contact with network operators early in the building process…read more
Connectivity Opportunities Offered by OnNet, NearNet and OffNet Building Lists
As organizations are becoming more reliant on the internet and cloud computing to run applications and host and store data, fast and reliable connectivity is no longer an option – it is a necessity.
This reliance boasts a huge opportunity for fiber optic network providers, as fiber is increasingly being regarded as the fastest option with the greatest bandwidth capabilities. However, capitalizing on these opportunities can be resource intensive for providers as they select where to build connectivity. This is because in order to offer…read more
Market Intelligence in the Age of Ubiquitous Connectivity
In business, where knowledge is power, running a company without market intelligence is akin to driving at night without a navigation system or headlights. Entering a new geographic market segment or channel? Planning to launch a new service or product? Market intelligence provides the knowledge needed to accomplish these objectives with insight, clarity of vision and confidence… read more