Fiber Network Provides Attractive Alternative for Enterprise and Carrier Customers
Herndon, VA – April 25, 2008 – RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced that its president, Felipe Alvarez, will participate in a Plenary Session at Billing World & OSS 2008 Conference and Expo. The session, OSS Transformation for Next-Generation Service Providers, will be held on Tuesday, April 29, from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.
Alvarez and other industry experts will discuss the transformational challenges service providers face today and ways to successfully meet them. The panel will examine how OSS transformation, in the context of industry mergers and acquisitions and other changes, is critical to communications service providers’ plans for next-generation service success. The speakers will also discuss the ways in which service providers can prepare their operations to support real-time, on-demand services and more sophisticated customer support.
Tim McElligott, Editor in Chief, Billing & OSS World, will moderate the panel. In addition to Alvarez, other speakers will include:
For more information about the conference visit, www.billingworldexpo.com/
RCN Metro, http://www.rcnmetro.com, is a premier provider of high-capacity transport services for carriers as well as large and medium-sized businesses. RCN Metro offers a comprehensive suite of services including: Ethernet, SONET, Wavelength, Video Transport, Internet and more. With a network leveraging unique rights-of-way, spanning from Maine to Virginia and out to Chicago, RCN Metro deploys custom solutions to service providers as well as companies in the finance, hospitality, media, government, health care and education industries. RCN Metro is a wholly owned division of RCN Corporation.
RCN Corporation, (NASDAQ: RCNI) http://www.rcn.com, is a competitive broadband services provider delivering all-digital and high definition video, high-speed internet and premium voice services to residential and small-medium business customers under the brand names of RCN and RCN Business Services, respectively. In addition, through its RCN Metro Optical Networks business unit, RCN delivers fiber-based high-capacity data transport services to large commercial customers, primarily large enterprises and carriers, targeting the metropolitan central business districts in the company's geographic markets. RCN's primary service areas include Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley (PA), New York City, Boston and Chicago. (RCNI-G)