BellSouth rolls out Gigabit Ethernet for wholesale customers

Network World
February 17, 2003 12:10 AM ET

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BellSouth recently rolled out a Gigabit Ethernet service for wholesale customers, letting companies connect multiple offices in BellSouth territory with high-speed connections. Called Native Mode LAN Interconnection Gigabit Ethernet Service, the offering supports data, video and multicast. The service is available at speeds of 1,000M bit/sec, 100M bit/sec and 10M bit/sec. The service is available immediately.
Verizon Wireless and Citrix Systems recently revealed an agreement designed to enhance mobile applications in vertical markets, such as government, telecom, education, financial services, healthcare and manufacturing. Citrix and Verizon jointly will market services using Citrix's MetaFrame software, which enhances wireless application performance, and Verizon Wireless's Express Network. The Citrix software eliminates the need to download entire applications over a wireless network. Only keystrokes, mouse clicks and screen updates are transferred between the user's wireless device and the server, consuming as little as 10K bit/sec.
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