Services Will Support Increasing Bandwidth Requirements of 3g and 4g Technologies

LOUISVILLE, Colo., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Zayo Bandwidth, a provider of bandwidth infrastructure solutions for carrier, enterprise and government customers, announced today that it will deploy TDM and Ethernet services to an additional 300 wireless tower sites in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas of Pennsylvania in support of the current mobile platform and the upcoming transition to 4th generation technologies.

"With new mobile applications requiring significantly greater bandwidth, mobile service providers are faced with meeting tomorrow's bandwidth requirements today," said Chris Murphy, Vice President, Sales and Business Development for Zayo Bandwidth. "Zayo's bandwidth infrastructure solutions are designed for scalable growth as the mobile service providers continue to evolve their 3g and 4g technologies."

This deployment will enable the delivery of high-speed, LTE wireless network services, and also expand existing network capacity and bandwidth to accommodate new, data-hungry mobile services and applications.

"Zayo Bandwidth's deeper expansion into the greater Philadelphia region is an example of our unwavering support of mobile service providers' backhaul needs, as well as our commitment to remain a leader in the industry in fiber-to-tower deployments," continued Murphy.

Fulfillment of today's announcement will expand Zayo Bandwidth's wireless tower footprint across the country to more than 1,100 locations.

About Zayo Bandwidth

Zayo Bandwidth, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zayo Group, owns and operates fiber optic networks totaling over 20,000 fiber route miles. Zayo Bandwidth (www.zayo.com/bandwidth) offers services in 131 markets spanning 21 states. Zayo Bandwidth's mission is to provide responsive bandwidth infrastructure solutions and a strong and growing network.

About Zayo Group

Based in Louisville, Colo., Zayo Group (www.zayo.com) is a provider of bandwidth infrastructure services - including bandwidth, voice and managed services - to carrier, enterprise, and government customers. Zayo Group currently provides its service over a fiber network that spans 131 markets in 21 states. Zayo Group consists of four complementary business units: Zayo Bandwidth, Zayo Enterprise Networks, Zayo Colocation Services and Onvoy Voice Services. For various Group updates, follow Zayo on Twitter: ZayoGroup.

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