HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/27/10 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today it is offering its award-winning Ethernet services to local, national, and international service providers via Ethernet Exchange Carriers in ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/29/10 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it is expanding its network into Concord, NH. With the addition of the Concord Central Office, RCN Metro ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/22/10 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, today announced plans to extend its network from 111 8th Avenue, New York City, New York into Toronto, Canada. Beginning May ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/12/10 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, today announced that following the NTIA's announcement that OpenCape Corporation was awarded a $32M broadband stimulus grant that they have kicked off a project to design, ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/22/10 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it has been selected by ROAM Data to provide Dedicated Internet Access to colocation at 1 Summer Street, ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/08/10 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it has been selected by Pacific Northwest Net, a transport provider of broadcast quality video and audio circuits, to provide Ethernet service in the ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/26/10 -- 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 panel discussion at Metro Connect USA 2010. The session, "Ethernet: What will be the Next Level ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/24/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it has been recognized in IDG InfoWorld's 100 Awards. Each year, the InfoWorld 100 Awards recognize the top 100 most innovative uses of IT ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/12/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that they received three Best-in-Class Wholesale Regional/Metro Fiber Provider Excellence Awards from ATLANTIC-ACM, a Boston-based telecommunications research consultancy. Dr. Judy Reed Smith, CEO of ATLANTIC-ACM, presented the ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/15/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it is building a low-latency network, designed exclusively for the financial services industry. The new network ring will connect colocation facilities and financial exchanges ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/10/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today the launch of its "10 Gig in 10 Days" campaign. The innovative campaign responds to customer demand for scalable bandwidth to be provisioned quickly and ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/03/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it is celebrating 10 years of successfully providing redundancy and reliability to BayRing Communications -- a provider of business-grade telecom services, including local telephone, long ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/01/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it completed the upgrade of the access layer of its Ethernet network to include 10 Gigabit Metro Ethernet-based transport at several key locations. The upgrade ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/11/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, today received the Carrier Excellence Award for Enterprise Data Value as a result of ATLANTIC-ACM's industry-wide survey the 2009 Business Connectivity Report Card. ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading provider ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/23/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it was selected by OpenCape Corporation as its network partner to build and operate a 300-mile fiber network across Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 06/08/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it is providing dedicated, high-speed Internet Service to the 92nd Street Y, a unique institution that serves more than 300,000 people annually, providing exceptional ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/28/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it has appointed Patrick O'Hare as its new Vice President of Operations. Based out of the RCN Metro headquarters in New York, O'Hare is ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/22/09 -- 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 panel discussion at Capacity USA 2009. The session, "Evaluating Alternative Technologies to Enable End-to-End Services Delivery and Optimize ... read more

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 04/06/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that Lafayette College selected RCN Metro to design and build an Ethernet circuit leveraging the Company's uniquely diverse fiber path for the transport of ... read more

HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/01/09 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it has expanded its relationship with New York-based Industrial Color Software, a leader in the digital capture industry. In addition to the 100MB IP ... read more