US-based wireless operator Sprint is setting up new Points of Presence (PoP) in major carrier hotels as part of its strategy to expand its network and provide access at the lowest cost.
Sprint will set up its PoP in One Summer St. in the Boston area. One Summer Street is New England’s data center facility serving more than 200 tenants including leading financial, healthcare, academic, government, entertainment, and science and technology firms.
Sprint, a SoftBank promoted telecom operator, will provide access to global MPLS and dedicate IP customers via a direct presence at One Summer. The new PoP provides One Summer St.’s carrier and enterprise customers access to port speed up to 100 Gig per second.
“Markley’s flagship One Summer Street facility was a high priority for us when we decided to expand the number of carrier hotels where we have a PoP,” said Mike Fitz, president and general manager of the Sprint Global Wireline Business Unit.
Sprint’s strategy is to expand its IP network footprint in the US. Sprint’s presence in major carrier hotels enables customers to access our comprehensive portfolio of connectivity, cloud networking solutions and Value Added Services, including SD-WAN.
Sprint added 52 U.S. IP/MPLS nodes in 2016 to support the growing shift from legacy data networks to an all-IP environment. Sprint will add more than 70 U.S. IP/MPLS nodes in 2017, expanding to more than 220 U.S. IP/MPLS nodes.
Additionally, Sprint has built hundreds of Network-to-Network Interconnections (NNI) with more than 50 ILEC and cable providers, creating an Ethernet access footprint that blankets the United States.
