Lightower to Headline at Metro Connect USA 2010, 1/26 – 1/27

Lightower CEO Rob Shanahan to Discuss Strategic Opportunities in Metro & Access Markets

BOXBOROUGH, MA – Lightower Fiber Networks, a leading metro fiber network and bandwidth service provider serving the northeast United States, will be a lead sponsor of, and will also be presenting at, Capacity Media’s Metro Connect USA 2010 from January 26^{th –} 27^th, 2010.

Lightower’s CEO, Rob Shanahan, will speak on the strategic opportunities in the U.S. metro and local access markets as they relate to fiber optic networking.  Discussion topics include new products and services, access to capital, reducing capital expenditures, and new strategies for construction.

Metro Connect USA 2010 is the industry event that connects C-level executives from the metro and local access markets.  For the 2010 event, over 45 C-level executives will be speaking on various topics impacting the metro and local access markets.  Metro Connect USA 2010 will take place from January 26 to 27, 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida.

About Lightower Fiber Networks

Lightower Fiber Networks is a leading fiber network and broadband service provider in the Northeast, offering over 4,400 fiber route miles coupled with comprehensive transport and alternative access services. Lightower’s geographic footprint extends from Boston and southern New Hampshire, to eastern New York State, New York City, northern New Jersey, and Long Island. Lightower uniquely offers customers geographically diverse routing and low latency network solutions on an all-fiber optic network. Lightower Fiber is headquartered in Boxborough, MA.  For more information, visit www.lightower.com or call 888-LT-FIBER.