tw telecom Leads All Competitive Providers in Business Ethernet Services

 LITTLETON, Colo., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — tw telecom inc. (NASDAQ:TWTC, news, filings) a leading global provider of managed services, including Business Ethernet, converged and IP VPN solutions for enterprises throughout the U.S. and world-wide, today announced its continued leading market share performance among competitive service providers.  Vertical Systems Group, a leading industry analyst, recognized tw telecom’s leadership performance in its mid-year 2012 U.S. Business Ethernet Services Leaderboard as one of the top 3 providers delivering business Ethernet services.

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“Business Ethernet is the foundation of our network strength, resiliency and reach,” said Mike Rouleau, Senior Vice President – Strategy and Business Development at tw telecom.  “It is the platform for our new Intelligent Network services that deliver CIOs immediate, real-time visibility and control of their network.  The power and flexibility of Business Ethernet resonates with our Enterprise customer base and enables us to broadly deploy services to 10 Gigabit Ethernet today, and delivering metro 100 Gigabit Ethernet tomorrow.  All to meet their growing needs for applications driven bandwidth.”

“New value-added service enhancements and improved network quality fueled the solid growth many Ethernet providers experienced in the first half of this year,” said Rick Malone, principal at Vertical Systems Group. “Additionally, our research clearly indicates rising demand for Ethernet access focused on connectivity to private clouds for data center hosting. We expect to see increased deployments of these configurations, which could have an impact on Ethernet share results as early as year-end 2012.”

tw telecom’s national resilient fiber network and infrastructure connects approximately 16,500 commercial buildings across the country to enable a secure, scalable and predictable networking experience for a large and growing number of enterprises worldwide.

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About tw telecom

tw telecom holdings inc., a unit of tw telecom inc.,(NASDAQ:  TWTC)  headquartered in Littleton, Colo., provides managed network services, specializing in Business Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, voice, VoIP, VPN and security, to enterprise organizations and communications services companies throughout the U.S., and globally.  tw telecom has the national capability, robust product portfolio, its own Intelligent Network capabilities and national/local customer care teams to support mission critical applications and to deliver the most sought after customer experience in the industry.

tw telecom has offices in 75 U.S. metropolitan areas including: ALABAMA – Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery;  ARIZONA – Phoenix, Tucson;  ARKANSAS – Little Rock; CALIFORNIA – Bakersfield, Fresno, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange County, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo; COLORADO – Colorado Springs, Denver; FLORIDA – Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa;  GEORGIA – Atlanta, Columbus;  HAWAII – Honolulu; IDAHO — Boise;  INDIANA — Indianapolis; ILLINOIS – Chicago;  KENTUCKY – Lexington, Louisville; LOUISIANA – Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Shreveport;  MARYLAND – Baltimore; MINNESOTA – Minneapolis-St. Paul; MISSISSIPPI – Jackson; MISSOURI – Kansas City, O’Fallon; NEVADA – Las Vegas; NEW JERSEY – Northern New Jersey; NEW MEXICO – Albuquerque; NEW YORK — Albany, Binghamton, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse; Northern New Jersey;  NORTH CAROLINA — Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh; OHIO — Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton; OKLAHOMA – Tulsa; SOUTH CAROLINA – Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg; TENNESSEE – Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville; TEXAS — Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio; WASHINGTON – Seattle, Spokane, Vancouver;  WISCONSIN – Milwaukee; WASHINGTON, D.C.

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