Bay Area News Group in northern California upgraded its voice and data services using equipment from Time Warner Telecom Inc.

The provider installed a high-speed Ethernet network to link BANG’s 15 facilities, including those housing the Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune and others.



“Time Warner Telecom’s metro Ethernet and dedicated transport services provide us with the affordable, high-performance, technical infrastructure we need to consolidate operations and reduce operational costs,” said Jack Schneider, BANG’s director of information technology. “Each of our 15 papers can access files from one central location and can share material. This eliminates the costs associated with having to operate redundant systems and duplicate work.”

The upgrade comes on the heels of BANG’s $7 million investment in editorial front-end software from MediaSpan (see Newspapers & Technology, December 2007).