News of Note - Centurylink, Spring, and more [telecom]

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by Daniel Frankel

• CenturyLink recently surpassed AT&T as the largest domestic U.S. Ethernet carrier, and the service provider plans to advance its status further by using its SDN-based architecture to fuel a new set of services and cloud options for business customers. FierceTelecom article

• Sprint's CEO said that he doesn't see anything wrong with charging customers more money in order for them to obtain faster service. "I don't think there's anything wrong for you to eventually charge a higher price for a faster access to your network," Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said during a keynote discussion here at the Mobile World Congress trade show.