Boldyn Networks Officially Launches With Two Venue Wins

June 29th, 2023
 

One of the bigger infrastructure deals of the year has officially closed, and six familiar brands have been replaced by just one. Following BAI Communications’ purchase of ZenFi, the company has rolled ZenFi, Mobilitie, BAI Communications, Signal Point Systems, Transit Wireless, and Vilicom together under the single banner of Boldyn Networks. [Read more →]

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Regional Bytes: Veea, Lightpath, Conterra, Proximity

June 28th, 2023
 

Multiple items with a regional focus to catch up with from the infrastructure space: [Read more →]

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Int’l Bytes: Colt, EdgeConneX, DE-CIX

June 27th, 2023
 

Several international infrastructure moves to catch up with: [Read more →]

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Monday Roundup: Telehouse, DF&I, Empire

June 26th, 2023
 

One bit of M&A and two fiber expansion projects to catch up with: [Read more →]

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Save Money and Improve Corporate Sustainability with Effective Network Management

June 23rd, 2023
 

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Ulrich Schälling, VP Market Strategy at FNT Software

The push towards sustainability has many business benefits for telecom providers. Business can improve their sustainability by reducing energy consumption and using less resources, both of which tamp down carbon emissions. While that is good for the environment, these same measures are also good for the bottom line. Using less energy and fewer resources brings down energy costs and ongoing OPEX. [Read more →]

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Cisco To Acquire Accedian

June 22nd, 2023
 

We had a significant inorganic move in the vendor space yesterday. The industry giant Cisco has announced its intent to acquire Accedian from their current majority owners at Bridge Growth Partners. [Read more →]

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Wednesday Bytes: Arelion, Infinera, Zayo, 123NET, Compass

June 21st, 2023
 

An upgrade, a set of rural and middle mile funding wins, and a bit of data center M&A: [Read more →]

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The Top Six Leaps Toward A Digital Mindset

June 21st, 2023
 

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by David W Wang

When I work with enterprise clients nowadays on their digital transformation (DX) initiatives, one typical response especially from C-suite level is that DX is so comprehensive to plan, pilot and implement, that the teams often get overwhelmed by all the projects, technologies and applications involved. Strategically, what would make a pivotal guide that can connect the dots for the DX journey? [Read more →]

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Four IX Powers Announce Shift to 100G LR-1

June 20th, 2023
 

Four of the biggest internet exchange providers said this week that that they will be putting a new generation of technology to work in their respective IX platforms. DE-CIX, LINX, AMS-IX, and BCIX plan to roll out 100G LR-1 technology to power the underlying connections in their infrastructure. [Read more →]

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PFN, 123NET Land IMPACC Funding

June 20th, 2023
 

123Net and Peninsula Fiber Networks will be teaming up for a substantial middle mile effort up in the Great Lakes region. The NTIA has awarded federal dollars for the Infrastructure for Michigan’s Peninsula and Critical Crossings (IMPACC) project, with PFN acting as the lead recipient and 123Net as the sub-recipient. [Read more →]

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Monday Roundup: Cologix, DE-CIX, Sabey, IQ Fiber

June 19th, 2023
 

Three completed expansion projects and one just getting started: [Read more →]

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Strategies for Overcoming Today’s Telecom Industry Obstacles to Achieve a Circular Supply Chain

June 16th, 2023
 

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Josh Tsui CEO of Floship

Manufacturers, businesses, and all organizations in the telecom supply chain have had to constantly develop groundbreaking solutions to maintain the production of high-quality goods due to rising costs and limited access to raw materials, especially since the onset of the pandemic. As a result, traditional linear supply chain strategies have given way to new ones that offer optimized operation flow, green options, and a smooth delivery experience with reduced cost. A new kind of supply chain known as circular supply chain has begun to benefit [Read more →]

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Euro M&A: EXA Infrastructure to Acquire Unitel

June 15th, 2023
 

There was a bit of interesting consolidation in southeastern Europe this morning. EXA Infrastructure is continuing its infrastructure investment with a bit of the inorganic variety. They are acquiring Univerzalne Telekomunikacije, a.k.a. Unitel. [Read more →]

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Thursday Roundup: GPC, Comcast Biz, FirstLight, Flexential, BandwithIG, EdgeCore

June 15th, 2023
 

A bunch of items from the metro and regional side of things, plus one DCI solution rollout: [Read more →]

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Wednesday Bytes: Sparkle, MSAR, Lumen

June 14th, 2023
 

Two bits of news from EMEA and Asia, and one from the border of hyperscale and network operators: [Read more →]

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Int’l Bytes: Liquid, Angola Telecom, Bharti Airtel, Equinix, Macquarie

June 13th, 2023
 

Four bits of interesting infrastructure news news from Africa, Asia and Australia to keep up with: [Read more →]

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Industry Spotlight: Hunter Newby and Connected Nation

June 12th, 2023
 

With us today for a chat is industry evangelist and entrepreneur Hunter Newby.  Hunter is always busy with something in the world of data centers, meet-me rooms, and network-neutral interconnectivity, and evidence of his unique touch is spread throughout today’s modern infrastructure.  Today he joins us to talk about his latest ambitious joint venture with Connected Nation, which is looking to bring internet ecosystems not just out of the core but beyond the edge and into range of hard-to-reach rural communities. [Read more →]

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Friday Int’l Bytes: RETN, Web Werks, Sparkle, Colt, KDDI, DriveNets

June 9th, 2023
 

A bunch of international infrastructure news to catch up with before the weekend: [Read more →]

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Digital Transformation Action Items for Data Centers

June 9th, 2023
 

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Ken Parent, CEO, Element Critical

Having become a popular buzzword, digital transformation is really the process of implementing emerging digital technologies to modify a company’s essential operations, processes, and services that provide new ways to deliver value, ease workloads, and withstand future challenges. According to a recent Data Center Services Market report, the top five drivers of demand for data centers are remote work, digitization, digital technologies, Over-the-top (OTT) services, and the Internet of Things (IoT). All five [Read more →]

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Regional Bytes: GPC, Netrality, MetTel, Obelisk

June 8th, 2023
 

Two customer deployments, one key approval, and a bit of M&A: [Read more →]

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Wednesday Roundup: Federated Wireless, DZS, Irby, Lumen

June 7th, 2023
 

Some private 5G for the DoD and yet more FTTx expansion projects: [Read more →]

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Int’l Bytes: NEC, nLighten, NetIX, Lancom

June 6th, 2023
 

One new subsea cable project, one M&A, and one new partnership: [Read more →]

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Industry Spotlight: MOX Networks’ Allen Meeks

June 5th, 2023
 

MOX Networks (“MOX”) is one of the few companies out there actively building new fiber infrastructure. Privately owned and a part of the Nantworks company portfolio, MOX has a unique position within the market with its plans for the buildout of hyperscale infrastructure and the forthcoming healthcare data wave. Over the past year, they have been actively putting fiber in the ground in the Pacific Northwest and developing unique routes in the eastern US as well. With us today is Allen Meeks, President and COO of MOX Networks, whom we talked to last April. [Read more →]

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