Telecom Ramblings

I’ve been on the road for the weekend, so here’s some quick catchup of some news from the end of last week before we get started on the new one: [Read more →]

This week saw a bit of network M&A, as Zayo has made its second acquisition of 2022. The Boulder-based fiber operator has announced a definitive agreement to buy Education Networks of America, or ENA, from the private equity group ZMC. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Prashantkumar Maloo – Technical Architect, Prodapt Solutions

Today, most Digital Service Providers (DSPs) use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in several vital processes like network fault prediction, personalized offer simulation, streamlined customer services, etc. But despite spending on the AI initiatives, DSPs continue to face numerous ML operational challenges. Some major challenges encountered by the DSPs in their ML pipeline and operations are as below: [Read more →]

If I could go a decade or two without having headlines from the rest of the world intrude upon the infrastructure space again, it’d be really nice. But with the pandemic perhaps waning, now it’s war. Russia is moving to stop OneWeb’s latest launch of LEO satellites in response to the sanctions levied against it. [Read more →]

A couple bits of data center expansion, a new hire, and some new tech in the field: [Read more →]

Some quick catch up from around the industry this week that doesn’t have to do with invasions, pandemics, or politics: [Read more →]

Over the last year or two, Windstream Wholesale has been reinventing itself, building out new network, establishing a leadership position in optical technology and pushing to the forefront of the infrastructure business.  The division has both expanded to the West Coast as well as added density across its existing footprint, all while deploying a new generation of technology and a wider range of solutions in the marketplace. With us today to talk about their approach is Windstream’s Chief Network Officer, Buddy Bayer. [Read more →]

A few more interesting bits of news from this week to catch up with: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Rick Hamilton, Senior Vice President, Blue Planet Software

Where is ‘the edge’? It may sound obvious: the network edge is at the edge of the network. But where this is in relation to other network components — and how it will interact with this infrastructure, which vendors should be used for the kit, which technologies it’ll require, and what use cases it will enable — are open to debate. [Read more →]

A new data center lunch, some enterprise connectivity, a new IX, and a 400G deployment: [Read more →]

Four other interesting items of note at midweek: [Read more →]

A new data center, a new customer, a vendor win, and some surprising new direct connectivity to keep up with this week. [Read more →]

One thing that can always be counted on in the subsea world is that any SEA-ME-WE cable plans will take some time to work out politically. But for SEA-ME-WE 6 that stage is now complete, as SubCom said over the weekend that its contract is now in force. The company has begun the supply and installation of the cable system. [Read more →]

Since it went private again under the auspices of Digital Colony and EQT, Zayo has spent the last year or two shifting gears under new management.  After taking a fresh look at its assets and opportunities, the company seems ready to return to a path of aggressive growth.  Where will it put its resources next?  Will they look toward organic or inorganic opportunities, or both?  With us today to talk about the next phase of Zayo’s evolution is Chief Product and Technology Officer Brian Lillie. [Read more →]

A couple of upgrades, a new PoP, and some new capital: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Steve Douglas, Head of Market Strategy, Spirent Communications

Fully automated factories. Immersive augmented reality experiences. Telesurgery, shipping drones, Smart Cities, autonomous vehicles—the future that 5G will unleash really does look like something out of Star Trek. And you can expect to start seeing those use cases, and others we haven’t even thought of yet, in the coming years. [Read more →]

There was an interesting inorganic move over in Europe yesterday. Tofane Global has announced the acquisition of Simfony, a provider of IoT platform-as-a-service technology. [Read more →]

Three interesting expansion projects and one data center acquisition: [Read more →]

The latest effort to build a subsea cable through the Arctic took another step forward today. Cinia and ARTERIA Networks have signed a memorandum of understanding to build the cable system, which would connect northern Europe and Japan via the fabled Northwest Passage. [Read more →]

Several new technology deployments and collaborations plus one interesting inorganic investment: [Read more →]

We live in a time where everything seems to be simultaneously centralized and yet distributed, and nothing does that more than cloud infrastructure.  But it’s far easier to scale the core than it is the edge, because in the end the edge is everywhere on the planet. Therefore, a growing segment of the infrastructure world has begun to specialize in building out that global edge to support those that need to reach it, and one of the leaders of that buildout is Zenlayer. With us today to talk about Zenlayer’s approach to the cloud edge are Lawrence Lee, VP of Partnerships and Alliances, and Sisi Wang, Head of Marketing. [Read more →]

A bit of M&A news, and three vendor network deployment projects: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Andrew Walker, Global Communications & Media Industry Lead at Accenture

The ongoing pandemic effects, combined with technology-driven disruption, has changed the way carriers use technology and has fundamentally altered the communications industry and expectations of service providers. Fortunately for carriers, their networks were resilient during the last two challenging years. With 2022 now in full swing, [Read more →]