Zayo announced yesterday that it has sold some dark fiber to Quantum Xchange on the east coast. Quantum Xchange is working on a national network to power its Quantum Key Distribution network, which leverages new techniques from quantum mechanics to encrypt and decrypt messages. [Read more →]
Int’l Bytes: DE-CIX, LimeLight, Colt, QTS
October 24th, 2018
A couple bits of news from around the world that are worth noting at mid-week: [Read more →]
Network Bytes: Zayo, Fusion, C-Spire, Avelacom
October 23rd, 2018
Four interesting bits of network news worth noting from the start of this week: [Read more →]
1025Connect, Aqua Comms, DE-CIX, Epsilon Introduce Continental Edge
October 23rd, 2018
Four companies are working together in a united front on the east coast of the US to create what they are calling the Continental Edge. 1025Connect, Aqua Comms, DE-CIX, and Epsilon are teaming up to provide a holistic network solution for those in need of transatlantic connectivity. I caught a glimpse of this a few weeks ago at DE-CIX’s MAD event in NYC, and it’s quite interesting. [Read more →]
Ericsson, LimeLight to collaborate on content delivery
October 23rd, 2018
This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
Ericsson has announced an agreement with Limelight Networks to add content delivery capabilities to its new Ericsson Unified Delivery Network (UDN) platform. [Read more →]
Manufacturing Stage Begins for PEACE Cable
October 22nd, 2018
Huawei Marine Networks and the 12,000 kilometer PEACE Cable system have hit a new milestone. The project has now entered into the cable and material manufacturing stage, staying on schedule for an RFS date in the first quarter of 2020. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: Apcela CEO Mark Casey
October 22nd, 2018
The rise of the cloud and automation in general opened new potential business models for service providers. One such provider that has taken advantage is the hybrid IT specialist Apcela, whose roots lie in the low latency, high speed trading networks that arose a decade ago. With us today to talk about how Apcela got where they are and where they might be going is founder and CEO Mark Casey. [Read more →]
How does SD-WAN Fit into Enterprise’s Digital Transformation?
October 19th, 2018
SD-WAN entered the market initially being positioned as an alternative or replacement to legacy WAN solutions such as MPLS. However, as more enterprises plan to kick off Digital Transformation (DX) so as to better run the business and serve the customers, now it’s worth [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: CenturyLink, QTS, Interxion, Deep Blue Cable
October 18th, 2018
A bit of everything today: some metro fiber, some data center real estate, some cloud connectivity, and a bit of subsea action: [Read more →]
Softbank, Toyota form JV for mobility services in Japan
October 18th, 2018
This article was authored by Fiona Chau, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net
Japan’s Softbank and automaker Toyota announced plans to form a joint venture by April 2019 to provide launch Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) in the country. [Read more →]
Int’l Bytes: Ericsson, Orange, e-shelter, Kentik
October 17th, 2018
A few items from EMEA worth noting from the first half of this week: [Read more →]
DE-CIX Makes a Move in Frankfurt
October 17th, 2018
Yesterday DE-CIX announced the completion of what had to have been an epic infrastructure migration on its home turf. The company spent the summer moving one of the core nodes of its Frankfurt IX from one data center to another, with the IX remaining live the entire time. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: AquaComms, Infinera, Connected2Fiber
October 16th, 2018
One by sea, one by land, and two by api: [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: Larry Coleman,Tom Perrone Take GoNetspeed to the Last Mile
October 15th, 2018
For over a decade, the fiber industry has been focused on the metro and middle mile as the path to success. But having solved that business model, some in the industry are now turning their attention toward what has been a harder nut to crack — fiber to the home. GoNetSpeed is a recent entry in that arena, launching its services in the Pittsburgh metro area and in suburban Connecticut. With us today to talk about the opportunity they see and how they are taking advantage of it are two familiar faces: the company’s president, Larry Coleman, and its COO, Tom Perrone, veterans of Sunesys and Fibertech/Lightower, respectively. [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: 123Net, GIGA, Colt, DE-CIX
October 12th, 2018
TGIF, but first two metro fiber items, one big data center, and an IX goes to court in Europe: [Read more →]
Public vs Private Cloud, a Cost Savings Showdown
October 12th, 2018
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Joseph Portillo, Data Technology Specialist at Multacom Corporation
Companies of all sizes have flocked to the public cloud for its perceived cost savings. Although a single user virtual machine (VM) in the public cloud is cheaper than a dedicated server, as a business grows past its R&D stage and technology needs increase in complexity, the public cloud cost can increase beyond that of a private or hybrid cloud solution. [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: CenturyLink, Asteroid, CyrusOne, RingCentral
October 11th, 2018
Here are a few bits of news from around the sector and world from this week: [Read more →]
Uniti Closes Acquisition & Leaseback of CableSouth Fiber
October 10th, 2018
I must have missed this one over the summer. Uniti Group has closed on the purchase and leaseback of a fiber network from CableSouth, the first time they’ve done such a deal with a cable MSO. The deal follows closely on Uniti’s closure of a similar deal with TelePacific a few weeks ago. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Zayo, SES, Juniper, Infinera
October 9th, 2018
One infrastructure deal, one cloud connectivity deployments, and two network upgrade wins by vendors: [Read more →]
China said to insert spy chips into Supermicro servers
October 8th, 2018
This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
An explosive report has accused Chinese intelligence agencies of sneaking a tiny chip into servers assembled in China for US chip maker Supermicro that introduced hardware vulnerabilities enabling stealth access to any network using the altered devices. [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: Colt, DC Blox, Digital Realty, Equinix
October 5th, 2018
One metro fiber and four data center expansion items worth noting before you head out for the weekend. [Read more →]
How Low Can You Go? Three ways Telecoms Companies Can Improve Their Customer Effort Score
October 5th, 2018
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Steve Smith, VP of Strategic Industries, ClickSoftware
Typically when a customer calls their service provider, they have a problem, whether it is to report an outage, a billing issue, or some other disruption in service. Warranted or not, telephone and internet providers do not have the best reputation for their responses to customer service requests. However this perception seems to be shifting, [Read more →]
Survey to Start for SAEx’s 25,000km Subsea Project
October 4th, 2018
The southern hemisphere has never really gotten its share of subsea connectivity, but activity certainly has picked up lately. Today the long proposed but unconsummated buildout of SAEx came a step closer to reality as SAEx International and Alcatel Submarine Networks announced the start of desktop study, permitting, and survey activities. [Read more →]