Telecom Ramblings

This sponsored viewpoint was authored by Bryan Lamphere, Senior Vice President of Network Planning and Engineering, Fidium

Legacy networks still function. That’s exactly the problem.

The move toward fiber-first infrastructure is already underway and accelerating. Still, some assume that because legacy networks continue to function, there is no urgency to move away from them. From an operator’s perspective, that assumption is getting harder to defend. [Read more →]

Two data center projects and two regional fiber buildouts: [Read more →]

Four interesting network items from around the US: [Read more →]

A few interesting items from around the US to catch up with: [Read more →]

Two bits of M&A and a minority stake: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was written by Todd Humphreys, WEI GTM Cybersecurity GTM Leader

AI is now embedded across modern security tools and systems that help telecom operators detect vulnerabilities and threats faster and at a greater scale. Security processes that once took weeks of manual analysis can now be completed in just minutes, dramatically increasing visibility across distributed Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure, core networks and virtualized environments. [Read more →]

Three interesting new regional fiber projects, one by a new name: [Read more →]

Three metro expansion projects and one bit of M&A news: [Read more →]

A few items from around the world: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Stephen Douglas, Head of Market Strategy, Spirent, a Keysight company

Most of the energy conversation in our industry right now is about consumption. How much power AI data centers will pull, where the chips go, whether the models can run cheaper. Fair questions. But there’s a quieter shift underneath them that I think matters more for telecom operators, and it has nothing to do with how much energy they use. It’s about energy they could supply. [Read more →]

There was some interesting fiber M&A in one of the biggest infrastructure markets in the world the other day. SummitIG has announced the acquisition of Dark Fiber & Infrastructure. SummitIG is majority owned by SDC Capital Partners, while DF&I was part of the portfolio at Blue Owl Capital, and the two both have substantial assets in northern Virginia. [Read more →]

Four expansion projects in four parts of the world to catch up with. [Read more →]

This week we have some high profile consolidation in the networking business, specifically in the international enterprise arena. BT Group and Verizon have decided to create a 50/50 joint venture, combining BT International and Verizon’s international enterprise wireline going forward. [Read more →]

A few items to catch up with: [Read more →]

A bit of FTTx and a bunch of AI: [Read more →]

Two network expansions and a bit of non-commercial support: [Read more →]

Some last mile news, an intercity optical buildout, and some possible M&A: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Gerry Christensen

The outbound enterprise calling landscape is standing on the precipice of its most profound structural shift since the inception of the STIR/SHAKEN framework. For years, the telecommunications industry has wrestled with a fractured trust ecosystem where bad actors thrived on malicious anonymity, and legitimate businesses were forced to pay a premium just to prove they weren’t scammers. [Read more →]

Power is the binding constraint on new GPU deployments. Operators who already hold energized space are looking to convert compute demand into revenue themselves. Colocation facilities and former bitcoin miners are moving up the stack into bare metal and GPU-as-a-Service. And colocation facilities can finance the climb on better terms than the new neoclouds they compete with. [Read more →]

Some new terrestrial fiber far away, a new FTTx market back home, a bit of M&A, and some cloud interconnection south of the border: [Read more →]

There was a key bit of consolidation announced in the fiber world yesterday, albeit an in-house project. Great Plains Communications and Ritter Communications will be merging into a single entity under the brand RightFiber. [Read more →]

Four bits of US network infrastructure new: a major wavelength deployment, some new backbone PoPs, and dueling FTTx rollouts in the southwest: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Gerry Christensen, Special Contributor to Telecom Ramblings

The regulatory architecture of the U.S. voice network is undergoing a structural renovation. On October 29, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a sweeping multi-part item at its October Open Meeting, releasing a consolidated Ninth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) and Public Notice.

While the headline goal remains the ongoing battle against illegal robocalls, [Read more →]