Telecom Ramblings

A significant fiber deal landed this morning out in the Midwest. Everstream has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell substantially all of its operations to Bluebird Fiber. The deal would combine two of the largest regional independent fiber builder/operators. [Read more →]

Zain Omantel is making a terrestrial longhaul fiber move to connect the Middle East to Europe. Today they announced a strategic agreement with Horizon Scope Telecom and the Iraqi Telecommunications and Information Company go connect the heart of the Middle East with Europe without passing through the Red Sea or the Mediterranean. [Read more →]

One data center launch and two items from the orbital front after the long weekend here in the US: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Greg Davis, CEO at Bigleaf Networks

Four decades of guiding organizations toward growth, and I’ve learned there is nothing more crippling or more preventable than network downtime. [Read more →]

There was also a more regional M&A in the fiber infrastructure world yesterday. Wyyerd has announced transactions to purchase a substantial amount of fiber across multiple Arizona markets from Ting Fiber and Conterra Networks. [Read more →]

A substantial M&A landed yesterday with a pile of FTTH customers changing hands. AT&T announced a deal to acquire Lumen’s Mass Markets fiber connectivity business for $5.75B in cash. [Read more →]

Two edge data center projects and two technology partnerships: [Read more →]

Not a great deal of network news so far this week, but here’s a few from around the world to catch up on: [Read more →]

Late last week there was a major deal in the communications world, specifically the cable side of things. Charter and Cox have announced a definitive agreement to merge their businesses in a deal that values the privately held Cox at $34.5B. The deal follows a previously announced purchase of Liberty Broadband. [Read more →]

In an announcement yesterday, DE-CIX and Connected Nation Internet Exchange Points celebrated the groundbreaking of an IXP. The new interconnection point will on the Innovation Campus of Wichita State University and could be a blueprint of things to come. The new infrastructure aims to reduce latency and enable next generation AI infrastructure down the line. [Read more →]

One data center campus and three vendor deployments: [Read more →]

Two bits of colo funding, one routing deployment, and one FTTH expansion to catch up with. [Read more →]

News of metro interest from the infrastructure space, three FTTx and two wireless: [Read more →]

Two from Europe, one from Latin America, and one from Southeast Asia. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by James Martin, SVJP of Engineering for Wilson Connectivity

In the rapidly evolving landscape of emergency response, connectivity, reliability, and security are paramount. Private 5G networks are emerging as a transformative force, providing first responders across the United States with unprecedented communication capabilities. [Read more →]

Network news on 5 fronts from around the world. [Read more →]

Four metro fiber expansion projects and one new edge data center to catch up with: [Read more →]

With ITW underway, yesterday Ciena announced two trials and an upgrade with three network operators, one in the eastern US, one on the Mexican border, and one down in Brazil. [Read more →]

Two data center items and three items from metro fiber providers: [Read more →]

A new subsea cable, two network upgrade projects, and a data center buildout: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Sean Varley, Chief Evangelist at Ampere Computing

To deploy AI at the edge, telcos must rethink compute efficiency from the silicon up

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming the cornerstone of innovation in the telecommunications industry. From intelligent network operations and predictive maintenance to [Read more →]

Three bits of regional and metro news from the US, and one from across the pond: [Read more →]

One infrastructure M&A, and three deployment/upgrade projects from around the US: [Read more →]