Telecom Ramblings

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 →]

A couple interesting announcements plus a major power outage: [Read more →]

A bit of vendor M&A, some quantum, some FTTx, and some WiFi: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jay Cadman, SVP Americas, IQGeo

Over the last few months, we’ve seen a number of major corporations scale back their sustainability initiatives, citing economic pressures. From cutting investment in renewables to rolling back commitments on plastic reduction, environmental priorities are being sidelined in favor of short-term financial stability. [Read more →]

Network news from the US, Mexico, and the Middle East to catch up with: [Read more →]

Network news from the US, Mexico, and the Middle East to catch up with: [Read more →]

A new CEO, a new data center, a backoffice upgrade, and some new tech: [Read more →]

Two data center projects, some 5G SA progress, and a bit of caution: [Read more →]

Eight bits of last mile news from five companies to catch up on from around the US last week: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jamie Dobson, founder of Container Solutions and author of ‘The Cloud Native Attitude’

While the telecoms sector can’t know when it will need to deal with curve balls such as the next pandemic, one thing is sure – new technology needs to be watched closely. AI is never far from the headlines, triggering both concern and excitement; some fear for the future of the human workforce while others see a bright future where we’re all prompt engineers. But are we getting caught up in the hype, or are we failing to see the bigger picture? [Read more →]

A bit of data center M&A, two expansion projects, an upgrade, and some R&D news: [Read more →]

There was some interesting metro fiber M&A this week along the eastern seaboard of the US. Fiberlight has found a means to expand its footprint in Virginia, signing a definitive agreement to acquire Metro Fiber Networks. [Read more →]

Five bits of last mile and middle mile news from the US and beyond over the last few days: [Read more →]

With AI driving data center demand in virtually every imaginable market, we are seeing major new projects almost daily. The scale of the work, whether envisioned or already underway, is far beyond anything we have seen before, and making it all happen will be challenging. New technologies are emerging     to help the process, and AI itself may be able to help. With us today is Dr. Atif Ansar, co-founder and executive chairman at Foresight. Foresight’s SaaS platform leverages AI and machine learning to keep data center construction projects on schedule. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Avishay Shraga, Sr. Director (CTO), Head of Security Technologies at Sony Semiconductor Israel

The key to modern asymmetric cryptography is to create an equation that is easy to solve in one direction but difficult to reverse by an adversary in the other direction. Traditionally, this was done through modular arithmetic, where a large prime modulus and a generator were used to generate a key, although [Read more →]

Five bits of FTTx news, one in the Midwest, one in the Midatlantic, and three in the UK from this week’s news: [Read more →]

It seems as if a day doesn’t go by without another billion dollar data center campus project getting announced. But yesterday we saw one go the other way all of a sudden. Microsoft has pulled back from its plans to build three data center campuses in the Columbus OH metro area. [Read more →]

Two infrastructure expansion projects and two customer wins; [Read more →]

Artificial Intelligence is driving investments in infrastructure of all types, although its direct impact is felt the most with data centers.  But all these new facilities need fiber connectivity, and the high fiber counts and extra diversity hyperscalers were looking for are now just table stakes.  FiberLight is one of the regional fiber specialists looking to meet the next wave of demand.  With us today to talk about FiberLight’s expansion plans and viewpoint on growing demand for fiber from AI is CEO Bill Major.  We talked to Bill a year ago, but it has certainly seemed like a particularly long year. [Read more →]

Four expansion projects in four markets, both organic and inorganic, to catch up with: [Read more →]

An iconic brand has been reborn in the world of subsea cable operators. Global Cloud Xchange has announced that it is rebranding, and will now be known as FLAG. [Read more →]

Lightpath has announced its entry into a new metro fiber market. Backed by a major hyperscaler partner, the infrastructure provider will be building 102 route miles of fiber and conduit in Columbus OH. [Read more →]