Telecom Ramblings

Comcast Business announced plans today to invest in a significant expansion of its Boston metro fiber reach.  They will be spending some $25M on the buildout, which will extend the company’s reach both for Ethernet connectivity and for its voice and video offerings to the business community. [Read more →]

Xtera’s trip through chapter 11 has ended in a deal and a new owner.  The private equity group H.I.G. Capital revealed today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of the company, which specializes in the gear that makes submarine cables go. [Read more →]

Epsilon Telecommunications has made an inorganic move of the separation variety.  They are selling Cataleya to a familiar face.  Former Cataleya founder and CEO Andreas Hipp, who led Epsilon itself for more than a decade up until October of 2015, is leading a joint management group in purchasing the division and will again take the CEO role. [Read more →]

The Open Networking Foundation and ON.Lab are still finalizing their merger, but they aren’t waiting for the final papers to get signed. Today the ONF is launching the Open Innovation Pipeline, charting what it bills as the next phase of SDN and NFV. [Read more →]

After its planned IPO of Telxius didn’t generate sufficient interest last year, Telefonica remains interested in monetizing the division.  Reports over the weekend suggest that they are in the final stages of negotiations with a group of private equity companies that would see the sale of a 49% stake in Telxius. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick roundup of some news from around the world and from the cloud. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

On February 9 Nokia announced its intention to acquire Comptel, a listed Finnish company. Five years earlier Comptel acquired a data analytics company called Xtract. I was one of the founders of Xtract. We founded it in 2001 and built it to conduct world-class advanced data analytics. This is a story about [Read more →]

The snow didn’t do much damage here in southern New Jersey, but I imagine it’s still tough up in Boston.  Here’s a quick Friday look at some other news from this week that’s worth a look: [Read more →]

With the Electric Lightwave acquisition still pending (a familiar state of affairs), Zayo posted its fiscal Q2 numbers yesterday after the market closed.  They saw a return to growth on the top line despite ongoing work on the Zayo Canada business, and expanded EBITDA as well.  Here’s a quick summary of Zayo’s numbers in some context: [Read more →]

Zayo has another new longhaul route in the works in the state of Oregon.  With an anchor tenant in tow that will partially fund the construction of the new fiber route, Zayo will be adding 250 route miles of fiber between Portland and Umatilla. [Read more →]

Nokia has revealed an interesting M&A move over in Europe this morning.  They have announced their intention to acquire Finland-based Comptel, launching a recommended cash tender offer for the company’s shares. [Read more →]

With the CenturyLink/Level 3 deal still in process, there are still earnings reports to keep an eye on.  This afternoon, Level 3 posted its numbers for the fourth quarter of 2016, showing relatively stable results relative to the third quarter.  Relative to analyst estimates, Q4 revenue came in light at $2.032B while earnings per share of $0.70 was above expectations. [Read more →]

Three interconnection and cloud networking items to peruse this morning: [Read more →]

The Carlyle Group has done a bit of network M&A overseas.  The US-based private equity group has acquired a majority stake in the global carrier CMC Networks. [Read more →]

It’s been busy on the international front this week, here’s another round of news items worth a look: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Fiona Chau, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

SK Telecom achieved what it says is the world’s fastest 5G speed for a connected car during a demonstration conducted with Ericsson and BMW Korea. [Read more →]

Another data center acquisition this Monday morning, and it’s a bigger one.  CyrusOne has agreed to buy two data centers from Sentinel Data Centers. [Read more →]

Here’s some news from around the world that’s worth a look this morning: [Read more →]

This week starts off with a data center changing hands over in the UK. Equinix has announced the purchase of IO UK’s data center operating business. [Read more →]

We have three listings to peruse over on the Ramblings Jobs Board this week, all from familiar faces. [Read more →]

Ok, I’m back from Metro Connect and mostly recovered, and it’s time to catch up on what else I missed from this week while on the road.  It’s a pretty long list. [Read more →]

Last February, one of 2016’s most surprising acquisitions was announced as Verizon agreed to buy XO Communications from Carl Icahn.  Yesterday, after what has been quite a full year of M&A news, Verizon finally finished with all the necessary regulatory hurdles and closed the deal.   [Read more →]

The global communications provider Epsilon is making a play for more of the US marketplace via an inorganic path.  Epsilon revealed this morning that it has acquired the assets and operations of Metcom Network Services, adding to its assets and capabilities in  none other than New York City. [Read more →]