Telecom Ramblings

Zayo Group has been investing in its longhaul fiber routes one at a time in the US for a while now, but now they’re taking that effort over to Europe. On Friday they announced plans to enhance the company’s longhaul fiber in northern England. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Chinese free internet access provider LinkSure Network has revealed a goal of providing free satellite-based Wi-Fi globally by 2026. [Read more →]

In a widely anticipated deal, Altice Europe has sold off a stake in its French FTTH business for €1.8B in cash. The consortium doing the buying is led by OMERS Infrastructure and includes Allianz Capital Partners, and AXA IM – Assets.  The consortium will own a 49.99% stake in SFR FTTH, valuing the wholesale operator at some €3.6B. [Read more →]

A few interesting items to end the week with: [Read more →]

A few interesting items from Europe and Asia: [Read more →]

A key piece of colo real estate has changed hands down in Texas. H5 Data Centers has acquired a carrier hotel in San Antonio, its first investment in the Lone Star State. [Read more →]

Here’s a set of mid-week items worth noting: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Mislatel, the consortium selected to become the Philippines’ third mobile operator, has pledged to cover 70% of the population within three years of operation. [Read more →]

Anova Financial Networks announced today its expansion into the APAC region. The company has deployed a new intra-Asia network aimed at connecting the major financial nodes in the region with a combination of fiber and wireless technologies. [Read more →]

Three interesting expansion projects worth noting from the start of this week: [Read more →]

A few items from just before Thanksgiving that you might have missed (I did), and one interesting price cutting tidbit from this morning: [Read more →]

Software defined networking continues to work its way deeper into global internet infrastructure.  Companies of all sizes are putting the pieces in place to take advantage of the automation and operational agility that SDN offers, but there are a lot of pieces yet to place and many lessons left to learn.  With us today to talk about how his company and the industry at large are leveraging SDN technologies and capabilities is Jerzy Szlosarek, CEO of Epsilon.   [Read more →]

Could Zayo’s days as a publicly traded company be numbered?  In the wake of the network infrastructure operator’s recent struggles meeting its growth targets and the resulting stock price drop, rumors are circling that a takeout offer could materialize relatively quickly.  Yesterday, Bloomberg put a few names and faces on that possibility. [Read more →]

Three organic data center expansion projects worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

Four bits of news touching four continents worth noting: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

The telecoms industry may be gearing up for 5G, but China is already looking ahead to 6G, according to reports. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Matt Hiles, Chief Operating Officer at Mosaic NetworX

When it rains it pours, and we all know where rain comes from… but clouds have taken on a whole new meaning in this millennium. There are many reasons why enterprises are deploying SD-WAN. The list of incentives is long, and growing, including using broadband and wireless to augment or replace [Read more →]

Four interesting items from three continents.  I’m on the road today, will be back in the saddle tomorrow. [Read more →]

It has been a busy few years at Windstream on multiple fronts, but the company’s wholesale business has perhaps undergone the most significant changes.  After combining the assets gleaned from its ILEC roots and all the CLEC and other acquisitions the company has made over the years and building out further organically, Windstream Wholesale has emerged as a power in the transport business. With us today to talk about the company’s plans in wholesale is Joe Scattareggia, EVP of Wholesale Solutions at Windstream. [Read more →]

Telefonica and IBM are teaming up in a new collaboration. The two giants are working together to address the needs of transactional network activities, and they are starting with the routing of international voice calls. [Read more →]

For updated from four vendors, each in a market segment: [Read more →]

Yesterday there was another bit of consolidation in the world of metro and regional fiber. Cable ONE has agreed to acquire Clearwave Communications. [Read more →]

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

The cloud business is very much dominated by Amazon, Microsoft and Google, although there are many more regional, niche or smaller cloud providers. The push towards edge and serverless computing mean [Read more →]