Telecom Ramblings

For this week’s Industry Spotlight, let’s delve into a part of the infrastructure sector that we don’t often get to here on Telecom Ramblings: satellite networking.  The capabilities of satellite network operators have evolved dramatically in recent years, bringing new options to the infrastructure markets whether it’s in hard to get to locations or closer to home.  SES Networks believes the time is now ripe for [Read more →]

The pan-African fiber operator Liquid Telecommunications has moved to consolidate its position in the country of Zambia. According to Capacity, Liquid has agreed to acquire Hai Telecommunications. [Read more →]

Here’s a few more quick takes to finish off the week: [Read more →]

CenturyLink posted its second quarter numbers yesterday after the market closed, and the market likes what it sees so far. Revenues of $5.90B were roughly inline with expectations, while adjusted earnings per share of $0.25 were ten cents above projections. [Read more →]

Three bits of expansion news, one fiber, one fixed wireless, and one colo: [Read more →]

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

China is significantly outpacing the US in terms of spending on the infrastructure necessary to ensure 5G readiness, according to a new study by Deloitte. [Read more →]

GTT has announced new divisions over in Europe, putting the teams in place to take the company’s combined infrastructure to market. [Read more →]

Over the last two decades, the data center has become one of the core pillars of modern internet infrastructure.  Along that path has been a lot of construction, a lot of M&A, and a lot of  money well spent.  QTS Data Centers has been somewhat less active in the headlines than some of its REIT brethren, preferring a mostly organic route to its current $2.5B marketcap, but it has been a big part of the sector’s expansion.  With us today to talk about QTS’s unique approach to the data center space is Clint Heiden, who joined the company recently as Chief Revenue Officer.
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A few items from around the world to start the week: [Read more →]

A few more items worth noting before you head off for the first weekend of August, one undersea, one metro, and one job-related: [Read more →]

The team of CIM Group and fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty has a new project in its sights this week. The pair announced the acquisition of a property on the south side of Chicago that they intend to transform into a major data center facility. [Read more →]

Lots of earnings news from around the sector, here is a quick look at three of them from the competitive side of things: [Read more →]

Security is an everpresent concern when it comes to internet infrastructure, and hence it has been the focus of many an M&A move. Today, the industry giant Cisco made another move in this arena, announcing its intent to acquire Duo Security. [Read more →]

Two bits of cloud interconnection and two other bits of M&A worth a quick look from midweek: [Read more →]

Vonage is taking it voice and messaging platform into some new territory this summer. Today the company announced the purchase of San Francisco-based TokBox from Telefonica. [Read more →]

Yesterday Windstream added another leg to its western longhaul expansion. They will be adding more dark fiber to the company’s infrastructure between Phoenix and the west coast. [Read more →]

A bit of everything to keep an eye on for this Tuesday roundup: [Read more →]

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

The HKSAR government has proposed to allocate 5G spectrum to the market’s operators for no charge, to give them a competitive advantage in the race to 5G adoption. [Read more →]

With the realities of the Sprint deal still a long way off, T-Mobile US isn’t going to wait around to make its 5G rollout plans.  Today the ‘Uncarrier’ announced a substantial deal with Nokia to get the ball rolling. [Read more →]

On Friday, Zayo continued its string of wins with major cloud providers, albeit unnamed ones as usual.  The Boulder-based infrastructure provider announced a major expansion of its relationship with said cloud provider. [Read more →]

Telefonica has raised a few more euros this morning with the planned sale of a stake of Telxius to Pontegadea, a real estate investment company owned by the mega-billionaire Amancio Ortega.  Ortega owns the Spanish-based Zara, which is a power in the world of retail fashion. [Read more →]

Three bits of data center news from three countries and an MEF 3.0 certification to finish off the week: [Read more →]

Four bits of metro fiber news from the past few days that are worth a look: [Read more →]