Telecom Ramblings

With Metro Connect kicking off today, it’s fitting perhaps that we have some fiber infrastructure changing hands as well.  Conterra has announced an agreement to acquire Network USA, LLC and Sun America, LLC, which make up NUSA. [Read more →]

There are some days one really wonders if one is still aleep when reading the headlines on Monday morning. According to a report on Axios that is quickly making the rounds on the major news channels, the Trump Administration is considering nationalizing parts of the nascent 5G network infrastructure that providers have been starting to put together. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Steve Brar, Director of Solutions Marketing at Riverbed.

As SD-WAN gains more widespread adoption, you may be asking, “How should I compare SD-WAN vs MPLS?” This is an interesting question, but thinking about networks this way misses the central [Read more →]

TGIF.  I’ll be at Metro Connect next week.  In the meantime, here’s a bit more of the other news from this week that’s worth a look: [Read more →]

The pattern of network consolidation continued yesterday with another fiber M&A, this time for an asset I hadn’t run into before.  The private equity group Novacap TMT has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Horizon Telcom. [Read more →]

Verizon’s growing appetitie for fleet management services has taken it into southern Europe with a new acquisition. Verizon has acquired Movildata Internacional, moving into Spain, the continent’s second largest market with more than 5 million commercial vehicles on the roads. [Read more →]

Some interesting data center news from around the sector this week: [Read more →]

Here are a few network news bytes that have come out so far this week that are worth a look, from metro to backbone to subsea to security: [Read more →]

Here’s some other news from the start of this week that is worth a look: [Read more →]

Ciena has unveiled the latest upgrade to its subsea networking solutions this morning. They have been working with TE SubCom to bring extra capacity to the table via the L-Band. [Read more →]

Cross River Fiber has polished off a new carefully designed route through the New Jersey suburban landscape.  They have built out a latency-sensitive fiber connection between NJFX down in Wall Township and the key financial exchanges and carrier hotels in northern New Jersey and across the river in Manhattan. [Read more →]

Digital Realty is making a move to augment its cloud connectivity ecosystem.  The data center REIT and interconnection provider has announced plans to offer dedicated and private access through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect in 14 major metros. [Read more →]

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

Australia’s Telstra has announced plans to invest in two new subsea cable systems connecting Hong Kong to the west coast of the US. [Read more →]

Zayo waited a whole two and a half weeks into the new year to make its first infrastructure acquisition.  On Friday they announced the purchase of Optic Zoo Networks for CAD $31M. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of some other news from this week that’s worth a look: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Alan Levy, CEO of Skywire Networks

Net neutrality may be dead, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped the FCC from continuing to relax the regulatory standards to which broadband providers are held. The FCC is now proposing that access to mobile broadband via a smartphone will be treated [Read more →]

Sprint and Cox Communications are moving to deepen their ties, signing a new multi-year business agreement while also settling some patent litigation. The deal will see Sprint gain greater access to Cox’s broadband infrastructure, adding density to the company’s backhaul networks. [Read more →]

A fiber expansion, an enterprise customer win, a submarine update, and a new product launch: [Read more →]

The period just before PTC each year is always a big week for submarine cable announcements, and 2018 appears to be no exception.  Another big new intercontinental project was unveiled yesterday, this time connecting the Americas.  TE SubCom has been selected by Google to design and deploy the Curie Submarine Cable, named after the scientist Marie Curie. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Tom McMahon, co-founder of DeepSea Fibre Networks and managing director of McMahon Design & Management.

The Rockabill System, named after the Rockabill Lighthouse on the north Dublin coast, will run from Portrane situated just 15 km north of Dublin City to Lancaster in the  UK which is some 70 km north west of Manchester. The system will be routed to the [Read more →]

Here’s a quick look at some of the news from early this week: [Read more →]

EdgeConneX has found some new territory at the network edge in which to replicate its data center model.  This morning they have announced their first data center in the southern hemisphere, putting down a few roots in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Read more →]

Last week we learned that Subcom would be building the HAVFRUE cable system across the North Atlantic, and that Aqua Comms would be the system operator and the landing party in the US, Ireland, and Denmark.  Yesterday, Aqua Comms revealed a bit more information about how the new cable fits into the company’s plans. [Read more →]