Telecom Ramblings

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

Many people come to MWC to work hard, have business meetings and also participate in networking events. But as we know, each business, industry and event also has its more ironic parts. Especially if [Read more →]

Over in Europe, there has been an interesting M&A in the international carrier services market.  iBasis, which is the wholesale arm of the Dutch incumbent KPN, has been acquired by Paris-based Tofane Global. [Read more →]

It’s been a rough few months here, even beyond the weather of the east coast, but Spring should be coming soon in more ways than one.  In the meantime, here are a few more news bytes from this week worth a look: [Read more →]

Tom Brown was recently named CEO of DataGryd, which operates out of the iconic 60 Hudson Street carrier hotel in the heart of New York City.  DataGryd has been pretty quiet for a while, but is now ready to rumble.  Tom had previously been with Windstream’s wholesale division and with Fibernet Telecom Group before that.  Tom joins us today along with Art Valhuerdi, SVP of operations, to talk about DataGryd’s plans going forward. [Read more →]

Broadcom isn’t giving up on its quest to acquire Qualcomm despite the new hurdles that have cropped up this week. It’s no longer enough to win over Qualcomm shareholders, which they seem to have had a good shot at, but now they are facing skeptical regulators as well. [Read more →]

An open switch, two network expansions, and an interconnection deployment in South Africa: [Read more →]

Ciena has posted its first quarter financials this morning, and they seem to have made the markets happy although. It’s early yet, with the investor call and Q2 outlook still to come.  [Read more →]

Here’s some interesting tidbits from EMEA worth noting: [Read more →]

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

Startups have a complex role at MWC. The event wants to have startups and new innovations, but at the same time it is dominated by large corporations. 4YFN has been one solution to handle it and it has become more and more popular. But [Read more →]

Late last week there was an interesting transaction that slipped past my nets temporarily.  As Uniti Group announced its earnings, it also unveiled details of a sale-leaseback transaction with TelePacific, which is going by the less geographically specific moniker TPx nowadays. [Read more →]

Fresh off its announced plans to acquire the pan-European network and cloud operator Interoute earlier this week, GTT posted its fourth quarter and full year 2017 numbers.  This was a rare quarter in which the company didn’t actually close any deals halfway through, which means we get a relatively clean look at where they are. [Read more →]

CenturyLink has been awarded a managed services contract with the State of Texas Department of Information Resources. The win follows a 2013 award that first brought CenturyLink’s capabilities to the agencies that procure services through the Texas DIR five years ago. [Read more →]

According to an update this morning, Zayo has been pretty busy in the Texas Triangle. Over the last two years, the compay’s presence in the Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas/Ft. Worth metro areas has seen its extent tripled. [Read more →]

Two pending infrastructure deals close, and dueling IX expansions in Mumbai. [Read more →]

I’ve had a few things going on this week, but I’m getting back in the saddle now.  Here are a few news bytes from the infrastructure world: [Read more →]

New technologies always take longer to revolutionize an industry than the initial hype would suggest, and SDN and NFV are no different. But they aren’t going away either, and when carriers look to reengineer their infrastructure to take advantage of new technologies like this, they often bring in outside expertise like Datavision to help kick things off. With us today to give his perspective on the shift toward software-based networking is Datavision COO Mark Abolafia. [Read more →]

So the rumors were true that Interoute was for sale, and today the news finally landed.  GTT has agreed to acquire Interoute from the Sandoz Family Foundation, Aleph Capital and Crestview Partners in a €1.9 billion deal. [Read more →]

At the end of last week, Zayo announced plans to get a bit smaller.  The Boulder-based infrastructure provider has agreed to sell Scott-Rice Telephone Co. to New Ulm Telecom, Inc. [Read more →]

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

I was recently sitting on the London Underground and observing how every person uses their mobile phones. It reminded me of times 18 years ago. I then worked first for [Read more →]

For the last Friday in February: two fiber items, one colo expansion, and some interconnection news from Spain: [Read more →]

Consolidated Communications is moving quickly to change the narrative for its business in New England. They recently rebranded FairPoint to Consolidated following its acquisition last year, and today have announced plans to upgrade the company’s access network. [Read more →]

Some other news from Africa, the Middle East, and Russia to note: [Read more →]

The merger soap opera continues to unfold between Broadcom and Qualcomm. After Qualcomm upsized its bid for NXP this week, Broadcom has downsized its own bid for Qualcomm. Qualcomm has responded with another round of derision for that bid. Hanging in the balance is ownership of a good portion of the guts of current and future wireless technology. [Read more →]