Telecom Ramblings

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 →]

At Metro Connect, one of the bigger rumors making the rounds was that FirstLight Fiber was on the market. This morning, that rumor became a deal. Antin Infrastructure Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to buy the company from Oak Hill Capital Partners. [Read more →]

Consolidators in the unified communications as a service space have been quite active lately, especially over in Europe.  With us today to help us understand what is going on and why are Q Advisor’s Partner Gerry DeHaven and Managing Director Andy Monroe.  Q Advisors is a global boutique investment bank that has been directly or indirectly involved in much of the consolidation in the UCaaS space on both sides of the Atlantic over the last few years.  [Read more →]

A fiber expansion, two cloud connectivity expansions, and a data center restructuring plan: [Read more →]

The Broadcom/Qualcomm soap opera continues to roll on.  According to the Wall Street Journal this morning, Qualcomm is about to raise its bid for NXP Semiconductors NFV. The plan is to increase the current bid of $110 per share to [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by David W Wang

If your organization has learnt about SD-WAN and its benefits and now is thinking seriously on its deployment, then what major options are there on the table that you can pick? [Read more →]

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

The Chinese government has reportedly taken the telecoms sector off a list of “sensitive sectors” that require special approvals for outbound investment. [Read more →]

Two international items, an IX deployment or two, and a new data center for Chicago that I missed last week. [Read more →]

London got a new data center recently.  Kao Data has opened its first facility in the London metro area, specifically in Harlow.   [Read more →]

One of the key data centers in the central US is changing hands. Equinix has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Infomart Dallas building from ASB Real Estate Investments for $800M. [Read more →]

Wall Street needed a valentine yesterday, and Cisco stepped up. The technology giant posted its fiscal second quarter numbers yesterday. Revenues of $11.89B were slightly above expectations, while adjusted earnings per share of $0.63 was four pennies on the high side. [Read more →]

Zayo announced yesterday that will be supplying a ‘global webscale cloud provider’ with wavelength connectivity between two of the provider’s markets. The arrangement is taking advantage of existing Zayo infrastructure, and thus can be mobilize very quickly. [Read more →]

Ciena has unvelied new capabilities within its networking portfolio this morning. It’s part of an effort to better serve the growing needs of 4G networks and to prepare for the stresses of 5G. [Read more →]

Happy Valentine’s Day all. Here are a few tidbits of infrastructure worth some love: [Read more →]

Folks at TDC saw their drama ratchet up another notch yesterday.  The Danish telecommunications provider has shifted its stance, backing a sale to Australian investment bank Macquarie and three Danish pension funds for $6.7B. [Read more →]

A colo M&A, a blockchain move, and a corporate anniversary to peruse this morning. [Read more →]