As the US East coast digs out from the recent storms, here’s a quick rundown on some other news from this week: [Read more →]
Oak Hill Completes Sovernet Deal, Combines It With FirstLight
March 14th, 2017

As promised, Oak Hill Capital Partners polished off its acquisition of Sovernet and immediately combined its operations with that of FirstLight Fiber, just as it recently did with Oxford Networks. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: DISH, T-Mobile, Internap, AMS-IX
March 14th, 2017
As a Nor’easter hits my area, I’ll be hunkered down and hoping the power holds out. In the meantime, here’s a quick rundown on some news from early this week. [Read more →]
AT&T, Akamai Add Two More Years to Their Alliance
March 13th, 2017
Akamai and AT&T have renewed their global alliance, extending it through 2019. That will keep Akamai’s CDN and web security services on AT&T’s business solutions menu, including the addition of DDoS capabilities. Akamai will also be able to further extend it’s server footprint out onto AT&T’s edge. [Read more →]
Connectivity is not an asset, MWC told
March 13th, 2017
This article was authored by Lachlan Colquhoun, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
Serial telecoms entrepreneur Alexey Reznikovich says that building an “enabled gateway” to customers is the key to survival for traditional telecoms players, who need to stop relying on the diminishing returns from connectivity. [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: Spectrum Enterprise, UPN, Equinix, Epsilon
March 10th, 2017
Here’s a Friday rundown on some other news from this week: [Read more →]
Hurricane Electric Lands in the Middle East and Africa
March 10th, 2017

Hurricane Electric is expanding its IPv4 and IPv6 backbone deep into the Middle East and Africa with the buildout of three new points of presence. [Read more →]
BT to Split Off Openreach
March 10th, 2017
Over in the UK, the ongoing round of regulatory wrestling match between BT and Ofcom may have finally been decided. BT has agreed to legally separate its Openreach division, splitting off the company’s fiber and copper infrastructure from the parent’s direct control. [Read more →]
Birch Sale Coming?
March 9th, 2017
Last year I started hearing that Birch’s M&A run was coming to an end, that the necessary financials had begun to evaporate. Since the start of the year, however, I have heard things have taken an increasingly difficult turn, with multiple sources claiming that the company has been going through a series of layoffs and has been actively searching for a buyer. [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: LimeLight, Console, Telehouse, Telia, Colt, NexGen
March 9th, 2017
Time to catch up on some other news from content delivery to interconnection to IoT to network expansions: [Read more →]
Zayo Adds Colo in Paris, Fiber in Napa Valley
March 8th, 2017
This morning we have two expansion announcements from Zayo, one over in Europe and the other in northern California. [Read more →]
Wednesday Bytes: Lumos, ShoreTel, iconectiv, Cataleya
March 8th, 2017
Here’s a few quick takes in fiber, interconnection, and voice. [Read more →]
Equinix to Sell Stock, Notes in Preparation for Verizon Deal
March 8th, 2017
Equinix revealed plans yesterday to raise at least $2.875B in public offerings over the next few weeks. The data center giant is lining up the necessary funds to make their previously announced purchase of a selection of Verizon’s data center footprint. [Read more →]
Lightower Adds Western Route to Ashburn
March 7th, 2017

Lightower has made a key addition to its network infrastructure along the Maryland-Virginia border. They’ve added a new river crossing over the Potomac, adding a diverse route to Ashburn from the north that doesn’t pass through Washington DC. [Read more →]
Int’l Roundup: Nokia, Verizon, Epsilon, BICS
March 7th, 2017
Here’s some more news from around the world: [Read more →]
FirstLight Fiber Strikes Again, to Acquire FLTG
March 6th, 2017

FirstLight Fiber has made another consolidation move up in the northeastern region. The Albany-based fiber infrastructure provider has announced its intent to acquire Finger Lakes Technologies Group. [Read more →]
Int’l Bytes: AWS, Ciena, Superloop, DE-CIX
March 6th, 2017
Let’s do a quick look around the world for news from the last few days that’s worth noting: [Read more →]
Zayo Moves Quickly on ELI Synergies
March 6th, 2017
Last week Zayo completed its $1.4B acquisition of Electric Lightwave, and immediately started working on the $40M in annual synergies it has planned for the integration. The first move was apparently to reduce headcount, taking on the unpleasant task of layoffs right off the bat. [Read more →]
Waiting for the Next Element
March 6th, 2017
This article was authored by Lachlan Colquhoun, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
Mobile World Congress 2017 showcased a host of innovative gadgets and prompted some major 5G announcements, but in its timing it caught the telecoms industry at an uncertain point in its development. [Read more →]
Friday Roundup: Akamai, Infomart, Vantage, Subsea Networks
March 3rd, 2017
Some content delivery, data center, and subsea news for this March friday: [Read more →]
Managed SD-WAN Services- Monetizing Connectivity for a Cloud-Connected Enterprise
March 3rd, 2017
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Nav Chander, Senior Director of Marketing at Silver Peak, an SD-WAN solution vendor
In my former role as an industry analyst covering managed services, I advised and interacted with more than 100 leading communication service providers ranging from tier 1 global carriers to tier 3 regional carriers and [Read more →]
More Ashburn Land for Equinix
March 2nd, 2017

If you thought Equinix’s 10 data centers in the DC metro area were enough, you were wrong. The data center builder and operator has purchased four new parcels of land in Loudon County, Virginia. [Read more →]
Ireland’s enet Makes Move on UK
March 2nd, 2017

According to reports this morning, the UK will soon be getting a new bandwidth competitor. The Irish open access provider enet has signed a network partnership with SSE Enterprise Telecoms, giving them optical reach throughout the UK. [Read more →]