Telecom Ramblings

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

Japan’s NEC has announced it has become the first vendor to achieve a transmission capacity of over 50Tbps over a distance greater than 10,000km using a single optical fiber. [Read more →]

I’ve been on the road for much of this week for personal reasons, my apologies if coverage has been a bit spotty.  Here are a few deals from in and around the metro space this week: [Read more →]

Mitel has announced some additional inorganic growth in the VoIP space.  The Canadian-based communications company has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Japanese giant Toshiba.  Toshiba decided to leave the UC space earlier this year. [Read more →]

A product launch, a few executive appointments, and some subsea cable plans to peruse: [Read more →]

On Monday we learned that the auction for Straight Path Communications had reached the lofty heights of $184 per share as an unnamed bidder competed with AT&T.  Well, according to reports late yesterday, that is in fact where the auction has ended.  And the winner is, apparently, Verizon. [Read more →]

I’m on the road for much of the next few weeks, if I miss anything I promise to catch up!  Here’s a quick rundown of some news from the last 24 hours or so that is worth a look: [Read more →]

Zayo posted its fiscal Q3 numbers yesterday after the market closed.  With the acquisition of Electric Lightwave closing on March 1, it is another of those quarters where the numbers are shifting and the way the company reports them is still evolving.  Here are a few of their numbers in some context: [Read more →]

Over the weekend, comedian John Oliver launched another net neutrality broadside via his Last Week Tonight episode on HBO.  As he did three years ago, he called for listeners to flood the FCC with comments in support of net neutrality. [Read more →]

Lake Ontario is going to be getting its very own submarine cable system if plans by Crosslake Fibre come to fruition. The company announced its intention this morning for a new cable system connecting the cities of Toronto, Canada and Buffalo, New York via a more direct, albeit wet route. [Read more →]

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

Seaborn Networks has picked a partner to help make its mark on the world of finance. The submarine cable operator has announced that Spread Networks will be their exclusive channel partner for sales to the financial vertical. [Read more →]

The auction for Straight Path Communications took another sharp turn this morning. The company has announced that it finds the latest revised offer from an unnamed multi-national telecommunications operator constitutes a ‘superior proposal’. [Read more →]

Some fiber, data center, vendor, network news to peruse on this Monday morning: [Read more →]

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

Global revenues from telecommunications application programming interfaces (APIs) is on track to reach $207 billion worldwide by 2022, Research and Markets has predicted. [Read more →]

Zayo quietly made another acquisition yesterday.  The Boulder-based infrastructure company has completed the purchase of two data centers from KIO Networks for $12M, boosting its infrastructure in southern California further.   [Read more →]

Here are four other quick takes on earnings reports from network operators from this week: [Read more →]

Yesterday Level 3 Communications posted its Q1 2017 numbers, finding some growth on the enterprise front in the Americas.  The combination with CenturyLink is expected to close during Q3, and sometimes there can be a bit of focus lost between announcement and closure, but so far Level 3 seems to be holding pretty steady.  Here are the company’s numbers in some context: [Read more →]

In the first quarter of 2017, the European pureplay fiber network operator euNetworks kept on executing on its plans, posting higher revenue and spending plenty of it on new network deployments.  Here are the company’s results in some context: [Read more →]

A few contract wins, partnerships, and product launches to note for this week: [Read more →]

Yesterday CenturyLink completed the sale of its data centers and colocation business to a consortium of private equity buyers that they announced last November.  That consortium, which includes BC Partners, Medina Capital Advisors, and Longview asset Management, has re-launched the assets as part of a new company, Cyxtera Technologies. [Read more →]

In most people’s minds, one of the biggest hurdles enterprises struggle with when it comes to migrating the cloud is that they may have to sacrifice some security along the way.  But is that really the case?  With us today to talk about the realities of data security systems in today’s cloud-powered network world is Bryan Doerr, CEO of Observable Networks.  Before taking the helm at Observable Networks, Bryan was CTO of Savvis for a decade.  [Read more →]

Cisco’s eternal appetite for acquisitions announced what the next course will be.  The network technology giant will be buying Viptela and combining the San-Jose-based vendor’s SD-WAN technology with its own efforts and moving further toward a software model that produces more reliably recurring revenue. [Read more →]

Late last week, the USA division of Altice revealed the extent of its recent progress in the education vertical. The company’s Lightpath metro fiber division has connected another 47 New Jersey schools and school districts to its regional network in the NYC metro area. [Read more →]