Telecom Ramblings

Level 3’s New York metro teams have been busy this summer.  Today they announced the completion of two new network expansions in Westchester County, just to the north of New York City.  [Read more →]

Over in the UK, the growing alternative metro fiber builder CityFibre has a new expansion in its sights.  They have announced plans to build out more metro fiber in the city of Hull, adding it to their list of Gigabit Cities. [Read more →]

Here’s a midweek look at some news from around the space: [Read more →]

There’s a new metro buildout in the works over in South Africa, according to Capacity.  WIOCC has big plans for the Johanneburg metro area, and intends to build out metro access to some 40+ PoPs there.  [Read more →]

Global Cloud Exchange, the international bandwidth arm of Reliance Communications, has been busy back on its home turf of India. Today GCX and its parent announced a new CDN in the country, which is named Fast Edge. [Read more →]

A year and a half ago, Zayo announced plans to build a new, diverse intercity fiber route between Salt Lake City and Saramento. Yesterday they revealed how things have gone so far, and apparently they’ve gone pretty well. [Read more →]

No big headlines to talk about yet this late-August Monday morning, but a few smaller ones worth noting: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Lachlan Colquhoun, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

It’s easy to be cynical about Australia’s National Broadband Network, and I have to admit that yes I have been an unbeliever. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Will Saybe, Director, Audit Services, Alsbridge

Network and telecom expense audits have traditionally been the go-to-method for uncovering billing errors and invoice discrepancies. In recent years, however, the increasing complexity of telecom services, combined with the competing priorities of driving transformation and supporting business growth, have caused telecom audits to take a back seat. In response to a variety of factors, enterprises today [Read more →]

Here’s some more metro fiber, data center, and Ethernet news from this week: [Read more →]

So the rumors of layoffs at Cisco were right, but the number was pretty far off. Cisco reported its fiscal Q4 quarterly earnings yesterday, posting revenues of $12.6B and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.63. Both numbers were slightly better than expected, although the company’s stock price fell a bit in reponse in after hours trading. [Read more →]

Late yesterday someone pointed me to a rumor that originated at CTFN and was bubbling through some alternative news sites, asking if there was any truth to it.  The piece, which lasted all of two sentences, quoted sources saying that Lightower is exploring a sale and that Level 3 or Zayo would be likely buyers. [Read more →]

Along with reports of Cisco’s potential layoffs, there have been a number of interesting items from vendors already this week: [Read more →]

Cisco reports earnings after the markets close today, but they’re already in the morning headlines for what they might say.  Multiple reports that seem to derive from one by CRN yesterday suggest that Cisco is preparing to reduce its headcount by 14,000 employees worldwide.   [Read more →]

Here are a few quick takes one some other news from the start of this week. [Read more →]

A substantial chunk of infrastructure will be changing private equity hands in the next couple of quarters.  TPG Capital has announced plans to acquire two regional alternative broadband MSO operators from ABRY Partners. [Read more →]

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I’m on the road again, and will be on and off for much of August.  Here’s a quick look at some other news from this week that is worth a quick look: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Networks Asia staff, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

The vast majority of companies (85%) plan to more closely monitor the performance of their applications and networks, including Wi-Fi, because of potential strain due to employees accessing Olympic content. [Read more →]

Let’s catch up real quick on some network news that’s worth a look: [Read more →]

There was some interesting M&A activity yesterday pairing different aspects of the managed infrastructure-as-a-service space. Atlantic Metro Communications and InfoRelay have announced plans to merge the two companies, creating a more comprehensive offering both in terms of product and geography. [Read more →]

Zayo revealed this morning that it has landed an anchor customer for a 100G wavelength rollout in France.  An unnamed ‘global carrier’ has tapped them for backhaul between the AAE-1 and SEA-ME-WE-5 cable landings down in Marseille and Paris. [Read more →]

I’ve been on the road the past two days out at Cowen’s Communications Infrastructure Summit, so here’s a quick catch up on some news I didn’t get to while I was out: [Read more →]