Telecom Ramblings

This morning Verizon took the wrappers off a beta of a new sponsored data offering, and it looks quite intriguing.  Called FreeBee Data, the idea is to let any content provider sponsor the downloading or streaming of particular items (or all of them) for consumers by the click with pricing by the gigabyte. [Read more →]

With PTC in full swing, there’s been lots of news focused on the Pacific this week.  Here’s a look at a few more: [Read more →]

Alongside PTC out in Hawaii this week, Ciena revealed three undersea cable upgrade projects it has been working on in three different oceans.  And this morning, they did a little M&A as well. [Read more →]

With its new Hibernia Express cable now the fastest way to send data between New York and London, Hibernia networks isn’t resting on its laurels. Today they found a way to cut that latency further. [Read more →]

With its new AEConnect cable system now in service, AquaComms now has a significant new tenant to announce.  This morning, PCCW Global revealed its cooperation with the new transatlantic cable system.     [Read more →]

Windstream has extended its 100G buildout to the Jersey Shore. The 230+ mile network expansion creates a direct path between key submarine cables and Ashburn in northern Virginia. They’ve hooked up with NJFX’s meet-me room and data center in Wall Township, which sits alongside the Tata Communications cable landing station. Not only does Tata’s own transatlantic cable land there, but the new [Read more →]

This article was authored by John C. Tanner, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

When Netflix announced it would open its OTT video service in 130 more countries, one of the big questions among interested subscribers was: just how much of their content library will I be able to access? [Read more →]

Three of the significant M&A deals in the telecom and internet infrastructure world saw significant news this morning. [Read more →]

We’ve seen a steady stream of peering agreements announced over the past year, and now we have one for 2016.  But today’s peering announcement isn’t one that was likely driven by the FCC’s regulatory stance on network neutrality following the disputes between content and the last mile of prior years.  In this case it’s Google and Level 3 signing a settlement-free peering agreement, and they went the extra bit mile.  [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Ed McCormack, Vice President and General Manager, Submarine Systems at Ciena Corporation

It’s the start of a new year and another January which means one thing for the submarine industry: PTC. The Pacific Telecommunications Council’s annual event, PTC’16, is taking place next week. This year’s theme is “reimagining telecoms” and it is only fitting as the submarine industry, like the traditional telecom and networking world, is undergoing rapid [Read more →]

With PTC coming next week, there’s lots of news to catch up on under the waves this week as well: [Read more →]

There has been a steady drumbeat of significant M&A in the colocation sector, and this morning we have another to consider. H5 Data Centers has announced the acquisition of the NextFort data center just outside Phoenix in Chandler, Arizona. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of some news items for this Thursday, including two expansions, one federal deal, and a rebranding to take note of. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick roundup of some news from this week from network operators large and small: [Read more →]

The rapidly evolving worlds of NFV and Ethernet saw some interesting consolidation this morning. ADVA Optical Networking has announced the acquisition of Overture. The combined company will take over the number one slot in the Ethernet access device marketplace and unify two NFV approaches. [Read more →]

For this Tuesday’s scanning, a submarine cable, some R&E, a little cloud, and a security warning. [Read more →]

The new independent submarine cable between North and South America known as Seabras-1 seems to finally have all its financial ducks in a row.  Yesterday, Seaborn Networks announced the project has now been fully funded, and this morning in a clearly related announcement we learned that TI Sparkle has signed on in a big way. [Read more →]

Last week we opened the year looking at which US network assets are most likely to get bought.  This week let’s take the other side of the question.  Who are the most likely buyers of US network assets this year? [Read more →]

This article was authored by John C. Tanner, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

One of the biggest announcements at this year’s CES – apart from all the virtual reality gubbins – was Netflix’s launch of a new global player that effectively makes the service available in every country on Earth except China, North Korea, Syria, and [Read more →]

Yesterday there was a bit of interesting fiber M&A from north of the border.  The Canadian MSO Videotron has announced the acquisition of Fibrenoire. [Read more →]

Before you head off for the weekend, here are two data center items, one cloud connectivity item, and a new subsea cable projet to look at: [Read more →]

The Midwest is getting another internet exchange point in a few days, with more to come. The startup Midwest-IX is throwing its launch party on January 19th out in Indianapolis. We’ve seen the European IXs getting started in major US markets the last few years, but this effort is entirely homegrown. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by David W Wang

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