Telecom Ramblings

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

I had a meeting with an incumbent company in an industry. We talked about opportunities to utilize data and analytics. They commented to me that it is so easy for startups to do anything with data, but they have their regulation, internal processes, legacy IT systems and responsibilities. [Read more →]

Two metro fiber items and two colo expansion projects to note from this week’s news: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Theresa Knutson of TechCaliber Consulting and Andrew Brown of Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP

If you’re an AT&T customer, the cost of your telecom services is about to go up. [Read more →]

Cologix has revealed some big plans for its Columbus data center footprint.  The data center and interconnection specialist is going to be building a new data center on its campus in the Ohio capital that will triple its square footage there. [Read more →]

Here’s a few bits of news from around the globe that are worth a quick look: [Read more →]

Zayo announced a new wireless backhaul deal this morning, and it’s a big one.  They will be upgrading and expanding one of their wireless customers’ fiber-to-the-tower network, including bringing dark fiber to more than 1,800 sites across 26 markets. [Read more →]

Fresh off the closing of its acquisition of Tower Cloud, CS&L is making a move in the financial markets.  The network infrastructure REIT is putting plans in place to potentially sell some $250M in stock via the establishment of an ‘at the market’ equity offering. [Read more →]

Telefonica has taken the next step toward an IPO for Telxius. They’ve announced their intention to move ahead with a public listing of the infrastructure unit in the Spanish stock exchanges in Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, and Valencia. [Read more →]

We have a several new job listings to peruse over on the Ramblings Jobs Board, with six active listings in all right now. [Read more →]

Here’s a set of quick takes on news from around the world this week: [Read more →]

Windstream has been adding to its metro infrastructure this year, and we’ve been learning about it city by city.  The company has kicked off September by talking about its expansion plans down in Atlanta.   [Read more →]

The second acquisition by Communications Sales & Leasing is now complete. Yesterday afternoon, CS&L finished off the purchase of Tower Cloud with the payment of $185M in cash and the issuance of 1.9M shares of stock. And now we know what they plan to do with it. [Read more →]

In the news lately, a couple of completed projects, some compliance, and a new FTTH buildout: [Read more →]

Here’s a quick look at some end-of-August news items: [Read more →]

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

India’s telecoms sector is the industry’s brave new world, but at times like this it can also seem like the frontier wild west. [Read more →]

I left early to take my eldest daughter to her first year in college, so of course by Murphy’s Law there was an acquisition 5 minutes later!  The rumor that Apollo Global Management was looking to buy out Rackspace turned out to be completely true.   [Read more →]

We have a two new job listings to peruse over on the Ramblings Jobs Board, with six active listings in all right now. [Read more →]

Before you go on this final Friday of August, a contract win, a colo expansion, a partnership, and two compliance achievements: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Venky Balasubramanian co-founder of Plivo

While leaders in the traditional telecommunications industry were once highly innovative, they are putting on the brakes.  After years of developing hardware, telecommunications companies are finding [Read more →]

Zayo has checked in with its Fiscal Q4 numbers, posting a solid quarter.  Revenue checked in at $507.3M, which was above analyst projections, while EBITDA rose proportionally to $257.8M.   Here are their numbers in some context: [Read more →]

Zayo reports earnings after the markets close today.  For those who might want to delve a little deeper into Zayo’s valuation and performance and maybe look at the business from a different perspective, an interesting model and earnings primer has recently come across my desk.   [Read more →]

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 →]