Telecom Ramblings

Akamai has made an inorganic move this icy Monday morning aimed at boosting its capabilities in DNS.  They have acquired Xerocole, whose specialty is recursive DNS. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Don Sambandaraksa, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

So in the end Gemalto issued a half-denial fudge of a press release on the reported GCHQ/NSA hacking of SIM encryption keys. [Read more →]

Next week it will be March at last, and perhaps we’ll even see some snow actually melt.  In the meantime, here is a quick look at a bunch of items from this week — assuming of course that Title II doesn’t cause an immediate end to the world.  News from two global networks, one CDN, and three vendors are on tap: [Read more →]

Ok, maybe that title wasn’t the best way to express that particular thought…  But anyhow, the interlude between the striking down of the first net neutrality regulatory regime and the rise of Title II is now apparently over. As widely expected, the FCC has in fact approved new, stronger rules it hopes will stand up to judicial scrutiny.  [Read more →]

The higher profile vote today will be about network neutrality. But the FCC’s vote on a somewhat less widely known issue today may have a more immediate effect. Nobody is on the brink of commercializing a fast lane of any note, but municipal fiber projects have been chomping at the bit for years. [Read more →]

Zayo has filed an S-1 with the SEC that looks at offering some more stock to the markets in a follow-on offering to its October IPO.   [Read more →]

Here’s a quick look at some news from fiber and the cloud from the last day or two: [Read more →]

In its Q4 earnings release this morning, Cogent Communications posted revenues and earnings per share that came in short of analyst projections.  But currency fluctuations held back the top line, and didn’t stop them from increasing their quarterly dividend 3.2% to $0.32 plus a special dividend of another 3 cents. [Read more →]

When the FCC implements its new Network Neutrality framework based on Title II, there will be no Congressional response. According to the New York Times today, Senate Republicans have given up on plans to pass legislation to rein in the agency. That leaves Tom Wheeler and his two Democratic colleagues a clear field ahead of the vote tomorrow. [Read more →]

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

HKBN will today launch an initial public offering seeking to raise up to HK$5.8 billion ($747.8 million), and has reportedly already secured a commitment for $200 million worth of shares. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick roundup of some news from the first part of this week: [Read more →]

This morning Zayo announced the closing of its purchase of Latisys, and along with it came a reconfiguration of the company’s management team to reflect the growing influence of the data center side of its business. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Lee Cottle, Director, VP Global Head of Sales for Push Technology

Five years after Apple first used “There’s an app for that” in a marketing campaign for the iPhone 3, it seems there really is a mobile application for everything, whether it’s helping users transform their morning routines into fitness workouts, or just saying “yo” to friends. [Read more →]

TGIF, and a really cold one here in the Northeast.  Here’s a quick look at some news, a new data center and three interesting bits from vendors: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Alex Vayl, VP Business Development for NSONE

Website and application delivery has gone through dramatic shifts over the past 25 years. One of the more recent catalysts is a trend towards distributed application deployments, enabled by the advent of IaaS and infrastructure automation, which have dramatically reduced the costs and complexity of deploying applications in multiple markets. [Read more →]

Fresh off its purchase of UNSi this past autumn, GTT has made yet another inorganic move. They announced an agreement today to purchase the managed services business of MegaPath, which caters to large enterprises and multinationals. [Read more →]

On EarthLink’s Q4 earnings call this morning, the company talked pretty frankly about its intentions to sell off network assets to focus more tightly on the managed services side. They are looking at selling off the dark fiber, but not the more general CLEC/network business itself for now. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of news from around the industry today: [Read more →]

Lots of news from vendors lately, here’s a quick survey:  [Read more →]

Level 3 this morning announced an interesting high profile deal over in Europe, where the company has been looking to rejuvenate its growth of late.  The German automaker BMW has picked them to deliver both fiber and CDN services. [Read more →]

With FibreLac firmly in tow and private equity moving to take full control of the company, euNetworks finished out 2014 with a solid quarter of revenue growth and new sales.  Here is a quick table of of their results in some context.: [Read more →]

Just shy of four years after Google Fiber picked Kansas City for its first foray into the FTTH world, and two and a half years since they followed through and started hooking up fiberhoods, the incumbent is responding in force. AT&T yesterday launched its GigaPower offering in parts of Kansas City and its suburbs. [Read more →]

Liquid Telecom has landed some significant new funding for its expansion plans. The Pan-African fiber operator has raised another $150M from the global investment banking community. [Read more →]