Telecom Ramblings

Every few years, the incumbents and unions face off for a nice game of chicken over wireline telecom. This summer, it is Verizon on one side and the CWA and IBEW on the other. The “deadline” passed at midnight last night, but workers are staying on the job so far. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Phil Marshall, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

The release of digital dividend (700MHz/800MHz) spectrum around the world has slowed dramatically after the initial spike in allocation in the US, Europe and some Asia Pacific countries. The 700MHz band is still used for broadcasting in most of [Read more →]

The UC and hosted voice segment has been picking up steam for years, and I need to pay it more attention. So here’s a quick roundup of some of the news from this week across the sector: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Dr. Yuri Gittik, RAD

If service providers hope to meet the challenges of automated, speedy, and profitable service delivery, they need networks that are agile, efficient, and well orchestrated. Programmable networks – now viewed as a must for providers – is the driver behind the acceleration in network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN). [Read more →]

A variety of earnings reports are now in, but one that caught my attention this morning was that of Vonage. Vonage has been working hard to transition from its original consumer VoIP business into a business VoIP and UC provider. According to today’s results, they seem to be gaining some real traction. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick roundup of some news from the metro, with three event contracts, an expansion, and some IoT: [Read more →]

In recent quarters, it has been enterprise sales that have held up the company’s growth trajectory, but in Q2 it was the wholesale side that chipped in when enterprise revenues came in a bit light.  That combined with strong savings on network access let Level 3 beat estimates on EPS and EBITDA even as total revenue came up a bit short.
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The Japanese giant NTT Communications made another inorganic move to build its global infrastructure today.  They have acquired PT. Cyber CSF, which provides data center services in Jakarta, Indonesia. [Read more →]

The number of independent regional network operators out there in the US has thinned through consolidation, but there are still far more than many think.  One of the larger such fiber networks that tends to fly under the radar when it comes to the national media is Southern Light, which operates a deep metro and regional fiber footprint along the Gulf Coast and into adjacent regions. With us today to talk about what Southern Light has been doing and what they have planned for the future is CEO and co-Founder Andy Newton.  [Read more →]

Here are three interesting items from the colocation side of things, one acquisition, one customer win, and one equipment deployment: [Read more →]

It seems like just a year or two ago that 100G became commercially viable, yet technology has moved on already.  euNetworks today announced that it has deployed 200G, with the London metro area getting it first. [Read more →]

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

Should Airbnb’s apartment rental business be treated like a hotel business with licenses and taxes? Is Uber the employer or a technology service for drivers? Has Uber conducted illegal taxi business in France when its directors were arrested? Can people mutually make business by using digital currencies without authorities’ control? [Read more →]

Another summer job listing landed on the Ramblings Jobs board this past week, and again it is up in the Northeast. [Read more →]

According to an article on LiveMint, Tata Communications is shopping its data center assets.  They are said to be talkign with both private equity and strategic buyers to sell a 74% stake in the company’s data center subsidiary, raising something in the neighborhood of $300M.   [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Priya Natarajan, Senior Director of Software Marketing, Ciena

Forecasting is inherently a challenge, but it’s absolutely critical in today’s business environment. For example, complicated sales funnels can shroud the view of how much revenue an organization will have to work with in the future, making sales forecasting tools like those available through Salesforce not only useful, but essential. [Read more →]

Q2 earnings season is now upon us, and yesterday afternoon the DWDM specialist Infinera helped kick things off for the vendors. Revenues and non-GAAP earnings per share of $207.3M and $0.18 were both stronger than anticipated, as were Q3 projections of $210-220M and $0.17, so it’s no surprise the markets have responded with a 10+% bump to the company’s stock price. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of news from the metro this week: [Read more →]

In its second fiber-to-the-tower-powered expansion in two weeks, Zayo announced this morning a significant expansion of its outpost in Nashville, Tennessee.  Last week Zayo revealed a similar metro expansion in and around Seattle, after focusing for a few quarters on new intercity dark fiber buildouts.   [Read more →]

As its efforts in New York City continue to gain traction, DE-CIX is apparently ready to take on another US market.  Today they announced plans to open a new internet exchange in Dallas, Texas, citing the need for an open, neutral peering platform in the region. [Read more →]

Lots of interesting news items from the data center this week, from colo up to the cloud: [Read more →]

After more than a year of regulatory wrangling, it looks like AT&T might actually win a mega-merger round. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has reportedly decided to back the deal. The full commission still has to officially vote, but with Wheeler’s support that’s just a formality. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of some interesting news on other continents so far this week: [Read more →]

PEG Bandwidth has found an inorganic way to grow its network in the MidAtlantic. This morning they announced an asset acquisition, purchasing a 48-mile fiber network from W.L. Gore & Associates.  Gore & Associates, among other things, is the company that makes GORE-TEX fabric and is the source of wealth for Delaware’s current richest resident, Bob Gore. [Read more →]