Telecom Ramblings

March always brings lots of interesting optical and packet technology news, and this year is no different.  Here's a quick rundown of some interesting nextgen demos in the past few days that are definitely worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

Yep, it's definitely an auction now. Just days after Brookfield and Cincinnati Bell announced an amended deal at the higher price of $12.50, that unsolicited bidder who prompted it stepped forward into the light with a new offer. [Read more →]

Sanity seems to have prevailed over in the negotiations between Windstream and Unity. Following the court win by Aurelius and Windstream's resulting trip into chapter 11 bankruptcy, the terms of the spinoff and lease agreement that created Uniti came under heavy fire. But a path to peace may now be in place. [Read more →]

Brookfield Infrastructure and Cincinnati Bell have amended their merger agreement. The original deal was signed before New Years, but another bidder emerged a month later to shake things up with a higher price. But Brookfield clearly had something in reserve and has matched and raised that bid. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Robert Bianco, VP of Business Development, Hylan

5G – it has been the talk of the industry for quite some time now. What's more, mobile carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile are starting to tout their 5G capabilities on TV. But many companies seeking to make the change to 5G are overlooking [Read more →]

A few items from midweek worth catching up on while you try not to read about pandemics and such: [Read more →]

Everstream has found itself another regional M&A target out in the Midwest. Today they announced a deal to acquire Rocket Fiber LLC, expanding the company's Michigan depth in the state's largest market of Detroit. [Read more →]

CenturyLink is already in most metros it wants to be in, so we don't get to hear about too many discrete expansion projects. But this week they have announced plans to expand their metro network and enterprise reach down into the South Carolina port of Charleston. [Read more →]

A subsea upgrade and three partnerships to catch up with: [Read more →]

EdgeConneX and Ori Industries have announced a partnership over in Europe that they hope will take edge computing to a new level. EdgeConneX specializes in placing data center infrastructure at the edge, while Ori has developed an infrastructure-agnostic edge cloud platform. [Read more →]

Here are a few items from late last week to wrap up before this week's news gets fully rolling: [Read more →]

Somehow I missed this one from a few days ago, but it looks pretty interesting. Zayo announced earlier this week a partnership with Microsoft in support of the Microsoft Airband Initiative. [Read more →]

Some news from two vendors and a new data center campus to take note of from midweek: [Read more →]

Data center gravity continues to grow up in Hillsboro, Oregon. Earlier this week QTS unveiled plans to develop a new mega data center campus there, starting off with a hyperscale customer as anchor. Hillsboro's 'Silicon Forest' combines transpacific connectivity, renewable power options, and ample metro fiber into an alternative to California's Bay Area. [Read more →]

A few more to keep up with from midweek: [Read more →]

With its extensive buildout around the Midwest well underway, Everstream is taking aim at the elephant in the room. That's Chicago of course, which is the region's main hub by any measure. [Read more →]

DE-CIX has found a new market into which it can inject its brand of interconnection services. In an announcement today, the Frankfurt-based IX specialist unveiled a memorandum of understanding with Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria. [Read more →]

Here's a few quick takes, one submarine cable upgrade, an SD-WAN win, and a couple regulatory stories: [Read more →]

Some have today off here in the US, but here's some news from around the world from over the weekend and late last week that's worth noting: [Read more →]

Happy Valentines Day all.  Here's a final catch-up on news from the sector this week before you go home for the weekend. [Read more →]

Ok, time to catch up after traveling for the first half of the week.  Here's a quick look at a few items I didn't get to while on the road: [Read more →]

It seems so long ago now that the pending merger of T-Mobile and Sprint was first announced. Despite federal regulatory approvals, the two companies had to take fourteen states to court in order to keep the deal alive. But today they seem to have finally won. [Read more →]

FirstLight has found itself another acquisition target within its northeastern footprint. Yesterday they announced a definitive agreement to acquire the regional network operator PrimeLink. [Read more →]