Five bits of data center news, three in traditional domestic markets and two rather further afield. [Read more →]
Windstream, Bluewater Develop Diverse Path Between Toronto, Chicago
March 28th, 2023
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Windstream Wholesale has added a new, unique route to its portfolio with the help of regional Canadian provider Bluewater Regional Networks. The arrangement creates diverse infrastructure between the two key markets of Chicago and Toronto. [Read more →]
euNetworks Taps CrossLakes New CrossChannel Cable
March 28th, 2023
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euNetworks has added to its infrastructure portfolio with a new exclusive partnership with Crosslake Fibre UK Limited. The deal enables euNetworks to offer ultra-low latency services between London and Madrid to the financial vertical. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight – Chris Morley on Lightpath’s Road to Expansion, Growth
March 27th, 2023
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In the metro fiber space, few companies have gone as deep into one market as Lightpath did, with tens of thousands of on-net buildings in the New York metro area. The company was relatively quiet while under the umbrella of Altice, but in late 2020 it entered a new, independent phase when Morgan Stanley entered the picture. Now the company has entered Boston and Miami and seems hungry for more. More what, you ask? With us today to talk about the company’s plans and intentions is Lightpath CEO Chris Morley, an industry veteran who spent 8 years at Zayo during the height of the consolidation wave. [Read more →]
SD-WAN and Underlay Networks: Overcoming Costly Broadband Ordering Challenges
March 24th, 2023
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By John Denemark, SVP and GM, Carrier Provisioning, TransUnion
A growing number of enterprises are using software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) to deliver the capacity and agility required in today’s complex, diverse networks to support technologies such as cloud services, mobility, edge computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT). As a result, SD-WAN is experiencing significant growth and creating increased [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: Orange Business, DE-CIX, Ericsson, Proximity
March 23rd, 2023
Four international infrastructure items to catch up with from the middle of this week: [Read more →]
Wednesday Bytes: Bluepeak, H5 Data Centers, Ciena
March 22nd, 2023
Some FTTH, a new data center build, and a backbone upgrade project: [Read more →]
EXA Deploys Infinera Gear on TAE, Takes on FibreConnect Buildout
March 21st, 2023
EXA Has been busy in southern and southeastern Europe this week, with two interesting infrastructure announcements this week. They are leveraging Infinera’s gear on the Trans Adriatic Express, and they have been tapped by FibreConnect to build backbone infrastructure. [Read more →]
FTTH Roundup: Ziply, 123Net, Fastwyre, Netomnia
March 20th, 2023
Four bits of ongoing regional FTTH expansion, three around the US and one bit in the UK: [Read more →]
2023 is the year to turn ideas into reality for fiber rollout
March 17th, 2023
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This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Clark Stevenson, Senior Director Customer Success, IQGeo
The last few years have tested and proved our deep reliance on the telecom industry. With growing consumer demands on internet infrastructure, broadband operators have had to innovate fast to keep pace with demand and technology. Fiber broadband promises homes and offices the high-speed internet needed to [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: Arelion, ADC, Macquarie, Colt, Amdocs, Telxius
March 16th, 2023
Multiple interesting deployments of infrastructure and software from around the world this week: [Read more →]
Infinera Teams Up With Hawaiki, AJC, and SEACOM
March 16th, 2023
Infinera has been busy on multiple subsea route lately, with three interesting announcements so far this week. [Read more →]
Lightpath Looks to the Long-Haul
March 15th, 2023
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In another move that takes the company beyond its more familiar territories in and around New York City, Lightpath has unveiled an enhanced long-haul network. They are now offering waves and Ethernet between eight major US cities in addition to their core metro capabilities. [Read more →]
Int’l Bytes: Colt, Ciena, EXA, Claranet, Seaborn, Orchest, Sipartech
March 14th, 2023
Three expanded partnerships and another high speed upgrade from around the world: [Read more →]
Monday Bytes: 123Net, Ziply, Arvig, LightRiver
March 13th, 2023
Some regional fiber news plus an SDN technology upgrade: [Read more →]
Boldyn Networks Is Born
March 10th, 2023
Well, if you wondered what BAI Communications was going to do with its growing portfolio of network infrastructure companies, then your question was resolved yesterday. BAI plans to combine all its brands under the new name of Boldyn Networks. [Read more →]
The Future of Telecoms is Modern and Cloud-Native. Let’s Start Investing in it Now.
March 10th, 2023
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This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Richard Brandon, VP of Strategy, RtBrick
In 2022, the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico had the opportunity to request up to $5 million for initial planning through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. This is one of a myriad of government-funded programs aiming to [Read more →]
Thursday Bytes: EdgeConnex, Kalaam, DE-CIX, Orange Business, neutrality one
March 9th, 2023
An infrastructure expansion, a new IX, a couple of customer wins, and a strategic investment: [Read more →]
EXA and Colt Upgrade Channel Tunnel Infrastructure
March 8th, 2023
Two companies with extensive fiber across Europe have teamed up to upgrade the high profile route within the Channel Tunnel. Colt won a 25-year deal to operate the infrastructure within the tunnel a year and a half ago, and EXA’s participation will help them monetize that deal further. [Read more →]
euNetworks Buys Belgium’s Business Branch
March 8th, 2023
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There was an interesting bit of fiber consolidation over in western Europe yesterday. euNetworks has announced an agreement to acquire the dark fiber business of a Belgian utility company, referred to as ‘the Business Branch’. [Read more →]
Infinera Tests Some Long Distance 400G With Arelion, Corning
March 7th, 2023
Infinera revealed a couple of interesting trials yesterday. They went after the longhaul, both in the field with Arelion and in the lab with Corning. They have been stretching the reach of their 400G wavelength technology, leveraging their ICE-X pluggable solution. [Read more →]
Windstream, Acacia Put a Terabit to the Test
March 6th, 2023
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Now is the season for next generation equipment trials, and today we saw one of the first indications of the coming Terabit wavelength era. Windstream Wholesale put Acacia’s latest optical technology to the test, successfully demonstrating some big bandwidth on a live network. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight – On Transforming Zayo With Andrés Irlando
March 6th, 2023
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When it comes to revitalizing the fiber space over the last decade and a half, few companies have punched further above their weight class than Zayo. After simultaneously epic rollups and infrastructure buildouts in its early days, Zayo’s size eventually caught up to it and the company was forced to shift its stance from startup to pillar of the industry. Now in the hands of EQT and Digital Bridge, they have spent the last several years rewriting their own book on how to generate wealth in this sector. With us today to talk about where Zayo is, what it is doing, and where it is going is Andrés Irlando, who joined the company as President two years ago. [Read more →]