Telecom Ramblings

2014 has been filled with news of large-scale strategic and financial transactions such as Level 3’s $7 billion acquisition of tw telecom and Zayo’s impending IPO, but a small deal that almost flew beneath the radar has definitely piqued our interest. We sat down with Bank Street Group’s James Henry (JHH), Richard Lukaj (RSL) and Peter Beckett (JPB) to discuss Crown Castle’s acquisition of 24/7 Mid-Atlantic Network and the implications of that transaction for the bandwidth infrastructure sector. [Read more →]

In a transaction that has been submitted to the Maryland Public Service Commission but which doesn’t seem to have made it into the news yet, a national tower company is making a relatively small but very interesting move into the fiber business. Crown Castle has apparently agreed to purchase 24/7 Mid-Atlantic Network. [Read more →]

Seaborn Networks took another big step toward making its US-Brazil submarine cable system plans into reality by bringing on a big name as a foundational customer. None other than Microsoft has entered into an agreement for network capacity on Seabras-1. [Read more →]

In the interconnection-focused segment of the data center space, Cologix has been very acquisitive since its creation a few years back.  Yesterday they struck again with their ninth purchase and their second in Florida, closing the purchase of Colo5. [Read more →]

Colorado-based tw telecom is filling in one of the last, biggest holes in its national metro fiber coverage. Boston will be their first market in New England, as part of the market expansion they announced in the fourth quarter of last year.  Meanwhile, their intended acquirer, Level 3 is expanding down in Georgia. [Read more →]

Ciena hit its numbers easily enough this morning, but the market doesn’t seem to like its guidance for the company’s fiscal Q4.  They’ve had a series of strong reports, I suppose it was inevitable that the bar would be raised too high.  Here is a quick summary in some context: [Read more →]

Several interesting metro fiber items to look at: [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of some international networking and data center news: [Read more →]

After getting an unsolicited offer last week, Alteva this morning turned it down and announced it has adopted a shareholders’ rights plan in its own defense. The hosted unified communications company has been restructuring, and recently made interim CEO Brian Kelley’s job permanent. Not everyone is happy with how it is going however. [Read more →]

For the US, Labor Day weekend is now past and the fall has unofficially begun. Here’s a quick look at some news this shortened week is getting started with: [Read more →]

Last month’s bid for T-Mobile by the French provider Iliad and its billionaire owner Xavier Niel surprised just about everyone. But after the initial shock wore off, nobody took it too seriously. Yet by now we should know that when one of the industry’s icons gets started on the hunt, the first shot is just the beginning. [Read more →]

Long weekend ahead, and I’ll be on the road (probably in traffic). But first, a quick roundup of news to catch up on: [Read more →]

With the Labor Day weekend fast approaching in the US, overseas is where to look for the interesting stuff.  Here’s a quick rundown of some international items: [Read more →]

The big global M&A news lately has been down in Brazil, but the players are mostly based out of Europe. The target is Global Village Telecom (GVT), the growing broadband operator which is currently owned by the French media company Vivendi, and coveted by both Telefonica and Telecom Italia. [Read more →]

This article was was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Companies across Asia face increased scrutiny on data privacy and cybercrime as governments in the region react to the increased frequency and severity of cyber-attacks. [Read more →]

In some metro and regional fiber consolidation this morning, FirstLight Fiber has announced a deal that will expand their presence in upper New England.  FirstLight has agreed to acquire substantially all the assets of G4 Communications, a service provider that focuses on New Hampshire. [Read more →]

Here are three network buildouts on the east coast to take a quick look at today. [Read more →]

Another opponent of the Comcast/TW Cable deal posted comments with the FCC before the deadline, but this one had more specific complaints. ArsTechnica has a nice article detailing CenturyLink’s claims that Comcast has been throwing up roadblocks to stop them from entering the video business, and that letting them get bigger would just create even more opportunities to do it. [Read more →]

A flurry of comments have been filed recently with regulators about the proposed $45.2B merger of TW Cable and Comcast, meeting the FCC’s Monday deadline. Unsurprisingly, nobody likes it very much outside of the two companies. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of some of the other news the industry started the week with: [Read more →]

Seems like direct investments in solar energy are gaining traction with telecom and internet infrastructure of late. Today, Verizon announced plans to nearly double its on-site solar power generation to more than 25 megawatts. [Read more →]

Big bandwidth and the cloud may get most of the press these days, but the systems keeping the lights on and the temperatures cool do so much of the heavy lifting of today’s internet infrastructure.  With us today to offer the view from under the hood of the internet is Ken Rapoport, founder and CEO of Electronics Environments Corporation.  EEC has been in the business of power and electrical systems since April of 1986, building and maintaining infrastructure through multiple generations of technology. [Read more →]

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