Telecom Ramblings

Rick Calder is stepping down as CEO of GTT Communications next week after 13 years of leading the company. The company has begun a search for a replacement while putting in place a leadership group to run the company in the interim. [Read more →]

The worlds of cloud computing and of telecom and internet infrastructure are increasingly becoming integrated with each other.  Hence, trends like that of cloud native computing are quickly impinging on not just on applications that get delivered over internet infrastructure, but also on how that infrastructure is operated and maintained.  With us today to delve into those ideas is Dmitry Netis, Q Advisors’ Managing Director, Business Development.  Q Advisors specializes in M&A in the TMT space, but especially when it comes to the smaller, innovative technology players that are looking to shake things up. [Read more →]

Apparently I missed this one when it first came through, but better late than never! This week Segra completed an M&A down in North Carolina, acquiring longtime regional service provider NorthState. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Arco Versluis and Sathya Narayanan of Prodapt

Digital Service Provider’s (DSP’s) inventory data consisting of their assets and services is very critical to their operations. These assets grow every day making it more difficult to manage. Almost all the DSPs manually register their inventories once [Read more →]

Two from abroad, and two from the Midwest to keep up with: [Read more →]

Some metro fiber, a new CEO, an interconnection of IXs, and some cloud security: [Read more →]

That's a long title, which is the result of four interesting partnership announcements and expansions, and hence eight companies working on things we should keep up with: [Read more →]

One corner of the industry that I don't spend much time on but which is critical to the operations of everyone in the sector is OSS/BSS software and systems.  But as automation continues to reach deeper into everyone's systems, it's a subject that needs a bigger voice.  With us today to delve a little deeper is Artur Ostrowski, CCO of Enxoo.  Enxoo uses a Salesforce-based platform to target telco-specific needs for OSS/BSS. [Read more →]

In the past, when one built a submarine cable to serve African destinations, the first question others would ask about your project was 'east or west?' It was nearly always one or the other of course, but not this time. Yesterday, a high powered group of global tech and telecom operators announced plans to build 2Africa, which will do both, starting and ending in Europe. [Read more →]

The idea of one of the tech giants taking on telecommunications in a big way has always been an interesting 'what if' scenario, and occasionally some small piece of it happens. Yesterday was one of those days, as Microsoft announced a definitive agreement to buy Metaswitch Networks. [Read more →]

A few deployments and upgrades to keep an eye on: [Read more →]

Here's a set of mid-week quick takes: [Read more →]

Some intercity fiber has changed hands down in the southeastern US. South Reach Networks has made an inorganic move, buying the fiber and colo assets of Resurgence Infrastructure Group. [Read more →]

Here are a few interesting bits of news from the start of the week worth noting quickly: [Read more →]

We may all have been sheltering in place, but last week there were a whole lot of folks from this sector taking on new jobs, particularly in the southeastern US.  Here's a quick rundown of what some familiar faces have been up to: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Keith Rutledge, General Manager of Compass EdgePoint

This is the second in a two-part series about trends that are accelerating the adoption of edge infrastructure and broadening the use cases of edge computing. In Part 1, I focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic is driving the need for edge computing in a way that I believe will continue after the pandemic subsides This column builds on that discussion by discussing [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Christof Hammerli, EVP at Landmark Dividend

Today’s landscape of global disruption has been affecting communities and businesses alike. In the aftermath of stay-at-home and quarantine policies, supply chain interruptions, event shutdowns, customer shortages and economic slowdowns, revenue is [Read more →]

With big buildout plans already underway throughout the Midwest, Everstream today turned to a fellow infrastructure company for a quick boost in its reach. They have announced a long term strategic fiber IRU with Uniti Fiber in Milwaukee. [Read more →]

There was a bit of metro fiber M&A up in Canada yesterday despite the ongoing pandemic situation. Beanfield Metroconnect is acquiring the metro network assets of Aptum Technologies, with the help of a capital infusion and recapitalization from Digital Colony. [Read more →]

Here's a midweek set of quick takes on network deals and trials from around the world: [Read more →]

Google's Curie cable system is going to be carrying some Italian bits. Sparkle, the international arm of Italy-based TIM Group, has invested in a fiber pair on the submarine cable. [Read more →]

The coronavirus pandemic has caused companies throughout the data center and telecom industries to re-evaluate their 2020 go-to-market plans and quickly pivot their strategies.  Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JSA), a PR and marketing agency exclusively servicing our industry and a longtime friend of Telecom Ramblings, has been busy all throughout this uniquely difficult spring season helping companies shore up their digital presence and increase lead generation. With us today is Jaymie Scotto Cutaia herself, founder and CEO of JSA, to talk about JSA’s evolving approach to connecting telecom and internet infrastructure clients with their target audiences in the wake of COVID-19. [Read more →]

The UK may see some consolidation in the UK networking market, and it's beyond the rumor stage. Telefonica has confirmed that it is in talks with Liberty Global to combine their respective UK operating companies into a larger, more competitive player. [Read more →]