Telecom Ramblings

At least one piece of the simmering interconnection dispute over Netflix data bottlenecks has been getting clearer lately. Following Netflix’s ‘crowded network’ warning message to subscribers in June, last week Verizon put out a piece demonstrating that its last mile wasn’t congested at all. And yesterday, Level 3 turned that around in a blog post, saying that Verizon’s explanation is more of an admission.  [Read more →]

Time for a quick rundown of news from the data center and colo biz from this week: [Read more →]

Zayo seems to have found some distressed fiber assets over in the northern UK to bring under its umbrella.  According to reports,  Geo Networks is acquiring what’s left of the network of Digital Region, an FTTP project in South Yorkshire.  Of course, Zayo purchased Geo just two months back. [Read more →]

In a flurry of activity this week, the cloud exchange Equinix introduced this past March has brought in a flock of new participants. With the MicroSoft Worldwide Partner Conference underway, most of the announcements of course had to do with Azure. [Read more →]

All that new fiber on the east coast of Florida is making a few waves this month. Coriant and Allied Fiber revealed a new terabit per second superchannel transmission trial over the new infrastructure yesterday. [Read more →]

Over in the UK, Sohonet is adding to its network footprint in London with some help from euNetworks.   euNetworks said today that it has expanded its relationship with the media network specialist, helping with the buildout of Sohonet’s rapidly expanding reach. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick roundup of some interesting news from the metro: [Read more →]

There was a bit of network M&A up in the Pacific Northwest yesterday. Integra has agreed to purchase Seattle’s World Communications Inc, also known as WCI.  It is Integra’s second inorganic move of the year, following the purchase of ProTel Networks back in March.  The deal boosts Integra’s market presence in the state of Washington across a range of voice, data, and colo products. [Read more →]

Ok, it’s been a few weeks now since Level 3 Communications and tw telecom dropped their merger bombshell on the markets. There’s now been time to absorb what it means for the two companies and the sector as a whole, and time to consider just what lies ahead for both companies. [Read more →]

There was a bit of M&A out in the Midwest over the weekend, with Carrier Access announcing the purchase of Tektivity.  The two companies hope to find greater opportunities together, marrying a complementary set of communications and managed services. [Read more →]

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

Five top VC’s in California were asked to pick the ten biggest tech trends over the next five years (Forbes article). #2 on their list was digital disintermediation of banks and #10 was that credit cards are the new app platform. [Read more →]

This week the Ramblings’ Jobs Board is still sporting a dozen and a half job listings, with two more for Lightower’s summer blitz. [Read more →]

In a blog post yesterday, Verizon fired the latest round in the public blame wars over why Netflix videos buffer on their network.  The case they made offered little new information, however, and of course placed the blame squarely upon Netflix. [Read more →]

Here’s another set of quick takes on other news items this week worth noting: [Read more →]

GlobeNet is coming ashore down in Florida, adding dark fiber to its submarine cable and Brazilian terrestrial footprint. They have tapped Allied Fiber for the new infrastructure between Miami and Jacksonville, as well as colocation and interconnection services. Two legs of their submarine cable network hooking up North and South America land on the south Florida coast. [Read more →]

I’m always thinking of 100G when I read about Ciena, but they’ve been making a big move into the SDN world lately. Yesterday they unveiled a new prong of that attack with the release of their Agility portfolio. [Read more →]

Here’s some quick takes on other news from around the sector this week: [Read more →]

In the news today is America Movil’s move down in Mexico to break itself up. Carlos Slim’s flagship is planning to sell off ‘certain assets’ to take its marketshare in Mexico below 50%. [Read more →]

The zombie that is our aging copper network just got another jolt of magic to keep it animated.  Setting a new record, the Franco-American vendor has put 10Gbps over copper wires with a new prototype technology, giving hope of actual gigabit services to those who fiber won’t reach. [Read more →]

In one of today’s more interesting announcements, Akamai has a new customer and it’s a comedian.  Well okay, it’s a comedian’s production company, but still.   Lewis Black, one of my favorite performers, has tapped Mobile Rider and Akamai to help him hook the world up to his ‘The Rant Is Due” event this weekend.   [Read more →]

The New York City interconnection market has been evolving rapidly over the past year, with two European-derived exchanges shaking things up. This morning, DE-CIX added another key Manhattan location to its growing presence by launching a new Apollon PoP at Sabey’s Intergate.Manhattan. [Read more →]

Here’s another quick rundown of news from the metro side of things in the past few days: [Read more →]

European telecommunications markets got a bit of the consolidation they have been looking for this morning, as Teliasonera has agreed to buy Tele2’s Norwegian business. The deal will cost the Nordic giant approximately $744M, and will give its existing Norwegian business the scale to better take on Telenor.  [Read more →]