Today Zayo expanded its infrastructure footprint with the launch of a new subsea cable. Not a long one, but nevertheless a key pipeline between the UK and continental Europe. They have named the new system Zeus. [Read more →]
Monday Bytes: 11:11 Systems, Quinbrook, FND, Farice
July 11th, 2022
A bit of M&A, a massive data center project, and some subsea news in the far north: [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: Dobson, NetNumber, Oracle, Nokia, Bluebird
July 8th, 2022
Time to catch up on the other stuff going on this week that we didn’t get to after the long weekend: [Read more →]
Putting Customers in the Driver’s Seat: How Prioritizing CX and the Customer Journey Builds Brand Loyalty
July 8th, 2022
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Eric Carrasquilla, SVP of Digital Engagement Solutions at CSG
For years, communications service providers (CSPs) and streaming services have poured time, funds, and resources into advanced and exciting products and offerings – from unique streaming content to the speeds of 5G – to maintain an edge with their customers. Now, however, we’re seeing the old guard [Read more →]
Southern Cross Launches NEXT Cable
July 7th, 2022
The Pacific Ocean can now be crossed in a new way. Southern Cross Cables has officially launched its long awaited NEXT cable system with 400GbE services on tap. [Read more →]
Wednesday Bytes: Ciena, Ericsson, Nokia, CBNG, Calix
July 6th, 2022
Four bits of vendor news worth keeping up with from around the industry and the world: [Read more →]
OAC Gets Its Final Splice
July 5th, 2022
Australia’s bandwidth ecosystem is one step closer to having a new route to the rest of the world. SUBCO has announced the completion of the final splice on the Oman Australia Cable, an express system that will offer faster speeds between the continent and the EMEA region. [Read more →]
Morrison & Co Buys FiberLight From Thermo
July 1st, 2022
One of the fiber M&A events that has defied all prediction for more than a decade finally has happened. The regional network infrastructure company FiberLight will soon have new ownership. It’s not a strategic buyer though, but rather a consortium led by Morrison & Co that will acquire FiberLight as a platform for investment & growth. [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: Nokia, BT, NJFX, Gold Connect, Bluebird, TBI, Console Connect, Cologix
June 30th, 2022
Teamwork everywhere, with four bits of news of companies working together to put the pieces together: [Read more →]
Wednesday Roundup: Hudson IX, Infinera, NEC, Colt, Ericsson
June 29th, 2022
A rebranding, an upgrade, a new product, and a regulatory hurdle: [Read more →]
Nitel Makes Its First Deal, Acquires Hypercore
June 28th, 2022
Nitel has made an inorganic move, it’s first since Cinven pumped resources into the company. The network-as-a-service provider has announced its intent to acquire Hypercore Networks. [Read more →]
Accord Joins Hoosier Net
June 28th, 2022
Earlier this month, Indiana suddenly saw the birth of two new consortium-based network operators: Hoosier Net and Accord. One can be forgiven for wondering why they didn’t just sit down at the same table, because last week that’s exactly what they did. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: GTT COO Don MacNeil Charts the Road Ahead
June 27th, 2022
The past several years have been undeniably eventful for GTT. After a decade of acquisitions, the company ran aground a bit a few years ago, culminating in the sale of the European infrastructure assets and a restructuring. But all that is pretty much behind them and the new GTT looks a lot healthier and leaner than it ever has. With a new management team in place, the company is setting its sights on the global enterprise space. With us to tell us about GTT’s journey and its plans to tackle the future is COO and industry veteran Don MacNeil. [Read more →]
Create a stronger business with proactive network monitoring
June 24th, 2022
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Ramiro Nobre, vice president of global strategy and solutions, Accedian
Unplanned downtime – even for a few minutes – is costly and disruptive in this age of sophisticated and interconnected networks. Interruptions in performance can resonate across the ecosystem. The cost per hour of downtime has risen to more than $300,000 for 91% of small, mid-sized and large businesses, according to an ITIC study. That’s a steep price tag, but it doesn’t have to be that way. [Read more →]
Colo Bytes: Quantum Loophole, Aligned, Netrality, Cologix
June 23rd, 2022
Four expansion items in four markets of note this week: [Read more →]
Wednesday Roundup: Infinera, EdgeConneX, DISH, T-Mobile, Adaptiv, Wedge, Medusa
June 22nd, 2022
A few interesting items from around the industry to catch up with at midweek: [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: DataBank, Ciena, Hyperco, USTC Corp
June 21st, 2022
A recapitalization, an upgrade project, a data center real estate move, and some M&A worth noting: [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: Xtel’s Brian Flynn Takes on Managed Security for the Work-From-Home Era
June 20th, 2022
The cloud and managed service provider space has been a dynamic environment over the past few years as technology races to keep up with changes in the enterprise marketplace. With the workforce shifting from corporate campuses out to suburban homes, enterprises have increasingly had to lean on such providers to help make rapid transitions. One of those out there in the trenches is Xtel Communications, which has charted an independent and organic path through most of the last three. With us today to talk about the company’s approach and outlook on the industry is Xtel’s President, Brian Flynn. [Read more →]
The New FCC Ruling on Robocalls: How Will You Validate Your Traffic?
June 17th, 2022
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Eli Katz, CEO at XConnect
International robocalling impacts the entire telecoms value chain from carriers to consumers. To help prevent robocalls that are initiated from outside the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently expanded on the existing domestic stir shaken solutions to now include internationally originated calls terminating into the US and US gateway providers must now take [Read more →]
Thursday Bytes: Arelion, Everstream, Proximity, Quickline, Accord
June 16th, 2022
Three regional expansion moves and a new regional fiber player in the Midwest: [Read more →]
Colo Roundup: NTT, Vantage, DataBank, Digital Realty
June 15th, 2022
Four items from the data center space worth keeping up with: [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Infinera, Digital Realty, Nokia, Metronet
June 14th, 2022
Two vendor wins and a new joint venture: [Read more →]
Aqua Comms Taps Telecom Egypt For EMIC-1 Link Along the Suez
June 14th, 2022
Aqua Comms has lined up the one key bit that every subsea cable between Europe and India needs in place before truly getting things moving for the Europe Middle-East India Connect 1 cable system. They have signed an agreement with Telecom Egypt to make the hop between the Mediterranean and Red Seas. [Read more →]