Telecom Ramblings

With us today for a return visit is Raul Martynek, CEO of DataBank.  In our last Q&A, we talked about the company’s purchase of zColo from Zayo during the height of the pandemic.  Now it has been a couple of years, and DataBank has had some time to digest that and other acquired assets like CyrusOne’s Houston footprint.  The company has also accelerated investments in organic new builds across multiple markets.  Most recently they sold off their footprint over in France.  Today we will explore what DataBank’s plans are and what they see on the horizon. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Mike Hawley, Head of Mobility Management Packet Core R&D, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia

Communications service providers (CSPs) take a pragmatic view when it comes to core developments. Beyond the fascinating technology, CSPs want results that meet their end goals.

Generally, there are three goal areas that drive these conversations: [Read more →]

A new transatlantic option, an international edge expansion, some network tech as a service news, and a vendor deployment in a less travelled region. [Read more →]

Three network expansions in three regional US markets to catch up with, one on the backbone and two on the FTTx front: [Read more →]

STACK Infrastructure’s expansion down under is officially complete. Today the data center infrastructure provider said they finished work on their first APAC facility in Melbourne, Australia.  The company has been building global infrastructure at a prodigious rate of late. [Read more →]

Two FTTH expansion projects and one new SMB customer win: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by David W Wang

Ironically, mindset changes often fall behind technological, economic, and social-cultural changes. Human beings are hardwired to resist change. Part of our brain—the amygdala—interprets change as a threat and releases the hormones for fear, fight, or failure. The good news is that just as a child goes through some mental development leaps in learning the new world, we can also achieve mindset leaps for digital transformation by following the Cognitive Model of Digital Transformation introduced here. [Read more →]

A bunch of interesting infrastructure news items from EMEA: [Read more →]

A bit of smart-city infrastructure, some low latency, some regional telehealth connectivity, a bit of seismic sensing: [Read more →]

Some pluggables news, a federal contracts partnership, a network upgrade, and some new metro fiber in Africa: [Read more →]

A couple of FTTH items, an interconnection expansion, and some edge data protection: [Read more →]

A few interesting items to round out the week: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Bala Rajakkannu, Director Customer Service, at IQGeo

There’s a unique opportunity awaiting broadband operators today with the expectation that full fiber internet performance should be available to everyone, regardless if they live in a city, town, or rural community. [Read more →]

Several interesting upgrades and deployments of regional interest: [Read more →]

Three data center items and one marketplace milestone: [Read more →]

Some backhaul, some FTTx, and a bit of biomass energy: [Read more →]

If the shift in the data center world toward supporting AI and other next generation trends wasn’t already clear, one can just take a look at today’s news from Digital Realty. The colocation giant has introduced a new high density offering that takes direct aim at supporting AI workloads and in parallel other demands driven by the ongoing data expansion across multiple industries. [Read more →]

Two FTTH expansion projects, one new IX, and some new regional optical manufacturing capacity: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Prodapt’s Rajesh Khanna Jalandhar

The projected growth and demand for Fiber-to-the-Home/Building (FTTH/B) in the global market is estimated at a value of $29.7B by 2026 at a CAGR of 13.1% (Research & Market), highlighting the crucial need for efficient and commercially viable fiber planning and design. [Read more →]

A new minority investment, an analytics upgrade, and some 400G: [Read more →]

A couple of funding moves, a cloud communications upgrade, and a new midwestern PoP: [Read more →]

A leadership change, an NaaS partnership, some 400G, and some interesting fiber M&A activity: [Read more →]

Lumen has finally made its move into the Network-as-a-Service space with a new flagship platform. The fiber and data infrastructure giant’s is starting off with Internet on-Demand, enabling scalable dedicated capacity via a digital portal or via an API and with consumption-based billing. [Read more →]