Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Gary Marks, President, Opengear

It’s no secret that a massive portion of the US’s aging population will retire soon. Among these retirees is a significant number of network professionals. According to new research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of a leading provider of secure Out of Band management solutions, 86% of US-based CIOs surveyed predict that a minimum of 25% of their network engineers will retire in the next five years. This study asked separate but [Read more →]

Some 800GE, two automotive manufacturing wins, and a significant security victory: [Read more →]

Boldyn Networks has won a municipal contract to build wireless infrastructure across the city of Rome, Italy. They have signed a concession agreement with Roma Capitale to build out 5G and WiFi network infrastructure. [Read more →]

DC BLOX says it will be building a new hyperscale data center campus and supporting fiber infrastructure in Georgia. They have acquired 72 acres of land in Conyers, a half-hour’s drive east of Atlanta, and secured incentives from Rockdale County. [Read more →]

Several interesting items to catch up with: [Read more →]

A new subsea route added, and two significant data center expansion projects: [Read more →]

Four bits of expansion project news, two international and two domestic: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Daria Batrakova, Director Business Line Telecom Solutions at FNT Software

Network inventory is a pivotal tool in driving operational efficiency for telecom operators. With the ability to manage and optimize a variety of network assets, such solutions present operators with a platform to better navigate the complexities of current and future [Read more →]

While the main purpose of fiberoptic cables is to carry information via packets of light from one place to another, there are other very useful applications. Out in California, researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Rice University have been using Zayo’s fiber to uncover new sustainable energy sources. [Read more →]

Three vendor announcements and a data center collaboration: [Read more →]

Two inorganic moves, some layoffs on tap, and a leadership shift: [Read more →]

Three new PoPs and some latency optimization in Europe and the Middle East. [Read more →]

The data center space is constantly evolving, presenting frequent opportunities to leverage the cutting-edge technology that it provides the infrastructure for. Beyond any doubt, the biggest buzzwords of the last twelve months and the foreseeable future are AI and Machine Learning.  With us today is Raymond Burrell from EkkoSense, a company that aims to leverage its cloud-based data platform to turn the potential of ML and AI into operational optimization for data center operators. [Read more →]

A bit of data center M&A, a new secure device option, an FTTH upgrade, and a new data center campus: [Read more →]

In the weeks running up to AfricaCom 2023 (part of the Africa Tech Festival, the largest digital infrastructure event in Africa – takes place November 14 to 16 in Cape Town), there is a lot of preparation work to do on site, so I have been watching a fair amount of South African television recently. And this has really opened my eyes to the prevalence of the use of SMS text messaging by South African organisations of all shapes, types, and sizes to both communicate with existing clients and help reel in the new. It’s very simple: viewers see [Read more →]

EXA Infrastructure has been putting some significant effort into its footprint in southeastern Europe this year. Today that effort is taking them across the Aegean Sea to directly connect Crete to their fiber network and bring bandwidth to the mythical home of the minotaur. [Read more →]

Three items from midweek: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Suzy Menneret, Wholesale Advisor and Program Lead at the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF)

One thing that has been a constant in the existence of a Mobile Network Operator over time is the ownership of two core elements: the network and the customer relationship.

This has been historically true in the consumer segment as a large proportion [Read more →]

More news from around the world to catch up with: [Read more →]

While readers in the US get started again after the Thanksgiving weekend, the rest of the world has remained busy.  Here are our interesting bits of data center news from four continents: [Read more →]

A new data center and three interesting bits of vendor news from around the globe: [Read more →]

Interesting bits of infrastructure news from around the world to keep up with: [Read more →]

Zayo has gotten in some pre-Thanksgiving M&A activity, and in a somewhat surprising direction. The Boulder-based infrastructure provider has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Globalways GmbH. [Read more →]