Telecom Ramblings

The year's least secret M&A negotiations have apparently hit a snag.  News reports overnight suggest that Sprint may be about to abandon its attempts to merge with T-Mobile US.   [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Michael Quinn, Gerry DeHaven and Andrew Gaffney of Q Advisors

On October 23, Cisco announced an agreement to acquire BroadSoft, the leading provider of cloud-based unified communications and collaboration solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash, or $55 per share.  The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.  The purchase price represents [Read more →]

TE SubCom said yesterday that the supply contract for the Jupiter Cable system has come into force.  The project's partners include the Asian carriers PLDT, NTT Communications, PCCW Global, and Softbank, and the US-based tech giants Facebook and Amazon. [Read more →]

Here's a quick roundup from around the world after a very wet weekend here in New Jersey: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Fady Masoud, Principal Product & Field Marketing, Infinera

While cloud-based content and services such as social media are shaping our day-to-day lives, internet content providers (ICPs) have been redefining how the underlying cloud networks are architected and operated. In the past few years, ICPs have become a major driving force behind [Read more →]

An email went out this morning to Console's customers and partners with an update. The interconnection platform has apparently sold off its network services business to the former founder of IX Reach. [Read more →]

A new data center, a new certification, and some new PoPs. [Read more →]

Unite Private Networks has some new Texas infrastructure planned in response to a new customer contract.  UPN is deploying a 4x100Gbps wavelength solution for one of the largest retailers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. [Read more →]

vXchnge has added another edge market to its portfolio this week.  Yesterday they announced the purchase of a data center in the Texan capital of Austin.   [Read more →]

QTS yesterday unveiled some big plans for expansion in northern Virginia. Apparently they have been acquiring land in Ashburn over the last few months, and have now begun new construction on a campus of what could reach 700,000 square feet and 140MW of power. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Efforts by multiple Asian nations to regulate OTT communications and online streaming services could violate net neutrality and have even more insidious effects, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [Read more →]

DE-CIX has announced the creation of a joint venture in Mumbai that will offer interconnection to the Indian marketplace.  The JV is called DE-CIX Interwire India plc and will do business under the name "Mumbai IX powered by DE-CIX".   [Read more →]

Here's a quick look at some other news from the start of this week and over the weekend: [Read more →]

Crosslake Fiber, which is already working on a cable across Lake Ontario between Toronto and Buffalo, has a new project.  It's another short underwater link, but this time its under salt water. [Read more →]

Indeed, the rumors came true rather quickly.  Cisco has announced an agreement to acquire BroadSoft. [Read more →]

Zayo this morning unveiled plans for three diverse network routes from Marseille to the major markets of western Europe and on to North America.  The communications infrastructure provider is deploying 100G coherent waves over existing fiber in a lit expansion that will be complete by the end of the year. [Read more →]

At the end of the summer, rumors emerged that BroadSoft was exploring strategic alternatives with the help of Jefferies.  At the time I thought it might be a private equity group that might step up to the plate, but according to Reuters this morning, it's the opposite.  Cisco is said to be nearing a deal to acquire the communications software company. [Read more →]

Here's a quick look at some other news from this week before we all head out for the weekend: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Matt Walker, Founder & Lead Analyst, MTN Consulting, LLC (https://mtnconsulting.biz/)

The first sizable telcos reported 3Q17 earnings this morning: Verizon and Rogers. Both can point to reassuring bottom line results. For the 9 months ended September, operating & net margins improved year-over-year, as did [Read more →]

Yesterday, GTT Communications announced a series of new low latency routes around the globe, and simultaneously launched a new time synchronization service.   [Read more →]

The pan-African network operator Liquid Telecom has found a new way to expand its fiber footprint in eastern Africa.  They have struck up a 10-year partnership deal with Kenya Electricity Transmission Company, or KETRACO.   [Read more →]

Here are a few news mid-week news items: [Read more →]

Here's some fiber, subsea, and colo news from the start of this week: [Read more →]