Telecom Ramblings

Evocative has closed a significant deal for a bundle of assets from INAP. The deal significantly expands Evocative’s data center footprint while adding a few network assets as well as talent. [Read more →]

Zayo is taking its network to the southern hemisphere, or more specifically into South America. The company has expanded its lit network options with a new route down to São Paulo, Brazil. [Read more →]

Two data center expansions, a subsea upgrade, and a couple new PoPs: [Read more →]

Some partnerships in EMEA, and an expansion and some growth results in the US: [Read more →]

Two bits of Icelandic-related data center consolidation, and two technology integrations: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Edwin Bentley, Technical Expert and Product Manager, Titania

The telecoms industry is not immune to cyber security breaches. It is more susceptible than ever. A dependence on telecommunications products and services due to remote working during the pandemic, and more has produced an increasingly connected world that significantly relies [Read more →]

Several significant expansion projects, three in the southern central US region and one over in Scandinavia: [Read more →]

Lumen has added in a major chunk of new transatlantic capacity to its portfolio. The global network operator has invested in an entire fiber pair on the Grace Hopper cable, and says it is now taking orders on the system and will be delivering on those orders sometime in October. [Read more →]

Following up on its initial deployments of hollowcore fiber in London over the last year and a half, euNetworks has announced the deployment of a new route out to Basildon. The new 45km route is a hybrid of hollowcore and regular single mode fiber, cutting 10% off the latency on the route. [Read more →]

One year after the company’s launch, EXA Infrastructure is looking to put more resources to work across its footprint. Today they have revealed projects that will add 8,400 route kilometers of fiber, which adds to the 7,000 they put on the table in May. [Read more →]

Some FTTH, a new data center, and some 5G innovation: [Read more →]

This sponsored thought leadership article was authored by Chris Menier, General Manager – VIA AIOPS for Vitria Technology

Telecommunications, a technology intensive business, generates revenue by providing service to a diverse population of consumers. Their success depends on a quite simple formula  – grow the business by offering more connections with exceptional service at the lowest price point. While the formula is simple, consistent delivery of exceptional service is challenging. [Read more →]

Tampnet Carrier has officially launched a new express fiber route between the Nordic region and western Europe. By leveraging its unique subsea footprint, the company has developed a uniquely diverse, low latency route between Stockholm and Amsterdam, something they talked about in this interview here on Telecom Ramblings last year. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Frank Cittadino, SVP of Edge Services at Zayo

The transition to a digital-first society has accelerated rapidly in the past several years. With more work happening remotely and people connecting through online channels, navigating life in a dispersed world has made consumers more dependent on digital technologies. [Read more →]

The Irish wholesale provider Enet says it will be investing more than €50m in its fiber reach. That’s in addition to the investments they’ve already completed within their Dublin metro network. The buildouts are planned to take place over the next 5 years. [Read more →]

Two new data centers in the southwestern US, and two expansions in eastern Europe. [Read more →]

Lumen will have a new CEO in place when election day rolls around 8 weeks from now. Current CEO Jeff Storey will be retiring, and the company is bringing in some outside talent to take his place. Kate Johnson has been named as Storey’s successor, and will take over on November 7 of this year. [Read more →]

Three data center moves, each from a different continent, and some 5G rollout prep in southeast Asia: [Read more →]

One subsea update, some satellite launch plans, and a couple of metro expansions. [Read more →]

Some metro and FTTH news as well as a new data center in the Far East: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Ellen Velickovska, Co-Founder & Managing director at telXira

With the development of simple, effective and reliable application-to-person (A2P) SMS messaging services, there is a significant opportunity for enterprises to improve communications with their customers. [Read more →]

While it hasn’t dipped its toes into the M&A world for a while, Cogent Communications does like a good deal. And they appear to have found a big one one, pending what has to be a pretty hairy integration project.  The backbone operator has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire T-Mobile’s wireline business for one dollar. [Read more →]

The data center, cloud, and connectivity provider Flexential has unveiled plans for a major expansion of its footprint in the Pacific Northwest. Yesterday they announced a development project outside Portland, Oregon in Hillsboro. And helping them with the project is T5 Data Centers. [Read more →]