Okay, about those predictions I made last year… Every year we like to make a few guesses about where we are going, but before we do it we have to check back to see how we did the last time. Well, maybe we don’t have to in today’s culture, but we ought to. So how did I do last year? [Read more →]
Carlyle Buys Involta, Plans Expansion
December 23rd, 2021
There was a bit of pre-Xmas M&A activity yesterday. The investment firm Carlyle has announced a deal to purchase Involta from M/C Partners. The purchase will will serve Carlyle as a platform for expansion deeper into digital infrastructure. [Read more →]
Cinia Taps Far North Digital for Arctic Cable Project
December 22nd, 2021
Cinia’s ongoing plans to build a cable through the Arctic region got some reinforcements this week. The Finnish provider has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Far North Digital to help build the cable. [Read more →]
Accelerate SD-WAN service delivery for faster revenue realization and improved customer experience
December 22nd, 2021
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Lakshminarayanan Raju, Prodapt Solutions
Reduce SD-WAN Order to Provisioning cycle time by 53%
As organizations plan for the future of their enterprise network in a post-COVID-19 world, they increasingly realize the importance of connectivity, especially the Wide Area Network. [Read more →]
Tuesday Roundup: Southern Cross, Three, EE, BAI, PLCN
December 21st, 2021
Two bits of subsea news, and one subterranean: [Read more →]
EdgeConneX Buys a Piece of Chayora, Enters China
December 20th, 2021
As the holiday week approaches, we have an interesting inorganic move in the data center space. EdgeConneX announced this morning that it has made a strategic investment in Chayora. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: Bulk Infrastructure’s Rob Elder on Sustainable Infrastructure
December 20th, 2021
The intersection between data, infrastructure, and energy is a complicated one that all data center and fiber operators pay a lot of attention to. One company with a unique approach to meeting the demand for hyperscale capacities alongside sustainable energy consumption is Norwegian-based Bulk Infrastructure. Bulk’s profile has risen dramatically over the last few years with its work on the HAVFRUE and HAVSIL cable systems and the development of major new sustainable data center capacity in southern Norway and western Denmark. With us today to talk about Bulk’s approach is Rob Elder, VP Data Centers. [Read more →]
Nokia Enable’s DE-CIX’s 800GE Plans
December 17th, 2021
DE-CIX has tapped Nokia to upgrade its IX in Frankfurt, Germany. The IX provider is moving to equip its infrastructure with the ability to support 800GE with Nokia’s latest routing technology. [Read more →]
Beyond Bandwidth: How to Choose the Right Connectivity for Your Business Objectives
December 17th, 2021
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Christian Nascimento, VP, Product Management & Strategy, Comcast Business
The digital transformation of business has been ongoing for many years, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, it became unavoidable for nearly every company, no matter the size or industry. As such, organizations are paying closer attention to their connectivity than ever — and it’s important that they do so [Read more →]
Telia Carrier Taps Infinera to Upgrade Its Backbone
December 16th, 2021
Infinera has won a high profile internet backbone over to its ICE6 800G technology as of this morning. Telia Carrier has selected Infinera’s gear to help power its ongoing global network expansion, expanding upon the two companies’ existing relationship. [Read more →]
11:11 Systems Strikes Again, to Acquire iland
December 16th, 2021
Yesterday there was another bit of consolidation in the IaaS space, as 11:11 continues to deliver on its promise of inorganic expansion. The managed infrastructure solutions provider has now signed a definitive agreement to acquire iland. [Read more →]
Wednesday Bytes: Windstream, Serverfarm, DataBank, Alianza, Lumen
December 15th, 2021
Five more expansion projects worth noting from this week so far: [Read more →]
HyperOne Kicks Off Construction
December 14th, 2021
Australia’s newest longhaul fiber network project is officially getting underway. HyperOne announced today that it has begun construction of its 20,000km hyperscale digital backbone. [Read more →]
euNetworks Lights Its Way East
December 14th, 2021
In some network expansion news over in Europe, euNetworks is pushing deeper into Poland and Slovakia. The Western European fiber operator revealed a recent expansion of its longhaul infrastructure to Warsaw and Bratislava. [Read more →]
Iron Mountain to Buy ITRenew
December 13th, 2021
Iron Mountain has made an interesting M&A. In a deal announced Friday, Iron Mountain revealed it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ITRenew from the private equity firm ZMC. [Read more →]
Monday Roundup: Vexus, FD-IX, Wire 3, Digital 9
December 13th, 2021
Two FTTH moves, an IX expansion, and an M&A: [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: Lumen, GTT, Calix, Zayo
December 10th, 2021
Three contract wins and a new metro fiber expansion: [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: euNetworks, Telia, Iron Mountain, Ribbon, Aryaka
December 9th, 2021
A few interesting items from around the world: a refinancing, three contracts, and a technology upgrade: [Read more →]
Wednesday Roundup: Netrality, Crosslake, Windstream, Zayo
December 8th, 2021
Four bits of expansion news: one subsea cable, two new PoPs, and a new data center: [Read more →]
Equinix Dives Into Africa, Buys MainOne
December 7th, 2021
The data center giant Equinix has made a surprising inorganic move into West Africa with the acquisition of MainOne. The $320M deal was announced this morning, giving Equinix not just a data center footprint on a new continent, but a stake in the subsea fiber business as well. [Read more →]
Monday Bytes: Hurricane Electric, Vantage, Nokia
December 6th, 2021
Three interesting items from three continents to note as we start the week: [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: GTT, EdgeConneX, PacketFabric, 11:11
December 3rd, 2021
A customer win, a new facility, a new cloud router, and an acquisition: [Read more →]
How 5G experiences will go above and beyond in 2022
December 3rd, 2021
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Niall Norton, General Manager of Amdocs for 5G and Networks and CEO of Openet
Communication service providers (CSPs) are facing more pressure than ever to start generating new revenue streams and monetising their network assets. With rising demand for real time, data-rich services, telcos have had to invest in upgrading their networks, both in the core and increasingly at the edge, while simultaneously [Read more →]