Telecom Ramblings

When EdgeConneX first embarked on its edge data center expansion early in this decade, the idea that the edge was the next data center frontier was a new thing.  Since that time, the company’s vision has proven quite prescient and nobody doubts the importance of storage and connectivity moving closer and closer to the consumer. EdgeConneX has now built out some 40 data centers across 31 markets on three continents and is continuing to invest aggressively in its infrastructure to meet that demand.  With us today to talk about what the company is seeing in the edge data center space and where it plans to go next is CEO Randy Brouckman. [Read more →]

A few interesting items before everyone goes home for the weekend: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by David W. Wang

(Continued from Part I)

On the cloud end, the firm has got involved with SD data center and cloud solutions for years and has some cloud talents in house who can run and offer a private IaaS in supplement [Read more →]

euNetworks has made an inorganic move toward the southeast. Today the pan-European network operator has announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Onstage Online GmbH, a long-established Austrian ISP with a substantial fiber footprint. [Read more →]

Three wins for three vendors plus some quantum security worth a look this morning: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by David W. Wang

When I came up with the term “Software Defined Digital Platform” (SD-DP) last December in a blog post, back then it was mostly a leading thought and concept, trying to capture some industry trends shaping the next-gen IT/Networking solution and service paradigm. [Read more →]

Another player in DataGryd's expansion at the iconic 60 Hudson Street carrier hotel in lower Manhattan was revealed yesterday. Hylan Datacom & Electrical has won the bidding and will be building out the power infrastructure underlying the project.  [Read more →]

The Norwegian firm Bulk Infrastructure officially has an anchor customer for its piece of the HAVFRUE transatlantic cable. Amazon Web Services has signed up to use a substantial chunk of the system's capacity. [Read more →]

A few news items worth noting: [Read more →]

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

Satellite operator Inmarsat is in talks to be acquired by a consortium of private equity investors in a deal worth $3.3 billion. [Read more →]

A new data center project is in the works in the Chicago metro area, and it’s not in Illinois. Just to the east along Lake Michigan in Hammond, Indiana, Digital Crossroads is building out major new data center on the site of a defunct power plant. With support from the State of Indiana, they are changing the dynamics of the region’s data center market. With us today, to talk about the project is co-founder and CEO Peter Feldman.
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Perhaps the biggest challenge on the international tech and telecom scene of the last decade and the next is how to access the vast but difficult Chinese marketplace.  Building and operating internet infrastructure in China is a non-trivial project that few have tried at scale.  One company that thinks it has the insight and capability to do this is Hong Kong-based Chayora, which unveiled the first phase of its Tianjin data center campus last month and has plans to expand dramatically from there.  [Read more →]

DQE Communications will be building out some new fiber in rural Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh-based fiber builder and operator has won a deal with ARIN Intermediate Unit 28, which handles connectivity for a collection of school districts in the counties of Indiana and Armstrong. [Read more →]

A few infrastructure contracts and partnerships worth noting from midweek: [Read more →]

Unite Private Networks is expanding its network into another corner of the Dallas/Ft. Worth network area. The buildout to the northwest of will bring Denton, Texas into the company's orbit. [Read more →]

A few items from around the world worth noting from the start of this week: [Read more →]

Embattled Indian billionaire Anil Ambani managed to avoid a threatened jail term this morning.  Reliance Communications has complied with a court order to pay Ericsson the fees it was due under a network maintenance outsourcing contract. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Grace Mirandilla-Santos, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Competition does not happen overnight. Or, in this case, competition does not happen in one year. [Read more →]

Some data center, interconnection, and network news, both foreign and domestic, to finish out the week: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Hayim Porat, CTO, ECI

The discussion around the potential 5G business case is echoed time and again, and the industry at large understands the 5G business case is questionable to say the least. In the wake of the mobile industry’s biggest event of the year – Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona -- 5G’s potential for ROI was truly under the proverbial microscope. [Read more →]

A customer win, a call delayed, and a software acquisition: [Read more →]

Two major European infrastructure players have inked a major network capacity agreement. Telia Carrier and Telxius have announced a deal that will pair up Telia's global network with a major pile of transatlantic capacity on Telxius's MAREA cable system. [Read more →]