Telecom Ramblings

The biggest transformation going on in the enterprise data market today is the shift to Secure Access Service Edge.  The idea behind SASE is to integrate SD-WAN, security, and access together in ways that can support today’s hybrid work environments.  With its global network assets, Lumen is in a position to support that shift and recently launched its own SASE offering.  With us today to talk about Lumen’s approach to SASE and where he sees the market going is Darren Wolner.  Darren has been with Lumen almost 7 years and has served as Senior Director, Product Management – SASE at Lumen since November 2021. [Read more →]

Three bits of fiber news to end the week with: [Read more →]

This Industry Spotlight was authored by Melissa Morgan, Head of Product Marketing at Sitetracker

Reviewing potential sites for selection, sourcing equipment amid supply-chain bottlenecks, managing in-house and contractor labor, dealing with permitting, and a whole lot more: Installing a single 5G site represents a formidable management challenge. Now try it with thousands of sites across vast geographies as 5G rolls out at a torrid pace. [Read more →]

Four news items from four continents and four spots in the ecosystem: [Read more →]

One of the most ambitious subsea cable projects currently being built has come ashore in southern France. The 2Africa cable has officially landed in Marseille, completing its Mediterranean landing plans.  There is plenty of work left to do though. [Read more →]

STACK Infrastructure has purchased the necessary land for a major new data center campus out in the southwestern US in order to continue meeting hyperscale demand. Yesterday the digital infrastructure provider announced its intention to invest in a 50-acre campus in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. [Read more →]

Three more bits of transatlantic and Mediterranean infrastructure news of note: [Read more →]

Lumen is extending its edge computing initiative to a new part of the world. Yesterday the company officially launched its Edge Bare Metal services out in the APAC marketplace. More specifically, they will be leveraging edge locations in Japan and Singapore, with further expansion expected. The first deployment was in support of the Solana Foundation, a blockchain nonprofit. [Read more →]

A few interesting items from late last week worth nothing: [Read more →]

As carriers move their infrastructure to the cloud, the way in which they interact with the data that powers their systems is also evolving rapidly. That is starting to bring the companies that ingest, manage, and distribute that data out of the shadows. One such company is netnumber Global Data Services, which was acquired by Abry Partners over the summer. With us today to talk about the phone number data intelligence marketplace in an increasingly decentralized marketplace is the company’s CEO Steve Legge. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Noah Rafalko, founder and CEO of TSG Global, Inc.

Blockchain Holds the Key to Stomping out Robocalls, Scams and Spams… and Driving our Digital Future Forward, Securely

There’s a big roadblock holding back traffic on what we used to call the Information Superhighway. We look back nostalgically on the olden days when the term was coined – how far have we come since the 1990s? The Internet has been transformative in our lives, but many of us realize this Internet thing can get even bigger, even better.  If only we would let it. [Read more →]

Lightpath’s geographical expansion reached outside the northeastern US for the first time yesterday.  The company has announced an entrance into an entirely different metro fiber marketplace: Miami, Florida. [Read more →]

But it’s the opposite of the one that years ago I thought was most likely to happen with Level 3. That’s right, Colt is buying Lumen’s EMEA business. The two have entered into an agreement under which Lumen will divest the division for $1.8B. [Read more →]

A few items from around the world: [Read more →]

A federal contract here, a federal contract there, an eventually it adds up to real money. Or, you can just do the one Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) deal as Lumen did yesterday. They have been awarded such a contract worth as much as $1.5B. [Read more →]

A bit of M&A, some federal funding, and a product launch: [Read more →]

LS Networks has made another inorganic move out in the Pacific Northwest. The regional fiber operator has announced the acquisition of Commstructure Consulting, boosting their capabilities as they move to expand their fiber footprint across the region. [Read more →]

Some regional FTTH, a private equity investment, and a technology deployment: [Read more →]

Some equity funding, two technology deployments, and one network build: [Read more →]

A new CLS, a technology deployment, a channel partner, and a buildout update: [Read more →]

The ongoing attempts to build subsea fiber through the Arctic Ocean have reached a new stage. Finland’s Cinia Oy, Alaska’s Far North Digital, and Japan’s ARTERIA Networks have teamed up to form a joint development corporation to drive the project forward. [Read more →]

An expansion on the border, an interconnection in the Big Apple, a NaaS upgrade, and a successful trial: [Read more →]

Four international infrastructure items from late last week worth noting: [Read more →]