Telecom Ramblings

Michigan will soon have a new fiber option aiming to the north of Detroit. The regional provider 123NET has unveiled plans to build new infrastructure between Southfield in the Detroit metro area up to Bay City on the shore of Lake Huron. [Read more →]

There was a bit of consolidation in the cloud software vendor space yesterday. DZS has announced an agreement to acquire specific core assets of Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc. (ASSIA), expanding its own portfolio and talent pool inorganically. [Read more →]

Four interesting international expansion projects to catch up from last week that managed to evade me for a few days: [Read more →]

EdgeConneX’s international expansion continues as the company made a move yesterday into Indonesia. The edge data center specialist has announced the acquisition of Jakarta-based GTN, which is a JV between Mitsui and Lippo Group’s PT Multipolar Technology. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jay Cadman, SVP Enterprise, IQGeo

Over time, superfast broadband has gone from being seen as a luxury to an essential service for social wellbeing and economic prosperity. The pandemic created an increased need for this level of connectivity as workforces became dispersed, and with discussions surrounding the ‘sixth generation’ of broadband cellular networks increasing, it is clear that it will continue to be a key priority for society. [Read more →]

A new data center, a sports vertical win, some Ethernet, and some SD-WAN: [Read more →]

Two bits of M&A and two network expansions: [Read more →]

This morning the cloud communications platform provider Alianza picked up its first Tier 1 customer win. Lumen Technologies will be using their cloud-native platform to add Lumen Cloud Communications to its portfolio, which will take aim at business customers migrating from legacy technologies. [Read more →]

Four interesting global infrastructure partnership efforts have hit the wires in the past few days, here’s a quick rundown: [Read more →]

The data center marketplace remains a dynamic place, with lots of resources being poured into the infrastructure that powers today’s internet and cloud applications.  One provider that has been on the rise lately is Element Critical, which bought Skybox in Houston last year and is expanding rapidly in Texas, Virginia, Chicago, and California.  With us today to talk about Element Critical’s plans in Texas and beyond is COO Shane Menking.  Shane joined Element Critical last year, moving over from Data Foundry after its sale to Switch.  We actually had Shane here for a spotlight way back in 2010. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Sebastien Prieur, RAN/Mobile Solution Manager – EXFO

Operators are currently undertaking a massive investment in upgrading the infrastructure of both wireline and wireless networks. The need to upgrade and change is fueled by the billions of devices belonging to the IoT ecosystem and the new demands they will place on 5G fronthaul networks as operators begin rolling out 5G. Significant capacity will need to be added to support this unprecedented network evolution and expansion. To enable this evolution, new spectrum [Read more →]

A customer win, two footprint expansions, and a bit of M&A: [Read more →]

Three newly announced buildout projects in 4 markets across two continents: [Read more →]

A bit of M&A, an organic expansion, a technology trial, and a technology adoption: [Read more →]

Happy Easter to all.  Before the new week gets started here’s some catch-up from the end of last week we didn’t get to at the time: one M&A move, an organic transatlantic expansion, and a product upgrade: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Daniel Bar-Lev, VP Strategic Programs, MEF

The need for speed and a better experience

Business automation between service providers—as well as with customers—is increasingly attracting development budgets in the telecom industry. Business automation improves both customer experience and loyalty (e.g., simplicity of order, service delivery times) as well as staff [Read more →]

Three infrastructure expansion items and one M&A to keep up with: [Read more →]

Three vendor wins of note and some FTTH: [Read more →]

Zayo has kicked off a new effort at the enterprise marketplace in advance of Channel Partners out in Las Vegas. They have launched ‘Zayo Enterprise Solutions’, which bundles the relevant products and resources in such a way as to better meet the needs of enterprises. It’s an area that Zayo has historically not had that much success with as compared to its wholesale business. [Read more →]

A few interesting items from the start of this week, including three vendor items and some IX news: [Read more →]

Of all the newer infrastructure builders and operators in the market today, perhaps the hardest one to classify by traditional standards is MOX Networks.  As a subsidiary of NantWorks, the brainchild of healthcare visionary Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, MOX came on the scene several years ago to build new conduit and fiber infrastructure both in the metro and the long-haul where others had not been able.  With us today to take a deeper look into Mox’s origins, motivations, and approach to infrastructure, as well as its buildout plans going forward, is COO Allen Meeks. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Georges Aoude, co-Founder of Derq 

As the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January sparked a new wave of autonomous vehicles (AVs) coming to the automotive market in the next few years, much focus as of late has been on the technology of these vehicles themselves. However, the technology embedded in road infrastructure is also beginning to see more conversation between service providers and municipalities. [Read more →]

There will soon be another subsea cable crossing the Pacific. Yesterday Google announced plans to build Topaz, a transpacific system connecting Japan with North America. But there is one significant difference that adds diversity to global infrastructure. [Read more →]