Telecom Ramblings

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 →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Waheed Adam, Mobile Ecosystem Forum

Mobile industry insights company Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) predicts that Africa will have 120 million new mobile subscribers by 2025, taking the total number of subscribers to 615 million (50 per cent of the region’s population). While the continent as a whole has been behind the technology adoption curve, the advent of cheap mobile devices has allowed Africans to transition straight into a mobile-first economy. [Read more →]

On the metro front, some FTTH news, an IX partnership, and a data center expansion project: [Read more →]

In today’s hyperconnected world, consumers rely on telcos and multiple system operators (MSOs) for just about everything. They serve as a lifeline for healthcare, providing telehealth to communicate with the chronically ill.  They act as the primary enabler of home schoolers, accessing the curriculum and collaborating with teachers and other students not enrolled in traditional school. And the entertainment and connection to friends and family that MSOs provide is critical to the quality of life. Telco and MSOs are technology intensive businesses that generate revenue by providing service to a diverse population of consumers. Success depends on simple formula – [Read more →]

Infinera announced two customer wins so far this week, with subsea deals helping two consortium partners on the same cable system to better connect North and South America. [Read more →]

Nokia certainly started off this week with a bang with news coming in from five different fronts, each worth noting individually: [Read more →]

An optical upgrade, a technology partnership, a new IX, and some data center M&A: [Read more →]

Three contract wins and a new product launch before you go home for the weekend: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Andy Burrell, Head of Portfolio Marketing, CNS Business Applications, Nokia

Before it was even available, Communication service providers (CSPs) crowned 5G as a game-changer for delivering a new network experience and new services to their customers. Praised for its ultra-low latency networks and high speeds, 5G would enable service providers to facilitate more than just connectivity. Some of the new services included offerings such as private wireless networks with industrial apps, dedicated 5G slices, new data insights and plug-and-play APIs — to name a few. [Read more →]

Three expansion projects on three continents worth keeping up with: [Read more →]

Uniti Group is investing in its intercity fiber network with two new lit routes. The plans call for 100G and 400G wavelength services as well as spectrum services on the new Dallas-Atlanta and Atlanta/Ashburn routes. [Read more →]