Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Maria Lema, Co-Founder, Weaver Labs

With the UK quickly becoming one of the most optimal places to invest in telecoms innovation, the existing deployment model has not been effective in coordinating communication and integration within the telecoms supply chain. This lack of consensus in the industry led the government to develop [Read more →]

It’s midway through August, and while the overall news is pretty strange these days the infrastructure sector just keeps moving forward: one new network operator and three software integration moves: [Read more →]

Two new products, a big bandwidth trial, and a new customer: [Read more →]

Some ESG progress, a new edge data center, a new partnership in southeast Asia, and a new name in US fiber emerges: [Read more →]

As the North and South American subsidiary of China Telecom, China Telecom Americas (CTA) has a tougher path to follow than most international forays into the Americas.  The rise of China’s economy means companies need help crossing the border, because there are many more language and cultural issues at play than between the U.S. and Europe, for example. With us today to talk about the company’s approach to the western hemisphere is Luis Fiallo, Vice President for China Telecom Americas. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Roger Northrop, Chief Technology Officer, Mutare

More phone calls are being transmitted by digital protocols today, rather than over physical analog lines, due to the prevalence of online VOIP communications and session initiation protocols (SIPs). Unfortunately, this evolution in telephony has provided hackers with new pathways to infiltrate organizations through their voice networks. [Read more →]

Five interesting items from four continents to keep pace with: [Read more →]

The whole infrastructure at the edge thing isn’t just about data and communications in the modern economy. Electric vehicles need decentralized recharging options, and it turns out the problems aren’t all that different from the data center industry. Or at least that’s what EdgeConneX and EQT think, because they just launched a new company targeting that opportunity. [Read more →]

Three expansions and a refinancing: [Read more →]

The digital revolution continues to accelerate, as enterprises adjust to the post-pandemic marketplace.  With SDN now well established, the next challenge is the adoption of SASE technologies, adding security and access into the mix.  But what is the best way to secure enterprise networks in an ever-escalating threat environment?  Aryaka purchased Secucloud in 2021, and over the last year has quickly moved to integrate and expand the technology across its platform. With us today to talk about Aryaka’s approach to secure connectivity is industry veteran and Chief Product Officer Renuka Nadkarni.  [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Simon Walker, Senior Manager, Cloud Networking Solutions, Global, BT

The adoption of a cloud-based ecosystem of applications and services continues to accelerate. With employees and offices increasingly dispersed, enterprises are choosing to build their own unique ecosystems of digital solutions and partners. This allows them to meet the different needs of each part of their organizations and customers. [Read more →]

Two bits of data center M&A news, a network upgrade, and a couple network expansions: [Read more →]

Several interesting expansion and partnership items from around the sector at midweek: [Read more →]

It seems there will be some more consolidation in the data center space this fall. Sungard AS announced yesterday that it has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with 365 Data Centers that will see the latter acquire ‘the majority of its U.S. Colocation and Network business’. [Read more →]

Lumen’s divestiture of its Latin American operations to Stonepeak is officially complete, and with that we have the launch of a new operator. Stonepeak has rebranded the business as Cirion and named Lumen’s now-former LATAM Regional President, Facundo Castro, as CEO. [Read more →]

The metro fiber business has been fascinating to watch over the last decade and a half, as the opportunities in the marketplace shift around.  At various points, it has been about data centers, enterprises, and towers, but of late, we have seen FTTH stepping to the front.  One rising company with FTTH and SME plans built on top of an existing deep metro fiber footprint is Ezee Fiber, which operates an extensive footprint in the Houston metro area with the backing of I Squared Capital.   With us today to look at Ezee Fiber’s plans in Houston and beyond is CEO Scott Widham.  We last interviewed Scott when he was leading Alpheus Communications back in 2015. [Read more →]

Four interesting items from Europe to catch up with before we all go home for the weekend, including a bit of M&A, a new JV, a new data center, and some SD-WAN. [Read more →]

Four interesting items from Africa to catch up with: [Read more →]

Operators in Saudi Arabia and Greece are teaming up for a new subsea cable project between Europe and the Middle East. The project is led by STC’s MENA HUB and the telecoms and satellite applications company TTSA and is being called EMC, or “East to Med data Corridor”. Also part of the project are Greece’s power utility PPC and the Cyprus operator CYTA. [Read more →]

A new enterprise customer, a new data center campus, some wireless for a sports venue, and some balance sheet work. [Read more →]

In a move I didn’t expect, but perhaps should have, a significant metro fiber M&A was announced this morning. BAI Communications has agreed to acquire the New York/New Jersey fiber operator ZenFi Networks. [Read more →]

The FTTH space continues to see new entrants sprouting up in underserved areas. Late last week out in the Midwest the latest effort took shape with the launch of Omni Fiber by Oak Hill Capital. [Read more →]

Some data center projects, an FTTH provider creation, and the closing of a key acquisition: [Read more →]