Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Angela Logothetis, CTO of Amdocs Open Network

Connectivity has played a critical role during the pandemic. Carriers across the globe have done an amazing job not only keeping us connected but delivering the resilience and quality of service we need to work, educate, shop, and stay in touch with each other from home during the pandemic. But in many homes, it has not been possible to [Read more →]

A new hire, two product launches, and an upgrade: [Read more →]

Three inorganic moves in the data center space and a vendor win for 400G ZR+: [Read more →]

One of the Pacific’s newer submarine cables has itself a new owner today. Hawaiki Submarine Cable Limited Partnership has announced the sale of 100% of the company to a subsidiary of BW Group Limited. [Read more →]

Two organic expansion plans, one international vendor deployment, and a bit of M&A I almost missed from last week: [Read more →]

There is some significant M&A news to report this morning, and the seller is none other than Lumen Technologies. Lumen has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Latin American business for $2.7B to the money guys over at Stonepeak. [Read more →]

All that infrastructure that is getting built for 5G will be doing more than transmitting cat videos and social media notifications. The many efforts around the world that fall under the umbrella of the ‘Smart City’ are preparing to put it all to the test. With us today to talk about the perspective of BT Wholesale on making the promises of those future Smart Cities into a reality is Jamie Hayes, Mobile Network Operators Director.  Jamie joined BT back in 2017 after a 5 year stint at Ericsson.

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The connectivity between the UK and the rest of Europe has always been a key piece of global infrastructure, and Brexit hasn’t really changed anything in that regard. Zayo yesterday announced plans to add a whole bunch more capacity between the southwestern coast of England and the Netherlands. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Rohit Maheshwari, Head of Strategy and Product at Subex

Big Data is a big business and it’s getting bigger with each passing year. In fact, IDC predicts that data generated by connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices will grow from 13.6 zettabytes (ZB) in 2019 to 79.4 ZB by 2025. Although Big Data plays a key role in an organization’s ability to make effective business decisions, most companies struggle with being able to accurately interpret the insights held within that data. There are two reasons for this: [Read more →]

Four other bits of news from around the industry worth catching up on: [Read more →]

There was some interesting data center M&A yesterday. Netrality Data Centers has announced the acquisition of the Indy Telcom Center, a data center campus in Indianapolis. [Read more →]

One M&A, an expansion project that won’t happen, one that did, and one that is in process now: [Read more →]

Telefonica has sold a major stake in its network infrastructure down in the Latin American nation of Colombia.  The global investors over at KKR have put together a joint venture that will establish the country’s first nationwide open access fiber network. [Read more →]

There was a bit of metro fiber M&A down in Latin America that came down on Friday.  UFINET has made a deal down in Brazil giving them an instant presence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The wholesale fiber infrastructure carrier says that it has entered into an agreement to acquire NB Telecom.   [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Prodapt

According to Gartner research, around 50% of initiatives for digital transformation fail and CIOs report that the main barrier is culture. A successful digital transformation must begin with an effective cultural transformation. As Communication Service Providers (CSPs) aim to compete with new digital businesses by adopting cloud-based technologies and agile development methods, they need to first start the transformation of their organizational culture, operational processes, and core business strategies. [Read more →]

A new PoP, a bunch of vendor wins, and a new data center down under: [Read more →]

Four regional items worth noting from around the US — two colo, one fiber, and one IX:  [Read more →]

Four expansion projects, one inorganic, one technology, and two geographical: [Read more →]

In the current infrastructure markets, there is a gap between the appetite and the capabilities of enterprise customers.  Into that gap we have seen the rise of a new breed of provider that specializes in solving the problems of the enterprise using all the resources and expertise they can round up. One such company is AQUABLUE, and with us today to share perspective is CEO Chris Marino.  Chris started out way back to the origins of MCI, went through the belly of the beast at WorldCom, experienced the highs and lows at Global Crossing, and helped build the metro footprint of Con Ed Communications.  He then went on to co- found Wall Street Networks, and after that company became part of GTT he assembled the team he leads today. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Jamie Gibson, VP of Technology, Ribbon Communications

Robocalling is no small problem. These nuisance calls are the major source of consumer complaints, with some estimates suggesting that more than 22 billion robocalls have been made in 2021 alone – and we’re only halfway through the year. [Read more →]

I’m on the road the rest of this week, but one still needs to keep up with things.  Here are three bits of news to catch up on with: [Read more →]

Some new subsea upgrade work, a new hyperscale facility, a new XaaS acronym to remember, and a renewed chance for the cloud players to win big at the Pentagon. [Read more →]

For those who haven’t yet noticed, there is a change afoot for email subscriptions to Telecom Ramblings.  Google Feedburner is shutting down some services, and the daily email digest I have used for a decade is one of them.  Hence, I have shifted over to an alternative service: follow.it.  [Read more →]