Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Christian Nascimento, VP, Product Management & Strategy, Comcast Business

The digital transformation of business has been ongoing for many years, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, it became unavoidable for nearly every company, no matter the size or industry. As such, organizations are paying closer attention to their connectivity than ever — and it’s important that they do so [Read more →]

Infinera has won a high profile internet backbone over to its ICE6 800G technology as of this morning. Telia Carrier has selected Infinera’s gear to help power its ongoing global network expansion, expanding upon the two companies’ existing relationship. [Read more →]

Yesterday there was another bit of consolidation in the IaaS space, as 11:11 continues to deliver on its promise of inorganic expansion. The managed infrastructure solutions provider has now signed a definitive agreement to acquire iland. [Read more →]

Five more expansion projects worth noting from this week so far: [Read more →]

Australia’s newest longhaul fiber network project is officially getting underway. HyperOne announced today that it has begun construction of its 20,000km hyperscale digital backbone. [Read more →]

In some network expansion news over in Europe, euNetworks is pushing deeper into Poland and Slovakia. The Western European fiber operator revealed a recent expansion of its longhaul infrastructure to Warsaw and Bratislava. [Read more →]

Iron Mountain has made an interesting M&A. In a deal announced Friday, Iron Mountain revealed it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ITRenew from the private equity firm ZMC. [Read more →]

Two FTTH moves, an IX expansion, and an M&A: [Read more →]

Three contract wins and a new metro fiber expansion: [Read more →]

A few interesting items from around the world: a refinancing, three contracts, and a technology upgrade: [Read more →]

Four bits of expansion news: one subsea cable, two new PoPs, and a new data center: [Read more →]

The data center giant Equinix has made a surprising inorganic move into West Africa with the acquisition of MainOne. The $320M deal was announced this morning, giving Equinix not just a data center footprint on a new continent, but a stake in the subsea fiber business as well. [Read more →]

Three interesting items from three continents to note as we start the week: [Read more →]

A customer win, a new facility, a new cloud router, and an acquisition: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Niall Norton, General Manager of Amdocs for 5G and Networks and CEO of Openet

Communication service providers (CSPs) are facing more pressure than ever to start generating new revenue streams and monetising their network assets. With rising demand for real time, data-rich services, telcos have had to invest in upgrading their networks, both in the core and increasingly at the edge, while simultaneously [Read more →]

Two manage services deployments, one managed security win, and some job markets collaboration: [Read more →]

Here are five interesting items to keep up with at midweek: [Read more →]

The internet exchange operator DE-CIX has found three new markets to expand its IX footprint into. The lucky destinations are just to the north of DE-CIX’s Frankfurt roots in the Nordics. [Read more →]

With the US on its annual Thanksgiving hiatus, the rest of the world was of course still getting a few things done.  Here are three international infrastructure items from over the weekend to catch up on as we start the new week: [Read more →]

Time to catch up on a few items before the long holiday weekend here in the USA.  [Read more →]

Three network expansions and an upgrade, two domestic and two international: [Read more →]

This morning there was a significant inorganic shift in the cloud communications space. The Swedish vendor Ericsson has entered into an agreement to buy none other than Vonage. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Don Boxley, CEO and Co-Founder, DH2i (www.dh2i.com)

I like to use Cybersecurity Awareness Month—which we just observed in October—as a pulse check on data protection solutions for high-risk industries that are particularly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. One industry at the top of that list is telecommunications. Since every October offers a new chance to raise awareness of cybersecurity issues, it’s a perfect time to ensure that your telecom business is taking the necessary steps to shore up its data safety online. [Read more →]