Telecom Ramblings

The world's least secret courtship is getting closer to engagement time. According to a report by Bloomberg over the long weekend, the two companies are now 'putting the finishing touches on' a merger plan. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Fiona Chau, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Open source continues to upend traditional supplier-operator relationships as Tier 1 operators explore ways to scale NFV and SDN deployments, according to TBR’s [Read more →]

Here is some data center M&A to kick off the week. Equinix announced this morning that it has acquired the Zenium data center business in Istanbul, Turkey, and renamed it as IS2. [Read more →]

Two bits of news from the data center world, one from VoIP, and one under the waves: [Read more →]

Reports out of Richmond say that Facebook is moving in next door.  The tech giant is said to be building a $1B data center in eastern Henrico County, a few miles east of town. [Read more →]

A few expansions and upgrades worth noting: [Read more →]

The network space saw another M&A hit the wires this morning.  GTT Communications has announced the acquisition of the managed services provider Transbeam. [Read more →]

A few quick-takes: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Everyone today knows data has a lot of value. Ten years ago, we developed a market slogan for our then data analytics company - “data is the black gold of the 21^st century.” Nowadays, almost all companies share that sentiment. But it is not so simple. [Read more →]

The U.S. Department of Justice has given CenturyLink and Level 3 Communications the green light for their merger, but not without some pretty significant conditions.  The combined company will be divesting a substantial pile of fiber assets to pass regulatory muster. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Robin Kent, director of European operations, Adax

The Internet of Things (IoT) is being hailed as the next big thing in the tech world. The way in which we live our day-to-day lives will change forever when all of our products and devices become ‘connected’ – that’s if we’re led to believe everything we see and hear. However, the market has somewhat slowed down. [Read more →]

Level 3 has been focusing substantial resources on its managed security capabilities over the last year or two.  Today they unveiled their latest investment in the company's Adaptive Network Security offering: an expansion into the Asia-Pacific and African regions. [Read more →]

The Indian wireless space has been a bit of a soap opera this past year, and in the latest twist the expected merger between Reliance Communications and Aircel has fallen apart. RCom announced on Sunday that in the face of legal and regulatory delays the two companies had allowed the arrangement to "lapse by mutual consent".  [Read more →]

This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

The rise of 5G is promising to shake up the status quo in the mobile equipment industry by presenting opportunities for startups to grab market share away from the incumbent vendors, according to [Read more →]

VIRTUS Data Centres has unveiled some new expansion plans for its UK data center footprint. They will be refitting two adjacent buildings in Stockley Park, which lies 6 miles from London and 7 miles from Slough, and launching them as LONDON5 and LONDON6. [Read more →]

A month and a half ago, Peak 10 closed its acquisition of Viawest. Today the combined company, which is simply going by the probably temporary name of "Peak 10 + Viawest", has made its first big move: launching a network backbone. [Read more →]

Yesterday there was a bit of consolidation in the data center marketplace.  365 Data Centers has announced the acquisition of hybrid data center services provider Host.net. [Read more →]

Here are some quick takes of other news that's worth a look: [Read more →]

Here's a quick look at some other news from the start of the week: [Read more →]

Zayo Group announced plans to expand its colo footprint in Atlanta, Georgia yesterday.  The company is building out a second data center in the southeastern hub in response to demand for both connectivity and colo from four anchor tenants. [Read more →]

The ongoing efforts to build a new cable system between the west coast of the US and Australia/New Zealand by way of Hawaii and American Samoa has achieved a new milestone.  Hawaiki and TE SubCom have issued a project update as they move into the next phase, the actual laying of the cable. [Read more →]

There is some fiber M&A going on out in the Midwest today.  Neutral Path Communications has revealed a definitive agreement to acquire Infinity Fiber, LLC in a deal that will extend its reach east and south from Chicago. [Read more →]

The fiber infrastructure builder and operator SummitIG has announced plans to further expand its footprint.  On the menu is a network expansion that will add another 50 route miles to the company's network this year, boosting the current 500 route miles by 10% by the end of 2017. [Read more →]