Telecom Ramblings

The next big telecommunications and infrastructure purchasing vehicle for the US Government has been awarded.  The GSA's Enterprise Infrastructure Solution contract has some 10 winners, which means it's the usual suspects plus a few one might not have expected. [Read more →]

The rumors were true, as they always seem to be of late.  There are few true secrets in fiber M&A these days it seems.  After the markets closed today, Verizon announced the purchase of a fiber network in Chicago from WideOpenWest. [Read more →]

Here's some other network news from the start of this week that's worth a look: [Read more →]

Here's some quick takes on infrastructure news to start the week on: [Read more →]

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

Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings (HTHKH) has arranged to sell its global fixed line division Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) to global infrastructure investment company I Squared Capital. [Read more →]

Charter has poured cold water on the latest idea from over at Sprint.  Over the weekend, reports emerged of a proposal by Softbank Chairman Masayoshi Son that would have seen Charter merge with Sprint, after which the combined entity would then make a bid for T-Mobile US. [Read more →]

A significant chunk of data center space out in Denver is changing hands according to a press release this morning.  Iron Mountain has agreed to purchase MAG DATACENTERS, which itself operates FORTRUST. [Read more →]

TGIF. It's been a long month for me, I'm looking forward to a more relaxing August.  Here's a quick rundown of some other news from this week that's worth a look: [Read more →]

There's a Reuters report out this morning (last evening actually) that Verizon may be about to return to the fiber M&A scene.  The wireless giant and incumbent provider is said to be talking with the cable operator WideOpenWest about the latter's Chicago fiber network. [Read more →]

Here's a quick rundown on some network news from this week: [Read more →]

A couple years after an unsuccessful bid to acquire ShoreTel, Mitel has apparently now succeeded.  The Canadian-based business voice provider has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire ShoreTel for $7.50 per share, which is a 28% premium to yesterday's closing price. [Read more →]

The European fiber markets have always had a different flavor from those in the US.  While the underlying drivers from 5G, IoT, virtual reality, and the like are the same, the response has been a bit different.  Meanwhile, you have Brexit and a host of regulatory differences affecting things as well. With us today to help us keep track of events across the pond is euNetworks CEO Brady Rafuse. [Read more →]

According to several reports, AT&T is making a move out at the edge of the network.  They have plans to follow the trend and add edge computing capabilities out there. [Read more →]

Level 3 Communications has added a new unified communications options to its portfolio.  This morning they have unveiled "Amazon Chime delivered by Level 3" in both North America and EMEA. [Read more →]

In the US, just about every acquirer is busy closing deals or integrating assets right now.  But there is M&A activity going on in places we don't hear from often.  Over in eastern Europe yesterday, Digi has agreed to acquire the SMB and retail business of the Hungarian provider Invitel. [Read more →]

Over the weekend the Caribbean got a new cable system.  Belize Telemedia Ltd and Huawei Marine have officially completed the SEUL cable project, connecting the island of Ambergris Caye to the mainland.  [Read more →]

Tencent Cloud is landing in Europe. The cloud division of the Chinese technology powerhouse Tencent has decided to establish its first hub on the continent at Interxion's Frankfurt campus. [Read more →]

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

India’s largest operator by subscribers Bharti Airtel has accused disruptive new market entrant Reliance Jio Infocomm of attempting to distort competition and create a monopoly with its proposal to [Read more →]

I'm finally getting caught back up.  The rest of the summer should be smoother, but we'll see.  Here's a quick rundown on news from the colo and cloud infrastructure world this week: [Read more →]

More catchup, this time from around the world: [Read more →]

Ok, it's been a busy month for me so far and I was on the road the first half of this week so there's lots to catch up on.  Here are a few items from the metro and regional networking side of things: [Read more →]

I was on the road yesterday travelling up I-95 from Florida to NJ, so of course that's when the long-awaited Crown Castle deal came down at last.  And so it has happened, Lightower Fiber Networks has agreed to be acquired by Crown Castle International for $7.1B in cash. [Read more →]

The voice business these days lives mostly either in the cloud or in the past.  Companies that specialize in the former are young and hungry and often not household names.  One of those is netsapiens, which has built a platform for cloud communications that underlies the offerings of many service providers today.   With us today to discuss netsapiens’ approach to VoIP and cloud communications is co-founder and CEO Anand Buch.  Before helping found netsapiens in 2002 he was at Nuera, which was later acquired by AudioCodes. [Read more →]