Telecom Ramblings

Three contract wins and an inorganic data center move: [Read more →]

A few interesting items from the start of this week worth keeping up with: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by David W Wang

Recently there came some alarms for the major telcos about the global Wide Area Network (WAN) market dynamics. That is, some cloud hyperscalers like Google and Cloudflare are entering the global WAN infrastructure and access market. [Read more →]

Some 18 million of the 22 million comments filed four years ago in the 2017 proceeding to repeal net neutrality were in fact not really comments from, you know, people commenting. That’s what the NY attorney general report from late last week claims. [Read more →]

Four interesting metro buildouts in four US markets to catch up on before going home for the weekend: [Read more →]

Three projects spanning three continents won by vendors that were announced this week: [Read more →]

An M&A, an upgrade, some financing, and some pre-ordering. [Read more →]

Two bits of M&A news, a certficiation, a technology rollout, and an IX partnership to catch up on at midweek: [Read more →]

Some significant data center infrastructure down in Texas will be changing hands according to an announcement yesterday. Switch Data Centers has agreed to purchase Data Foundry in a $420M all cash transaction. [Read more →]

One of the more unique fiber footprints in western Europe belongs to Tampnet, with infrastructure initially designed to support the oil and gas industry in the North Sea, they’re now providing access to other industries.  With subsea fiber connecting offshore platforms, these systems also provide diverse opportunities to connect key cities across the region, completely bypassing the usual routes between the FLAP markets and Scandinavia.  With us today to talk about Tampnet’s unique approach to the region’s connectivity capabilities is Peter Hartlow, Sales Director for Tampnet Carrier.  Peter started out back in 2000 working for European telecom carriers before joining Tampnet six years ago. [Read more →]

Five interesting infrastructure items from the European theater worth keeping up with: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Craig Williams, CIO, Ciena

Imagine a world in which you put on a pair of glasses and your customer can stream your point-of-view as you deliver a live tour of your manufacturing floor. Imagine the day when you don’t need to send a technical crew to a site upgrade but can instead offer guided instructions through a HoloLens or Magic Leap headset. Better yet [Read more →]

Lots of interesting news items to keep up with this week.  Here are two data center expansion projects, two network expansion projects, and an M&A worth noting, all North and South America. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by: Aleck Gilner, SVP Cloud and Strategic Sales, LightRiver

In pop culture Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force base located in the Nevada Test and Training range. It’s reputed to be the final resting place for an alien spacecraft recovered in Roswell New Mexico in 1947 and much later, of course, incongruously piloted by actor Will Smith to defeat a race of alien insurgents in the movie Independence Day. But I digress. [Read more →]

After a slow start to the spring, there has been a significant fiber deal on the east coast of the USA. Cox Communications has agreed to buy Segra’s Commercial Services Business from the EQT Infrastructure III fund, according to a release from EQT today. [Read more →]

A few interesting regional and metro infrastructure items to keep up with: [Read more →]

A few interesting items to catch up with from late last week before we finish off April later this week – one software M&A and two network expansions to less traveled destinations: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Tung Vo, Director of Security and Compliance at STACK INFRASTRUCTURE.

Combining the right tools, processes, and people is key to addressing today’s and tomorrow’s data center security challenges. [Read more →]

Two items from the data center world, and two from backbones and interconnection to catch up with: [Read more →]

Today Dark Fiber & Infrastructure has offered up an update on its buildout in northern Virginia and Maryland. They are finishing up one project while planning a new one, bringing new conduit and fiber to one of the world’s busiest infrastructure markets. [Read more →]

One data center M&A, one build-to-suit, a network upgrade, a technology partnership, and a global enterprise win: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jay Cadman, Senior Vice President, Enterprise of IQGeo

Following the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent launch of a ‘5G Fast Plan’ which aims to accelerate nationwide coverage, it is clear that the industry faces a significant challenge if it is to achieve this goal. As part of the plan, in October 2020 the Commission established the 5G Fund for Rural America, which aims to make up to [Read more →]

The eastern coast of South America has another connectivity option in place as of today. Telxius says that the new Tannat submarine cable it has been working on with Google is officially open for business. [Read more →]