In other news from this week worth noting: two vendor wins, one partnership, and a business update. [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: Expereo, HE, CenturyLink, Flexential, Colt
June 25th, 2020
There has been plenty of interesting stuff going on this week around the industry, time to catch up a bit: [Read more →]
FirstLight Aims South Into Pennsylvania
June 25th, 2020
With two recent inorganic expansions under its belt, FirstLight is following up with an expansion of a more organic variety. The northeastern provider is building its way into the MidAtlantic region with a major project in eastern Pennsylvania. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: QTS’s Tag Greason on Data Centers During the Pandemic
June 24th, 2020
Every town, city, and county have felt the shockwaves of this year’s pandemic. COVID-19 has not only changed the ways in which we conduct business, but it has also fundamentally altered the way each industry must adapt and move forward to achieve success. Small, medium, and large businesses have seen devastating losses, and many owners continue to struggle to maintain their staff, grapple with the obstacles of reopening, or accept the consequences of shuttering their doors completely. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: DE-CIX Turns 25
June 23rd, 2020
Back in 1995 when peering was young, a new internet exchange was founded in the German city of Frankfurt. Today, DE-CIX has spread out to 20 global markets, connects more than 1900 networks, and exchanges more than 9 Terabits per second. With us today to prep for Friday’s Anniversary Show is Chief Strategic & Corporate Development Officer Ivo Ivanov. [Read more →]
Macquarie Bids For Enel’s Open Fiber
June 22nd, 2020
The infrastructure fund Macquarie has found itself a new target in a new destination. Last week it emerged that Enel, the Italian energy group that owns 50% of Open Fiber, has received a bid for that share from Macquarie Infrastructure Real Assets.
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Is SASE a Big Deal?
June 22nd, 2020
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by David W Wang
Recently due to overwhelming demand of remote enterprise operations, e.g. work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, several service vendors have been accelerating the launch of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) to the markets. Cisco for instance, was [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: Commstar, Avelacom, STACK, Viasat, MetTel
June 19th, 2020
Two from orbit, some certifications, and some low latency: [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: DF&I, FiberLight, Seaborn, DE-CIX
June 18th, 2020
One bit of investment news, one new contract, and two new PoPs: [Read more →]
Infinera, Windstream Put 800G Through Its Paces
June 17th, 2020
Windstream and Infinera have been busy testing out the next generation of optical gear. Today they announced a successful live network trial of 800G and 700G single-wavelength technology down in the southwestern USA. [Read more →]
Metro Bytes: FirstLight, NJFX, ZenFi, South Reach, 1623 Farnam
June 17th, 2020
A contract win, a network expansion, a partnership, a new hire, and a colo expansion: [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Uniti, Macquarie, DRFortress, HGC
June 16th, 2020
Four interesting items from the APAC region to start off the week, one possibly misunderstood M&A, a couple data center expansions, and a new PoP: [Read more →]
Reliance Jio Sells Two More Stakes
June 15th, 2020
The Indian telecommunications market has always been of interest to big money investors, but over the last few months we have seen some significant action. In the last few days, Reliance Jio has sold off stakes in itself to both the private equity firms L Catterton and TPG Capital. The former is putting in $250M for a 0.39% stake, while the latter spent $598M or so for a 0.93% stake. [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: ExteNet, QTS, Duocast, Sparkle
June 12th, 2020
Three network expansions and a new NAP to note before the weekend: [Read more →]
Overcoming Network Virtualization Barriers
June 12th, 2020
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Steve Alexander, Ciena Chief Technology Officer
Lessons learned from global virtualized edge deployments
The virtualization of network functions has become a top priority for service providers and enterprises alike. Research firm Technology Business Research, for example, predicts that [Read more →]
DE-CIX and Lamda Hellix Launch SEECIX
June 11th, 2020
The global internet has a new interconnection point in southeastern Europe. DE-CIX and Lamda Hellix have teamed up to establish South East Europe Cloud & Interconnection Exchange, or SEECIX. SEECIX will focus on peering, interconnection, and cloud exchange services to carriers, clouds, and enterprises in southeastern Europe. [Read more →]
Int’l Bytes: Sparkle, GCX, Ericsson, Fortinet
June 10th, 2020
Some network expansions and contract wins from around the international network scene that are worth a look: [Read more →]
FirstLight Strikes Again, Buys TruePath
June 9th, 2020
Despite the chaos everywhere else in the world today, FirstLight Fiber has been actively tucking in assets and companies. Today the northeastern network operator announced an agreement to acquire TruePath Technologies. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: OPTK Networks, QTS, Telxius, Colt
June 9th, 2020
A rebranding, a contract win, an M&A, and a portfolio expansion to keep an eye on: [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: Volta Networks’ Hugh Kelly
June 8th, 2020
With broad adoption of new technologies like 5G, AI, and IoT looming on an ever-closer horizon, network operators are working hard on solving the problem of scaling the edge and doing it economically. With that problem has come opportunity, and new companies have been rising to the challenge. With us today is Hugh Kelly, VP of Marketing at Volta Networks. Volta has developed technology to move a swath of the processing done by big box routers today into the cloud. [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: DataBank, Vox, DE-CIX, ServerFarm
June 5th, 2020
Here are a few interesting items worth noting before heading home for the weekend: [Read more →]
euNetworks Raises Funds for Growth
June 4th, 2020
The pan-European bandwidth infrastructure company euNetworks now has deeper pockets for growth. Yesterday they announced the injection of another €250M in capital from the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario and their current majority owners at Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. [Read more →]
Another Deal for FirstLight: BestWeb
June 3rd, 2020
FirstLight has made its second inorganic expansion move of the week. This morning the northeastern network operator announced a definitive agreement to acquire BestWeb. [Read more →]