Telecom Ramblings

With MWC underway over in Barcelona and 5G and IoT on everyone's drawing board in some form, there are quite a few announcements this week covering a wide range of network upgrade projects and such. [Read more →]

The global data center giant Equinix is making an inorganic move in the Alpine nation of Switzerland.  In a deal that will augment its Swiss footprint without the need to build from scratch, Equinix has agreed to acquire the data center business of ICT-Center AG. [Read more →]

EarthLink, a household name from its days as a dialup ISP back in the bubble, has finally finished its journey as an independent entity.  Windstream has completed the merger announced three and a half months ago, with EarthLink exchanging 0.818 shares of common stock for each EarhLink share in a $1.1B deal. [Read more →]

Interxion has made an inorganic move on its home turf. The Netherlands-based colocation provider has acquired a data center business from Vancis Holding BV.  [Read more →]

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

A group of major operators and vendors have joined forces to support the acceleration of the standardization of 5G new radio (NR) technology. [Read more →]

Here's a quick roundup of news from the metro and colo spaces: [Read more →]

Communications Sales & Leasing has made another fiber M&A move this morning.  The network REIT has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Hunt Telecom for a purchase price of $170M in cash and equity. [Read more →]

The European data center specialist Interxion revealed some significant expansion plans this morning.  They'll be building three new data centers in the key markets of London, Frankfurt, and Stockholm. [Read more →]

Time for some updates from the metro: [Read more →]

Here's a quick look at news from around the world that's worth checking out: [Read more →]

Last week's rumors of a Telefonica move to sell a stake in Telxius to private equity have indeed come to fruition.  This morning, the private equity firm KKR announced an agreement to acquire up to 40% of Telxius. [Read more →]

President's Day was the occasion for yet another fiber network M&A move. Lumos Networks has found a buyer. EQT Infrastructure has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the company in an all cash transaction. [Read more →]

The industry's least-secret mega merger possibility of 2017 is on people's minds on this long holiday weekend (for the US anyway). Softbank, which owns some 80% of Sprint, has apparently said that it is prepared to cede control of the #4 US wireless carrier to T-Mobile US if that's what it takes to make a deal happen.  [Read more →]

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

Vodafone India and Idea Cellular are reportedly on the verge of finalizing the terms of a major merger that would create India's largest operator by subscribers. [Read more →]

TGIF, here's a quick look at four contract other wins spanning disparate segments and technologies from this week: [Read more →]

Reports are emerging that Verizon's purchase of Yahoo won't be stopped by the hacking revelations from last year.  However, the price tag will likely have a visible dent.  In the fall, Yahoo revealed intrusions in which hundreds of millions of accounts may have been compromised in 2013 and 2014. [Read more →]

Here's a set of quick-takes on some news from around the sector and the world lately: [Read more →]

Comcast Business announced plans today to invest in a significant expansion of its Boston metro fiber reach.  They will be spending some $25M on the buildout, which will extend the company's reach both for Ethernet connectivity and for its voice and video offerings to the business community. [Read more →]

Xtera's trip through chapter 11 has ended in a deal and a new owner.  The private equity group H.I.G. Capital revealed today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of the company, which specializes in the gear that makes submarine cables go. [Read more →]

Epsilon Telecommunications has made an inorganic move of the separation variety.  They are selling Cataleya to a familiar face.  Former Cataleya founder and CEO Andreas Hipp, who led Epsilon itself for more than a decade up until October of 2015, is leading a joint management group in purchasing the division and will again take the CEO role. [Read more →]

The Open Networking Foundation and ON.Lab are still finalizing their merger, but they aren't waiting for the final papers to get signed. Today the ONF is launching the Open Innovation Pipeline, charting what it bills as the next phase of SDN and NFV. [Read more →]

After its planned IPO of Telxius didn't generate sufficient interest last year, Telefonica remains interested in monetizing the division.  Reports over the weekend suggest that they are in the final stages of negotiations with a group of private equity companies that would see the sale of a 49% stake in Telxius. [Read more →]

Here's a quick roundup of some news from around the world and from the cloud. [Read more →]