Metro Bytes: Comcast Business, Ritter, SiFi

November 6th, 2023
 

Three bits of last mile connectivity news to start the week: [Read more →]

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AI for the Telecoms Contact Center: Think Marathon, not Sprint

November 3rd, 2023
 

By Matt McConnell, CEO of Intradiem

The current incarnation of AI is the biggest tech breakthrough since the Internet. So far, we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg. [Read more →]

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Colt Takes Over Lumen’s EMEA Biz

November 2nd, 2023
 

Colt and Lumen have completed their previously announced deal. For the price of $1.8B, Lumen’s business in Europe, Middle East, and Africa is now officially part of Colt. [Read more →]

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Wednesday Bytes: Arcadian Infracom, DataBank, Alianza, Verizon, Vantage

November 1st, 2023
 

Some fiber, some data center, some wireless, and some voice: [Read more →]

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Regional Roundup: DFN, LightRiver, 123NET, WANRack, Empire, GPC, Vero Fiber

October 31st, 2023
 

A large set of regional upgrades and expansions of note as we end October: [Read more →]

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Industry Spotlight: Mike Jonas Takes the Helm of LightRiver

October 30th, 2023
 

LightRiver has long labored behind the scenes of network design and deployment for service providers across the industry.  With the rise of automation and software-driven infrastructure, they have begun to move deeper into the actual operation and maintenance of those networks as well.  With us today to talk about the company’s approach to the ever-moving target of network infrastructure design and operation is newly minted CEO Mike Jonas. [Read more →]

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Friday Bytes: LightRiver, DFN, Telxius, HE

October 27th, 2023
 

Several expansion projects of note that were announced this week: [Read more →]

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Security in the Cloud: SD-WAN, SASE, and Staying Ahead of Threats

October 27th, 2023
 

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Simon Waller at Epsilon Telecommunications

The cloud has revolutionised the way the world works, seamlessly connecting more people and businesses to the online world than ever before. [Read more →]

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Shentel to Acquire Horizon Telcom

October 26th, 2023
 

Fiber network consolidation hasn’t been as prevalent as it was a few years back, but it’s still out there. And this week we saw a deal for a significant amount of infrastructure in the Midwest. Shenandoah Telecommunications has announced an agreement to acquire Horizon Telcom. [Read more →]

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California Turns to Lumen for the Middle Mile

October 26th, 2023
 

Lumen announced the win of a significant chunk of state government dollars yesterday. California’s Department of Technology has awarded Lumen more than $400M to build out open-access middle-mile connectivity across the state. [Read more →]

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Google Takes On the South Pacific

October 25th, 2023
 

One of the harder routes to generate viable plans for has always been the long distance between North America and Australia. Now finally taking direct aim at the problem, however, is Google, which announced plans for the South Pacific Connect initiative today in a blog post, as the company is wont to do. [Read more →]

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Wednesday Roundup: Arelion, CMC Networks, Ribbon, Cologix, Lightpath

October 25th, 2023
 

Four items from overseas and one from right next door: [Read more →]

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Tuesday Bytes: Telcom Group, Vexus, Vantage

October 24th, 2023
 

Some M&A, an upgrade, and a major expansion completed: [Read more →]

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Monday Bytes: AMS-IX, Connectbase, Retelit, GTT, GCX

October 23rd, 2023
 

A new IX and several new partnerships and ecosystem expansions from around the world. [Read more →]

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Industry 4.0 Metaverse Unlocked: How AR/VR, AI and 3D Technology Are Powering The Next Industrial Revolution

October 20th, 2023
 

This Industry viewpoint was authored by Dijam Panigrahi, COO of GridRaster

Immersive mixed reality, and extended reality technologies, which are comprised by virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), continue to be key driving factors in business innovation and expansion. By transforming how companies run, interact with their customers, and accomplish their objectives, this technological solution set has been making a significant impact across multiple industries. [Read more →]

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Thursday Bytes: Infinera, Nokia, DataBank, Accelecom

October 19th, 2023
 

A couple of international technology upgrades and a couple of regional infrastructure projects: [Read more →]

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EXA Adds Transatlantic Diversity

October 18th, 2023
 

EXA Infrastructure has revealed some substantial additional transatlantic diversity this week. They have taken up capacity on two additional cables, one taking a northern route and the other a more southerly one. The moves boost their routing options for transatlantic data from three to five. [Read more →]

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Int’l Bytes: RETN, Start, EllaLink, Console, OVHcloud, DRT, GlobalNet

October 17th, 2023
 

Multiple interesting partnerships from around the world to catch up on: [Read more →]

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EXA Turns Up the TAE

October 16th, 2023
 

EXA Infrastructure has officially launched the Trans Adriatic Express, further building out the company’s connectivity in southeastern Europe. The TAE connects France with Turkey by leveraging the Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, which brings natural gas from Turkey across Greece to southern Italy. The result is a newly diverse route between Paris and Istanbul. [Read more →]

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HOW CAN COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE MOBILE ECOSYSTEM BE MORE SUSTAINABLE?

October 13th, 2023
 

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Gerrit Jan Konijnenberg, Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF)

Over the next ten years, we must dramatically reduce carbon dioxide (or equivalent gases – collectively known as CO2e) levels or we will be unable to keep global temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-Industrial levels. Passing that tipping point will make it incredibly difficult to bring climate change under control. [Read more →]

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Thursday Bytes: Salute, Sparkle, Nokia, du, Ciena, SUBCO

October 12th, 2023
 

A few interesting items from EMEA and beyond: [Read more →]

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Regional Roundup: Powerhouse, Flexential, Lumos, Spectrum Enterprise

October 11th, 2023
 

Four projects from spots around the country to catch up with: [Read more →]

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Akamai Buys Lumen’s CDN Customers

October 11th, 2023
 

In a transaction that reflects the changing landscape of internet infrastructure, Akamai and Lumen announced a transaction yesterday. Lumen has sold ‘select Content Delivery Network service contracts’ to Akamai. The deal enables Akamai to consolidate more revenue onto its platform and allows Lumen to refocus further on connectivity. [Read more →]

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