Telecom Ramblings

By Guy Matthews, Editor of NetReporter

There is an increasingly important link between 5G, IoT and edge compute, with each having implications for the success of the other. So believes Jeremiah Caron, Global Head of Research & Analysis with the Technology Group of independent analyst firm GlobalData. [Read more →]

Two bits of FTTH news from opposite ends of the spectrum, some SD-WAN, and a vendor win up north: [Read more →]

Two bits of submarine cable news, and one bit of terrestrial dark fiber news: [Read more →]

A few interesting items, both domestic and international to catch up with: [Read more →]

Yesterday Orange offered up an update on the Amitié cable system. The 6,600km transatlantic fiber project has officially come ashore on the Gironde coast near Bordeaux. The project used horizontal directional drilling 20 meters under the beach to avoid harming the local ecosystem. [Read more →]

In between the worlds of cloud computing and big bandwidth lies a complicated and rapidly changing environment that many enterprises barely understand.  That has created an opportunity for managed service providers to step in and make it all work.  One provider that has been taking on that challenge is Unitas Global.  With us today to talk about Unitas Global’s approach to serving up internet infrastructure to hungry enterprises is Founder and CTO Grant Kirkwood.  Grant has been part of the internet infrastructure entrepreneurial scene since starting his own hosting company back in the 90s, and then later founding Mzima which eventually became part of GTT by way of the PacketExchange deal. [Read more →]

A new company launch, a product launch, a global channel partner, and some FTTx: [Read more →]

Five vendors, five customer deployments to note from this week’s news: [Read more →]

MEF’s efforts to promote automation seem to be bearing fruit. Yesterday the industry association revealed activity by a host of companies in implementing APIs from MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata. They are also now speeding additional services and programs to market in response to the demand. [Read more →]

Some connectivity, data center, and cloud news to catch up on from this week: [Read more →]

Two data center buildouts, a vendor win, and a French infrastructure M&A: [Read more →]

Three interesting items of teamwork to catch up with, both domestic and international: [Read more →]

As the entire infrastructure business looks to automate everything that can be automated, a new generation of cloud-based software platforms has risen up to meet those needs.  Today we have a return visit from one of those pioneers, Connected2Fiber’s Founder and CEO Ben Edmond.  Connected2Fiber recognized early on the intersection of location and price data was fundamental to the planning and buildout of network infrastructure, and set out to automate it before the idea was cool.  Since we last talked in 2018, Connected2Fiber has seen substantial growth and the market now seems to be catching up with the original vision. [Read more →]

GTT’s sale of its infrastructure division is now a done deal. I Squared Capital has closed its purchase of the assets, and now we know something of their plans. They have re-launched the division under the name EXA Infrastructure. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Boominathan S and Abhay Goyal of Prodapt

Inefficiencies in the field service are a major challenge for most Digital Service Providers (DSPs). Delay in providing fixes impacts customer experience leading to significant customer churn and revenue loss affecting profit margin for DSPs. [Read more →]

Two bits of submarine cable news, one new data center, and some SASE in the southwest: [Read more →]

Some IX and vendor news, plus a data center M&A: [Read more →]

The Northern and Western European fiber operator GlobalConnect has unveiled a major new infrastructure project through the heart of its footprint.  The plans call for the deployment of a ‘mega capacity fiber cable’ stretching from the far northern Sweden down to the German capital of Berlin. [Read more →]

One M&A, one new data center, three new fiber markets, and a partnership overseas: [Read more →]

There was a bit of surprise M&A in the international interconnection world late last week. The South Korean telecommunications giant KT Corp. has announced the acquisition of Singapore-based Epsilon Telecommunications. [Read more →]

Vantage Data Centers is taking on some new territory via two acquisitions. They have announced deals for both Agile Data Centers and the data center portfolio of PCCW. Vantage’s current owners, led by DigitalBridge, are contributing the financial power for the transactions, putting another $1.5B of equity capital into Vantage. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Michele Szabocsik, VP of Marketing, BlueConic

Traditional telecommunications companies are at a critical crossroads. While coverage and speed are improving with investments in 5G, the rise of new mobile tech, messaging apps, and over-the-top services offered by nimbler digitally native companies have eroded legacy revenue streams and diminished subscriber growth. At the same time, the industry is struggling to [Read more →]

Western Europe has another path to get data between England and the Netherlands. And path may not be the right word given the amount of potential bandwidth euNetworks has built out. The western European bandwidth infrastructure provider has announced the completion of a new infrastructure project with both a subsea and terrestrial component between the two countries. [Read more →]