Brookfield Infrastructure and Cincinnati Bell have amended their merger agreement. The original deal was signed before New Years, but another bidder emerged a month later to shake things up with a higher price. But Brookfield clearly had something in reserve and has matched and raised that bid. [Read more →]
What Nobody is Telling You About 5G
February 28th, 2020
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Robert Bianco, VP of Business Development, Hylan
5G – it has been the talk of the industry for quite some time now. What’s more, mobile carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile are starting to tout their 5G capabilities on TV. But many companies seeking to make the change to 5G are overlooking [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: FirstLight, IX Reach, SES, ORange, Aligned Energy
February 27th, 2020
A few items from midweek worth catching up on while you try not to read about pandemics and such: [Read more →]
Rocket Fiber Deal Takes Everstream Deeper Into Detroit
February 26th, 2020
Everstream has found itself another regional M&A target out in the Midwest. Today they announced a deal to acquire Rocket Fiber LLC, expanding the company’s Michigan depth in the state’s largest market of Detroit. [Read more →]
CenturyLink Takes Its Metro Fiber into Charleston
February 26th, 2020
CenturyLink is already in most metros it wants to be in, so we don’t get to hear about too many discrete expansion projects. But this week they have announced plans to expand their metro network and enterprise reach down into the South Carolina port of Charleston. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Southern Cross, Ciena, Epsilon, maincubes, CenturyLink, Windstream
February 25th, 2020
A subsea upgrade and three partnerships to catch up with: [Read more →]
EdgeConneX, Ori Industries Team Up at Europe’s Edge
February 24th, 2020
EdgeConneX and Ori Industries have announced a partnership over in Europe that they hope will take edge computing to a new level. EdgeConneX specializes in placing data center infrastructure at the edge, while Ori has developed an infrastructure-agnostic edge cloud platform. [Read more →]
Monday Bytes: Altibox, Hurricane Electric, CenturyLink, T-Mobile
February 24th, 2020
Here are a few items from late last week to wrap up before this week’s news gets fully rolling: [Read more →]
Zayo to Help Hook Up Microsoft Airband
February 21st, 2020
Somehow I missed this one from a few days ago, but it looks pretty interesting. Zayo announced earlier this week a partnership with Microsoft in support of the Microsoft Airband Initiative. [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: Ciena, Cologix, Nokia
February 20th, 2020
Some news from two vendors and a new data center campus to take note of from midweek: [Read more →]
QTS Kicks Off Hillsboro Campus
February 20th, 2020
Data center gravity continues to grow up in Hillsboro, Oregon. Earlier this week QTS unveiled plans to develop a new mega data center campus there, starting off with a hyperscale customer as anchor. Hillsboro’s ‘Silicon Forest’ combines transpacific connectivity, renewable power options, and ample metro fiber into an alternative to California’s Bay Area. [Read more →]
Wednesday Roundup: Google, Orange, Telxius, Ekinops, Dell, Bluebird
February 19th, 2020
A few more to keep up with from midweek: [Read more →]
Everstream Takes On Chicago
February 18th, 2020
With its extensive buildout around the Midwest well underway, Everstream is taking aim at the elephant in the room. That’s Chicago of course, which is the region’s main hub by any measure. [Read more →]
DE-CIX Opens a New Interconnection Beachead in West Africa
February 18th, 2020
DE-CIX has found a new market into which it can inject its brand of interconnection services. In an announcement today, the Frankfurt-based IX specialist unveiled a memorandum of understanding with Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Ciena, GTT, T-Mobile, India’s DoT
February 18th, 2020
Here’s a few quick takes, one submarine cable upgrade, an SD-WAN win, and a couple regulatory stories: [Read more →]
Weekend Roundup: Huawei Marine, Liquid Telecom, Ericsson
February 17th, 2020
Some have today off here in the US, but here’s some news from around the world from over the weekend and late last week that’s worth noting: [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: Sparkle, TPx, Southern Telecom, JaxNAP, Colt
February 14th, 2020
Happy Valentines Day all. Here’s a final catch-up on news from the sector this week before you go home for the weekend. [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: EdgePresence, DE-CIX, NJFX, Hylan, Hammer
February 13th, 2020
Ok, time to catch up after traveling for the first half of the week. Here’s a quick look at a few items I didn’t get to while on the road: [Read more →]
T-Mobile & Sprint Rock a Win in Court, Is Dish Ready to Roll?
February 12th, 2020
It seems so long ago now that the pending merger of T-Mobile and Sprint was first announced. Despite federal regulatory approvals, the two companies had to take fourteen states to court in order to keep the deal alive. But today they seem to have finally won. [Read more →]
Another M&A for FirstLight, This Time in NY’s North Country
February 12th, 2020
FirstLight has found itself another acquisition target within its northeastern footprint. Yesterday they announced a definitive agreement to acquire the regional network operator PrimeLink. [Read more →]
EQT Strikes Again, Teams with OMERS to Buy Deutsche Glasfaser
February 11th, 2020
EQT Infrastructure has found another target over in Europe. They have partnered with OMERS Infrastructure to purchase Deutsche Glasfaser from KKR and Reggeborgh. [Read more →]
ZenFi Takes C-RAN Across the Hudson
February 11th, 2020
Just in time for Metro Connect, ZenFi Networks has announced an expansion of its next-generation wireless infrastructure beyond the borders of New York City. They have won some similar business across the river in New Jersey. [Read more →]
Monday Roundup: Flexential, Tata, Great Plains, Dobson, conexcity
February 10th, 2020
I’ll be heading down for Metro Connect this week. If you’re there, feel free to stop by and say hi. In the meantime, here’s a bunch of interesting news from the end of last week worth noting: [Read more →]