Telecom Ramblings

The rise of SDN and network automation has created opportunities for growth and evolution among those who build and deploy networks behind the scenes.  In 2017, LightRiver made an inorganic move with the acquisition of UCS and its netFLEX® platform, and has since been working hard to meld those SDN capabilities into its business.  With us today to talk about its growing software business is Travis Ewert.  Travis took over as COO of LightRiver’s software division last year after a long career with a variety of service providers, including Level 3.  [Read more →]

A few bits of news from around the world worth noting before everyone heads out this Friday. [Read more →]

Earlier this week, Facebook announced in a blog post this week that it plans to sell excess capacity on the fiber routes it has built and plans to build on its own. Yep, Facebook is dipping its toes into the world of the wholesale network infrastructure provider. Do they really mean it? [Read more →]

Yesterday Zayo moved the Analyst Day it had planned for next Thursday onto the back burner. They have postponed the event ‘to allow time to explore’ strategic alternatives that may enhance shareholder value. The stock surged in response. [Read more →]

A couple items of international news, plus some 600G updates from OFC: [Read more →]

Juniper Networks has found itself a spring acquisition target. The routing and network software vendor has announced its intent to acquire Mist Systems. [Read more →]

Comcast has made an inorganic move to add depth to its security portfolio. Yesterday the cable giant announced the acquisition of BluVector, adding talent and technology in what is emerging as a key area for all network operators. [Read more →]

A few items to start the week on: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Last year MWC was the time of minimum knowledge and maximum hype for blockchain. Now we have much less hype, but there are also much more real uses for blockchain. Edge has had much less [Read more →]

What’s a Friday without a contract win for Zayo with an unnamed customer, eh?  The Boulder-based infrastructure company announced this morning a deal with a ‘global fintech leader’ for wavelengths. [Read more →]

With its integration of Interoute ongoing, GTT posted fourth quarter sequential growth in both revenue and EBITDA.  Here’s a quick table of the company’s results in some context: [Read more →]

A few items worth keeping track of, both on the planet and off: [Read more →]

Yesterday saw some infrastructure M&A to the north in Canada. The global investment firm Digital Colony is acquiring Cogeco Peer 1 for C$720M, which works out to about $574M. [Read more →]

A few items from around the world to catch up on: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Simplicity is one important theme at MWC 2019. It is, of course, not a solution as such, but it a success factor for all solutions. This is nothing new, but it is becoming very relevant with 5G, IoT, data and security. Many parties can build technology, but [Read more →]

Four items from four corners of the infrastructure world worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

Well, it’s happened. Windstream Holdings today announced that it has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Many saw this as inevitable following the recent court decision in favor of Aurelius for $310M in the wake of the company’s CS&L (now Uniti Group) spinoff back in the spring of 2015. [Read more →]

A few items from Asia and Latin America worth noting: [Read more →]

With the rumor mill relatively quiet for a week, Zayo has announced a substantial longhaul bandwidth deal in the southwestern US. An unnamed webscale provider is purchasing multiple 100G waves between Dallas and Los Angeles, which Zayo says is one of its larger recent capacity sales. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jason Chandralal, General Manager – Product Engineering Services at Happiest Minds

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) offers the promise of increased agility, programmability, and revenue services opportunities. While SDN has been widely deployed in the data center and enterprise environments, and many service provider deployments are underway, I think the best is yet to come. [Read more →]

A few quick-takes on news from around the industry this week: [Read more →]

One of the telecommunications industry’s biggest names in India has seen a bad month get worse this week, according to various reports. The billionaire Anil Ambani is facing potential jail time if Reliance Communications, of which he is chairman, fails to pay a chunk of the dues it owes Ericsson. [Read more →]

Hurricane Electric unveiled a new network expansion yesterday across a broad North American front. The international backbone operator has tapped EdgeConneX to get it closer to, you guessed it, the edge. [Read more →]