Telecom Ramblings

The eastern coast of the US is one step closer to a wet alternative to the I-95 corridor. Confluence Networks has sold an equity interest in the company to the infrastructure construction company MasTec Inc., raising the funds for a new submarine cable system along the eastern seaboard. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Todd Cushing, President, 1623 Farnam

Nebraska is the third-ranked corn producer in the United States and Omaha, its largest city, is 160 miles from the geographic center of the United States. The city is most famously known to be the cradle of a large insurance company and the home to a $250 billion multinational conglomerate holding company that sports its own oracle.  Basic elementary school facts. [Read more →]

We had a bit of interesting consolidation hit the news in the edge data center space today. DartPoints has announced an agreement to acquire Immedion, giving it a data center presence and boots on the ground in seven new edge markets. [Read more →]

I missed this last week, but apparently there will soon be some M&A in the north Atlantic. According to Capacity, Triple Point Investment management is launching a new company, Digital 9 Infrastructure, which plans to acquire Aqua Comms in a deal with Aqua Comms’ current shareholders. [Read more →]

Four interesting items emerged from the vendor community to start this week that are worth catching up on. [Read more →]

The network edge is the focus of great swathes of the industry today, and the more we look at it the wider the variety of approaches we see.  Different applications require different levels of proximity to the users, and the technology to make them happen isn’t always a miniaturization of the hyperscale world.  One company taking on the edge as far out as the equipment closet or the remote worker office is Veea.  With us today to talk about Veea’s approach to the ‘Device Edge’ is Kurt Michel, SVP of Marketing at Veea. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Artur Ostrowski, Chief Commercial Officer at Enxoo.

Software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) is on the rise, with the global market size expected to grow from $1.4 billion in 2019 to $43 billion in 2030, at a CAGR of 38.6% (P&S Intelligence). The challenge for telcos is to match agile and software-centric network services with back office systems that move with new speed and scalability. [Read more →]

With its optical cable now in place, the transatlantic cable system EllaLink is now moving on to lighting its infrastructure. They have tapped Infinera to handle that part, looking to leverage the vendor’s ICE6 technology. [Read more →]

One SD-WAN deal, a certification, and two data center expansion stories to catch up with: [Read more →]

After taking a couple years off, Zayo has hopped back into the M&A driver’s seat. Yesterday the fiber builder and operator announced a definitive agreement to acquire Intelligent Fiber Network. Zayo only recently sold off its zColo division to DataBank, refocusing the business onto fiber. [Read more →]

Two bits of M&A, a joint ventur, and a partnership spread across the industry to keep up with: [Read more →]

The network edge continues to be a hot topic as we move deeper into 2021, as the business models many have put forth are now put to the test of actual deployment and scale.   One of the early visionaries in this space that is now building in earnest is Vapor IO, which has deep relationships with Crown Castle and last year added a partnership with Digital Realty as well.  With us today to talk about Vapor IO’s approach to the edge and where expects to go in the quarters and years ahead is founder and CEO Cole Crawford, joined by CMO Matt Trifiro. [Read more →]

Four interesting bits of data center news on three continents to close out the week: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Tony Doocey and Anthony Shaw of North Highland

In 2020, the kitchen table became the office and the home internet became the company IT system. In addition to dealing with a global pandemic, telcos bolstered their position as providers of critical national infrastructure overnight. It was evident as the pandemic exploded that even the most ardent digital natives were [Read more →]

Another day, another four bits of interesting news from over in Europe, with two from the Netherlands and two from the UK: [Read more →]

Three organic and one inorganic bits of expansion news on the metro and regional front: [Read more →]

Two bits of M&A news and one metro fiber market expansion: [Read more →]

The edge is where much of the action was last year, and where even more action will surely be in 2021.  One of the earliest proponents of building out data center space at the edge was EdgeConneX.  EdgeConneX was recently purchased by EQT and is entering into a new phase of growth, and just last week extended its presence to Asia for the first time via a new joint venture.  With us today to talk about the company’s outlook, the nature of the edge, and the effects of the pandemic on the industry is the company’s chief marketing officer, Phillip Marangella. [Read more →]

A few interesting items on the metro and regional fiber front to close out the week, and who knows, maybe the winter too? We can hope. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Ken Kremer, Chief Technical Officer, Data Center Strategy at Involta

The cloud as the data center’s demise is a hypothetical assertion that technology and telecom are no stranger to. It’s an attention-grabbing claim that seems to underscore the massive migration to the cloud that has characterized much of the digital landscape in recent years. The popularity of cloud computing can’t be [Read more →]

Four interesting items from around the world to check up on from this week: [Read more →]

Four interesting bits of news worth catching up on at midweek: [Read more →]

Down in the southwestern US, Windstream Wholesale has been putting some new gear through its paces. Today they revealed a successful trial of Acacia’s ZR+ digital coherent optics technology, and as a result will incorporate the gear into its deployment plans. [Read more →]