Telecom Ramblings

One of the more unique fiber footprints in western Europe belongs to Tampnet, with infrastructure initially designed to support the oil and gas industry in the North Sea, they’re now providing access to other industries.  With subsea fiber connecting offshore platforms, these systems also provide diverse opportunities to connect key cities across the region, completely bypassing the usual routes between the FLAP markets and Scandinavia.  With us today to talk about Tampnet’s unique approach to the region’s connectivity capabilities is Peter Hartlow, Sales Director for Tampnet Carrier.  Peter started out back in 2000 working for European telecom carriers before joining Tampnet six years ago. [Read more →]

Five interesting infrastructure items from the European theater worth keeping up with: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Craig Williams, CIO, Ciena

Imagine a world in which you put on a pair of glasses and your customer can stream your point-of-view as you deliver a live tour of your manufacturing floor. Imagine the day when you don’t need to send a technical crew to a site upgrade but can instead offer guided instructions through a HoloLens or Magic Leap headset. Better yet [Read more →]

Lots of interesting news items to keep up with this week.  Here are two data center expansion projects, two network expansion projects, and an M&A worth noting, all North and South America. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by: Aleck Gilner, SVP Cloud and Strategic Sales, LightRiver

In pop culture Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force base located in the Nevada Test and Training range. It’s reputed to be the final resting place for an alien spacecraft recovered in Roswell New Mexico in 1947 and much later, of course, incongruously piloted by actor Will Smith to defeat a race of alien insurgents in the movie Independence Day. But I digress. [Read more →]

After a slow start to the spring, there has been a significant fiber deal on the east coast of the USA. Cox Communications has agreed to buy Segra’s Commercial Services Business from the EQT Infrastructure III fund, according to a release from EQT today. [Read more →]

A few interesting regional and metro infrastructure items to keep up with: [Read more →]

A few interesting items to catch up with from late last week before we finish off April later this week – one software M&A and two network expansions to less traveled destinations: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Tung Vo, Director of Security and Compliance at STACK INFRASTRUCTURE.

Combining the right tools, processes, and people is key to addressing today’s and tomorrow’s data center security challenges. [Read more →]

Two items from the data center world, and two from backbones and interconnection to catch up with: [Read more →]

Today Dark Fiber & Infrastructure has offered up an update on its buildout in northern Virginia and Maryland. They are finishing up one project while planning a new one, bringing new conduit and fiber to one of the world’s busiest infrastructure markets. [Read more →]

One data center M&A, one build-to-suit, a network upgrade, a technology partnership, and a global enterprise win: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jay Cadman, Senior Vice President, Enterprise of IQGeo

Following the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent launch of a ‘5G Fast Plan’ which aims to accelerate nationwide coverage, it is clear that the industry faces a significant challenge if it is to achieve this goal. As part of the plan, in October 2020 the Commission established the 5G Fund for Rural America, which aims to make up to [Read more →]

The eastern coast of South America has another connectivity option in place as of today. Telxius says that the new Tannat submarine cable it has been working on with Google is officially open for business. [Read more →]

A few months ago, we looked into the opportunity for veterans in the data center and internet infrastructure industry with Salute Mission Critical.  Today, we return to that topic to talk with Aligned’s Billie Haggard. Aligned builds and operates data center infrastructure for hyperscale and enterprise companies around the country, leveraging innovative, sustainable and adaptable approaches to facility design and operations. Billie started out in the Navy before transitioning to the data center world, and as SVP of Operations and Safety Officer at Aligned, he actively seeks to attract more veterans and ex-military talent into the industry due to their unique mindset and training. [Read more →]

A couple of government contracts, a new CDN PoP, and a multinational upgrade to finish off the week: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Todd Twete, Director of Carrier Services at Blackfoot Communications

RDOF, 5G, Infrastructure planning are exciting new avenues to support fast broadband services to business and residential communities around the nation. [Read more →]

Cologix has made an inorganic move that will take it into northern California for the first time. The data center and interconnection operator has announced a definitive agreement to acquire vXchnge’s data center campus in Silicon Valley. [Read more →]

euNetworks has rolled a new weapon onto the battlefield in the low latency arms race over in London. The pan-European bandwidth infrastructure specialist has deployed CoreSmart hollowcore fiber from Lumenisity Limited on its first route in the London metro area. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Michael Morey, Chief Executive Officer, Bluebird Network

The pandemic revealed a lot with network and data center companies.  Either strength and innovation to pivot and solve a problem immediately or it amplified weaknesses revealing bigger problems like the digital divide of underserved regional areas, but also how global companies can address their US customer base – both of which are [Read more →]

Four interesting contract announcements, two from the start of this week, and two that I missed from late last week that are worth noting: [Read more →]

The US political instability we have all been watching almost made it to the data center industry recently. According to reports, a 28-year old man from Texas was arrested on Thursday while trying to purchase explosives he planned to use to blow up an Amazon AWS data center in Ashburn, Virginia. [Read more →]

Several items from around the world to catch up with before enjoying a spring weekend: [Read more →]