Telecom Ramblings

Here's a look at several news items of note from yesterday and today: [Read more →]

Zayo announced another connectivity win with a global enterprise yesterday. As has been their pattern for much of this year, the actual enterprise is un-named, but the bandwidth is real enough. [Read more →]

Philadelphia is looking to upgrade its Institutional Network capabilities, and it is turning to Comcast Business to supply the necessary metro fiber infrastructure. Philadelphia is of course the cable giant's hometown, an inside track that probably didn't hurt. [Read more →]

Here's a set of quick-takes on some of the news items out this morning: [Read more →]

Of the various technologies that are expected to make 5G possible, it is perhaps C-RAN that will require the biggest shifts in deployment.  And so, I have a feeling that we're going to be hearing quite a bit about C-RAN tests and demos throughout 2017.  We're not yet done with 2016 of course, but this morning it was Vodafone and Nokia that announced a successful test. [Read more →]

We have two new job listings to peruse over on the Ramblings Jobs Board.  They were actually posted earlier than this last week, but I was out sick (dang flu) at the time and didn't get this email done at the time. [Read more →]

In June of this year, CyrusOne bought 40 acres from the Kincora project in Northern Virginia's Loudoun County.  It was not exactly a secret what the company planned to do with that land, and indeed today the company announced it has broken ground on the construction of what will be its fifth data center in the state. [Read more →]

For a little Friday catch-up, one packet networking deployment, one interconnection strategic partnership, and a metro market update: [Read more →]

Ciena reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings this morning, offering its usual extra month of insight into the state of the market. [Read more →]

Here are several interesting quick takes on news from the metro fiber sector: [Read more →]

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

This year didn’t bring much new in the telecoms and mobile device businesses, it was just more organic development, nothing really new or game changing. The network side is waiting for [Read more →]

Here's a few news bytes from vendors seeing their gear deployed around the world: [Read more →]

The terrestrial path between the Far East and Europe has been gaining importance steadily over the last 5-10 years, and today another option was unveiled.  RETN and Transtelecom (Kazakhstan) have partnered to launch TRANSKZ, which connects RETN's European network with Hong Kong by crossing Kazakhstan. [Read more →]

A day after announcing its planned acquisition of FairPoint, Consolidated Communications has made another inorganic move but in the opposite direction. They have entered into a definitive agreement to sell their Enterprise Services equipment and IT Services business to the systems integrator ePlus. [Read more →]

This morning we have yet more consolidation to add to the pile that has been accumulating during the final quarter of 2016. Equinix has agreed to purchase a portfolio of 29 data centers on 24 sites from none other than Verizon. [Read more →]

Here's a quick rundown of some interesting news from three international network and infrastructure players: [Read more →]

The final months of this year have seen a flurry of infrastructure deals, and this week starts off with another.  Consolidated Communications has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FairPoint Communications in an all-stock deal worth about $1.5B. [Read more →]

Last week, news emerged that some more infrastructure assets might be up for sale.  Cologix, which has spent the last five years consolidating tier 2 data center and interconnection assets, is said to be considering a sale. [Read more →]

October and November were hot for fiber and infrastructure M&A, and now December has one already too.  Ohio-based Everstream has struck in Michigan for the second time in 2016.  They have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lynx Network Group. [Read more →]

Here's some additional metro fiber news from three continents as the week winds down: [Read more →]

A year ago, Altice made a move on the US cable market, purchasing Cablevision and Suddenlink. Now, as the fourth largest cable operator in the country, the French group has announced just what they plan to do with those assets. They are plotting a big fiber rollout. [Read more →]

Three other bits of network news to peruse this morning: [Read more →]

CyrusOne said this morning that it has broken ground on a new data center out in the Chicago metro area.  The new facility will span some 425,000 square feet on the company's campus in Aurora, Illinois. [Read more →]