Telecom Ramblings

Everyone is adjusting to this new reality, and in the telecom and internet infrastructure world they are dealing with not just protecting their employees but meeting the demand caused by behavioral changes.  Sometimes it’s an opportunity, but sometimes it’s a scramble to keep things online.  Here are two of the first, and one of the second from this week so far: [Read more →]

Some interesting pandemic-related infrastructure news, plus three vendor wins worth noting: [Read more →]

The pandemic continues to disrupt, but while everyone else pauses the world of internet infrastructure does  have to keep on rolling.   Let’s do our best not to lose focus entirely. Here are a few more bits of news to digest from the start of this week: [Read more →]

Yesterday, Internap announced that it has entered into a restructuring support agreement with its creditors and filed for Chapter 11 in the southern district of New York. The deal ends the data center and network company’s search for strategic alternatives in the wake of declining EBITDA alongside looming capital lease payments and financial covenants on its debt. [Read more →]

Ok, last week was a busy one for me and I missed a few items that it’s time to catch up on.  Here’s some quick takes, two undersea, one channel, and one metro fiber: [Read more →]

Regionally focused network operators often fly under the radar in the broader market, but lately they have been taking on a more public role.  Great Plains Communications has been steadily expanding its reach out from its core Nebraska footprint while shifting more and more to fiber and next generation technologies.  With us today to talk about the company’s approach is its newly minted Chief Technology Officer, Tony Thakur. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Epsilon’s Prasanna Caliaperoumal

Worldwide spending on digital transformation is set to reach $2.3 trillion in 2023 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.1%, according to IDC. Over the next five years, digital transformation will become the [Read more →]

Some submarine capacity, a new data center expansion, and the completion of another: [Read more →]

So the elephant in the room is obviously the ongoing spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 that has now earned the pandemic label. It’s not about telecom and internet infrastructure, and yet it’s invading every subject these days. Everyone, literally, is figuring this out in real time. So I thought I’d bring it up for discussion. What do readers think will be the effects? [Read more →]

A few items from vendors of all stripes from midweek: [Read more →]

I’m on the road again this week, though not in a form I need to worry about that thing everyone is talking about that I don’t want to write about.  But over the past few days, key milestones were reached in three of the biggest M&As currently underway that are worth catching up on: [Read more →]

A few quick items to start off the week with: [Read more →]

Behind almost every new network buildout there are engineering and construction firms doing the heavy lifting.  In New York and New Jersey, ZenFi’s rapid expansion in recent years has leveraged expertise from its sister company, Conexcity.  Conexcity recently rebranded itself from its prior moniker, Metro Network Services, as it continues to dive deeper into the buildout of 5G wireless infrastructure and related technologies.  With us today to talk about Conexcity’s new brand and its approach to the buildout of nextgen networks is the company’s General Manager, Christopher Smedley. [Read more →]

Two bits of merger news and a partnership down in Miami: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Sally Hudson, Chief Marketing Officer at VCTI

We human beings are, for the most part, naturally optimistic and forward-looking.  For those of us in the technology industry, our confidence in the next new big thing to propel us further, faster, is unshakable. In my industry, telecommunications, Digital Transformation is our holy grail, with the power of [Read more →]

Here is a set of quick takes from around the industry: [Read more →]

The Australian serial tech entrepreneur Bevan Slattery is taking another fiber project off the drawing board and into the marketplace. Today his latest venture, SUB.CO, announced that the Oman Australia Cable project has now reached ‘Contract In Force’ status. [Read more →]

The auction for Cincinnati Bell continues, and they aren’t wasting any time about it.  Brookfield and Cincinnati Bell today amended their agreement yet again, raising the price tag to $13.50 per share. [Read more →]

Some mid-week news to catch up on from around the industry: [Read more →]

March always brings lots of interesting optical and packet technology news, and this year is no different.  Here’s a quick rundown of some interesting nextgen demos in the past few days that are definitely worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

Yep, it’s definitely an auction now. Just days after Brookfield and Cincinnati Bell announced an amended deal at the higher price of $12.50, that unsolicited bidder who prompted it stepped forward into the light with a new offer. [Read more →]

Sanity seems to have prevailed over in the negotiations between Windstream and Unity. Following the court win by Aurelius and Windstream’s resulting trip into chapter 11 bankruptcy, the terms of the spinoff and lease agreement that created Uniti came under heavy fire. But a path to peace may now be in place. [Read more →]

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 →]