Four interesting bits of infrastructure expansion news from four metros worth taking a look at one fiber, one fixed wireless, and two datacenter: [Read more →]
Reality and dreams of mobile finance
January 23rd, 2019
This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
“M-Pesa is a great example of how money goes to the mobile, and telcos have a great opportunity to be banks in the emerging economies.” “Telcos are going to challenge banks in the emerging markets when services go to the mobile.” I have heard these sentences many times [Read more →]
DE-CIX Interwire to Take On More of India
January 22nd, 2019
A year and a quarter after DE-CIX and Interwire formed a joint venture to build an IX in Mumbai. Today that JV revealed plans to expand to other major Indian markets, hoping to build upon the company’s success at Mumbai IX. [Read more →]
VIRTUS Unveils Major UK Expansion
January 22nd, 2019
The UK-based data center provider VIRTUS has announced some big new expansion plans this week. Over the next two years the company intends to build not just one or two new data centers, and not three or four either, but five new facilities in the London metro area. [Read more →]
Colo Bytes: Chayora, NJFX, eStruxture, Digital Realty
January 22nd, 2019
Four bits of colo and related news worth noting from the start of the week: [Read more →]
Metro Bytes: UPN, QTS, Light Source
January 21st, 2019
Three interesting bits of regional infrastructure news that are worth noting: [Read more →]
Windstream Boosts Its International Links
January 21st, 2019
With one move late last week and another over the weekend, Windstream Wholesale has moved to augment the company’s connectivity beyond the USA. New nodes on its core network were added reaching north into Canada and on submarine cable routes heading east and south from Virginia. [Read more →]
IPI Partners Launches STACK, Takes Aim at Texas
January 18th, 2019
This week a new multi-market data center provider launched. STACK INFRASTRUCTURE, which apparently is allied with the gremlins trying to wear out my caps lock key, is the brainchild of IPI Partners. [Read more →]
The Canadian Data Center Landscape: Montreal’s Emerging Market
January 18th, 2019
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by AJ Byers, CEO of ROOT Data Center
It’s no secret that the foundation for any good data center starts with where it is built. As data hosting facilitates grow in number across the globe, the search for newer, more strategic locations has become paramount. The Canadian data center market has been emerging [Read more →]
Int’l Bytes: Telia, Colt, Interxion, Equinix
January 17th, 2019
Here’s some of this week’s news from around the world to catch up on: [Read more →]
NEC demonstrates 5G face recognition system
January 17th, 2019
This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
NEC has completed a proof-of-concept demonstration of a 5G-based facial recognition system that can be temporarily deployed at event venues without the need for new cable installation. [Read more →]
Metro Bytes: FirstLight, Hargray, Colo Atl, eStruxture
January 16th, 2019
Some colo and network news from the metro, including an M&A: [Read more →]
Macquarie to Acquire Bluebird, Swap with Uniti
January 15th, 2019
The close of the markets today brought news of a significant fiber M&A out in the Midwest. The infrastructure investment fund Macquarie Infrastructure Partners has announced an agreement to buy Bluebird Network. Uniti Fiber will be helping make the deal happen by acquiring Bluebird’s fiber and leasing it back to Bluebird, with Uniti’s other Midwestern fiber and operations going along for the ride. [Read more →]
Windstream Unifies Its Enterprise Portals
January 15th, 2019
The enteprise division of Windstream has been busily tuning its approach to the market, and today they lifted the curtain on a new portal, WE Connect. [Read more →]
Lumos and Spirit Are Now Segra
January 15th, 2019
The eastern seaboard has a new regional infrastructure name to remember. Lumos Networks and Spirit Communications have announced a rebranding under the name Segra. [Read more →]
SummitIG brings in SDC
January 14th, 2019
Some of the newer fiber in Virginia is changing private equity hands. Late last week SummitIG and SDC Capital Partners did a deal that will see SDC take a majority interest in the company. [Read more →]
Monday Roundup: Southern Telecom, Calix, Huawei
January 14th, 2019
Some fiber, some managed support, and some AI-enabled data center gear: [Read more →]
To Get More from SD-WAN, Add a Data Analytics Platform
January 11th, 2019
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Hamza Seqqat, Director of Solutions Architecture, Apcela
SD-WAN is starting to see a high rate of adoption among enterprises. For most companies, however, it’s still early days of their SD-WAN implementation. Most are focused on getting the “Day One” [Read more →]
Thursday Bytes: Colt, EllaLink, EXFO, 365 Data Centers
January 10th, 2019
Some other catch-up from this week: two enterprise solutions, some submarine cable progress, and a customer contract: [Read more →]
Chayora’s Tianjin Facility Is Ready to Roll
January 10th, 2019
Chayora’s effort to bring modern hyperscale data center design to China has passed a big milestone. The Hong Kong-based infrastructure company has completed the buildout of primary infrastructure, support buildings, and the first data hall of the first phase of its TJ1 facility in northern Tianjin. [Read more →]
Wednesday Roundup: AT&T, KDDI, eX², NTT, AJC, Infinera
January 9th, 2019
Two IoT solutions in progress, one IP backbone expansion, and a submarine upgrade: [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: SK Telecom, New Continuum, Zayo, Akamai
January 8th, 2019
I’ve been travelling for the past week, so there’s plenty to catch up on. Here are quick takes on two purchases, a JV, and an enterprise colo deal. [Read more →]
Element Critical Enters Chicago
January 8th, 2019
A substantial chunk of data center space has changed hands outside of Chicago. Element Critical announced this morning the acquisition of two facilities in the Chicago Suburbs, adding 195,000 square feet of space to the company’s portfolio and entering a new market. [Read more →]