Telecom Ramblings

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 →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Robert Bianco, VP of Business Development, Hylan

5G – it has been the talk of the industry for quite some time now. What’s more, mobile carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile are starting to tout their 5G capabilities on TV. But many companies seeking to make the change to 5G are overlooking [Read more →]

A few items from midweek worth catching up on while you try not to read about pandemics and such: [Read more →]

Everstream has found itself another regional M&A target out in the Midwest. Today they announced a deal to acquire Rocket Fiber LLC, expanding the company’s Michigan depth in the state’s largest market of Detroit. [Read more →]

CenturyLink is already in most metros it wants to be in, so we don’t get to hear about too many discrete expansion projects. But this week they have announced plans to expand their metro network and enterprise reach down into the South Carolina port of Charleston. [Read more →]

A subsea upgrade and three partnerships to catch up with: [Read more →]