Telecom Ramblings

CenturyLink formally announced today something I’ve been hearing about through other channels for a few months. They are, at long last, pulling lots of new fiber through all those extra conduits, effectively putting a new intercity fiber network in place for a tiny fraction of what it would cost to dig. [Read more →]

Over in the UK, an alternative provider is preparing for a possible M&A spree after raising a war chest of cash from private equity. Hampshire-based Onecom has taken in £100m in cash from LDC and credit funds managed by Ares. [Read more →]

Cooler weather is said to be on the way for us here, hope that’s true elsewhere.  Here’s a quick summary of a few things from over the weekend: [Read more →]

Three more small items worth noting before you head home for the weekend: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Brian Kracik of Oracle Communications

Forward thinking businesses today are taking advantage of emerging technologies that are disrupting old paradigms and unleashing new opportunities. Smart enterprises recognize that as they create more digital experiences and take applications to the cloud, the network has increased exponentially in importance. And for good reason. [Read more →]

Four disparate items from the data center sector: one software move, one M&A, one expansion, and one contract win: [Read more →]

Not a lot of big news so far this week, but plenty to keep track of anyway: [Read more →]

A few items worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

Zayo today revealed plans to kick off a significant expansion of its footprint down in Florida. The Boulder-based infrastructure builder and operator will be adding more than 2,300 route miles of metro fiber and conduit in the state, which has until now been one of the less deep sections in the company’s US footprint. [Read more →]

A few expansions worth noting before heading off for another summer weekend: [Read more →]

The latest development in the Windstream/Aurelius/Uniti saga is an interesting attempt to resolve things. Uniti and Windstream are apparently talking about a swap deal aimed at, you know, making everyone happy. [Read more →]

A few items to keep up with from midweek: [Read more →]

FirstLight Fiber has found a new M&A to expand its capabilities in the Northeast, but this time it isn’t about buying more fiber reach or depth. FirstLight has announced the acquisition of Todd Cable Construction. [Read more →]

Three expansion items from three different corners of the infrastructure sector at midweek: [Read more →]

The Pacific Northwest just might get its first new cable landing station since the dot com crash. According to Capacity this morning, the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) is involved in a project to build the CLS on the shoreline south of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and Quintillion has signed a letter of intent to be the first customer. [Read more →]

A few items from around the world worth noting from the start of this summer week: [Read more →]

A new submarine cable project in northern Europe got some important new backing yesterday. According to Capacity, Celtic Norse now has three new owners from the Energy vertical. NTE, TrønderEnergi and Nordavind DC Sites AS have each bought a third of the company. [Read more →]

The planned EllaLink cable between Europe and South America has a new branch in the works. The Government of Mauritania has signed an agreement to bring a bit of that capacity ashore to boost its global connectivity. [Read more →]

The time was certainly ripe for another significant infrastructure acquisition by GTT, as it had been over a year since the Interoute deal closed. This morning the company announced its next inorganic project: the purchase of KPN International, a division of the Netherlands-based telecommunications incumbent. [Read more →]

While everyone (in the US) enjoys the long Independence Day weekend, here’s a quick look at an interesting item I missed from ITW week. A new organization aiming to stimulate the growth of new regional internet hubs around the world, the Internet Ecosystem Innovation Committee (IEIC). The idea is to replicate the multilateral cooperation between industry participants and local municipalities, academic institutions, and regional business interests. [Read more →]

The data center giant Equinix made an interesting move this week to better tap into the needs of hyperscalers. They have teamed up with the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC to form a new JV focused on building ‘xScale’ data centers in Europe. [Read more →]

In a blog post over the weekend, Google introduced plans for yet another private subsea cable system. The Equiano cable will hug the western coastline of Africa, and is named after the Nigerian author and activist Olaudah Equiano. [Read more →]

This morning Uniti Group responded in defense of its lease payments from Windstream after filings from UMB Bank NA and U.S. Bank NA. According to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, these creditors are seeking to have Windstream withold its $54M in monthly rent to Uniti for its fiber network. [Read more →]