Telecom Ramblings

CenturyLink has been investing in its CDN reach lately. Yesterday the global network operator expanded its content delivery capabilities across EMEA in order to meet the demands of OTT content.  And on another channel, they did some refinancing work on debt coming due in a couple years. [Read more →]

In what looks to be a very noisy battle for the fall season, Elliott Management and its billionaire protagonist Paul Singer have set their sights on AT&T. The activist hedge fund disclosed a $3.2B position in AT&T, not a minor amount and a little over 1% of the telecommunications giant’s marketcap. And along with that investment they sent a rather public letter.  [Read more →]

Four new bits of expansion news, from data centers to network PoPs, to NOCs both domestic and international: [Read more →]

Two minor bits of M&A activity, one interconnection partnership, and some IoT: [Read more →]

The national data center provider 365 Data Centers has acquired some more data center space in suburban NJ. Yesteday the company announced the purchase of NYI-NJ’s Bridgewater facility, complementing the company’s existing presence in Manhattan. [Read more →]

Four items from late last week that are worth noting as we kick off the new week: [Read more →]

Two expansions and two security moves before you head out for the weekend. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Michael Mahoney of AVOXI

With the recent emergence of 5G technology, many businesses are hopping on board and incorporating 5G into their infrastructure. Call centers are no exception, and 5G can make a great impact on how contact centers are run, enhance their customer experience, and gather data. [Read more →]

It’s a short week, at least here in the US, but there’s still been plenty of news to catch up on: [Read more →]

Some more infrastructure changed hands over the weekend. Macquarie Infrastructure Partners IV and Netrality’s management team have partnered up to buy Netrality from Abrams Capital Management. [Read more →]

The frozen north needs bandwidth too, and in recent years more and more are seeing opportunities up in the Arctic Circle. After raising a $1.5B war chest in the Spring, OneWeb unveiled plans this morning to put some of that money to work chasing bandwidth north of the 60th parallel. [Read more →]

Welcome back from the long weekend for those in the US.  Here’s a quick look at some regional news from both sides of the Atlantic: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Martin Brezina – business development @ telco big data monetization solution Instarea

There is a huge and largely untapped potential in the banking sector: the unbanked. Because many people need a loan sometime. But not everyone can be granted one by a reputable lender. [Read more →]

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

While everyone else takes those late summer vacations, Everstream has been busy working on a new fiber project in the midwest. The regional infrastructure builder and operator has unveiled plans to expand its metro presence into Columbus, Ohio in a big way. [Read more →]

A number of interesting items worth noting: [Read more →]

After a few years of rapid growth, PacketFabric has brought in some significant new funding and a new investor. Digital Alpha Advisors, LLC has put $75M into the pot via a joint venture investment. PacketFabric was formally launched back in January of 2017, and has quickly expanded its SDN-powered platform nationwide. [Read more →]

A few that slipped through my nets last week plus a new M&A worth noting: [Read more →]

The pace of technological change affects everyone and keeping up with it is not just an issue for the rest of us.  Even those helping to drive that change have to work at it.  Ciena has been rapidly shifting its business model and workforce towards software and support for the technology revolutions on the horizon.  With us today to talk about how they are achieving this is Joe Marsella, VP of Global Sales Engineering. Joe leads a team of ~350 sales engineers that must keep up with the pace of change so that they can help customers stay ahead.  [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Nick Dmitry of Infinera.

Our world is getting smaller and more connected, and the thread stitching us together is lying on the ocean floor. [Read more →]

As new technology uptake goes, SD-WAN has caught on really quickly. At least it sure seems like everyone has an SD-WAN offering of some sort in place. And now we have a standard to measure those services up to, as yesterday MEF formally announced the publication of its global standard defining SD-WAN, MEF 70. [Read more →]

The private equity company Grain Management has been rather busy this month in the infrastructure space. Last week they took out Ritter Communications, but apparently they were still really hungry.  So this week they took out two more regional pockets of fiber and infrastructure announcing definitive agreements to acquire both Summit Broadband and a majority interest in Hunter Communications. [Read more →]

A few expansions and enhancements to note at midweek: [Read more →]