Telecom Ramblings

As expected, on Friday regulators at the Department of Justice agreed to let the juggernaut T-Mobile/Sprint deal go through after the companies agreed to sell off pieces to Dish. Dish will apparently become the #4 player in the market, leveraging the spectrum it has been sitting on plus the Boost Mobile business and some supporting agreements. Now what? [Read more →]

Some expansion, some funding for expansion, and some consolidation with the funding folks: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Fernando Rojas of Claro Enterprise Solutions

UCaaS technology has helped many businesses enhance collaboration and agility and reduce costs. The plug-and-play functionality of basic UCaaS benefits small organizations with minimal existing infrastructure. For large, global enterprises, customized UCaaS solutions support rationalization and digital transformation initiatives. [Read more →]

Apparently Dish was not the only option on the table recently when it came for T-Mobile and Sprint to find a buyer for Boost Mobile and other assets they would divest to gain approval for their deal. Reuters has reported that Charter Communications also submitted a proposal to the DoJ as well. [Read more →]

According to reports out this morning, there is a new deal on the table to let T-Mobile and Sprint Merge while keeping a fourth mobile operator in the market. Dish Network has agreed to a $5B deal under which it would buy wireless assets from the two companies. [Read more →]

A few bits and pieces from midweek: [Read more →]

In a bit of follow-on data center M&A news, Agile Data Sites today announced a partnership with Lincoln Rackhouse. Lincoln Rackhouse just acquired ByteGrid back in May, adding data centers in the Seattle, Chicago, and DC metro areas to its portfolio. Agile is taking on some of that space and the customers within it. [Read more →]

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 →]