This summer’s unresolved merger dances are concentrated pretty heavily in APAC this year. Today Australia is abuzz with a new one: TPG Telecom and Vodafone Australia are talking about shacking up together. [Read more →]
Conterra Makes Another Inorganic Move
August 21st, 2018
Conterra Networks has consolidated a bit more infrastructure down along the Gulf Coast. Following their deals earlier this year of Network USA and Detel, Conterra has announced an agreement to acquire Longview-based Network Communications. [Read more →]
Metro Bytes: WANRack, nuron, Indiana NAP
August 21st, 2018
Some E-Rate news, an investment by a familiar face, and a new data center near Chicago. [Read more →]
Airtel said to set up independent fiber unit
August 20th, 2018
This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
India’s Bharti Airtel is reportedly setting up an independent fiber subsidiary, and may turn it into a wholesale infrastructure provider. [Read more →]
Two Bidders Emerge for RCOM’s Remaining Telecom Assets
August 17th, 2018
According to the Financial Times, Reliance Communications now has two bids in hand for different parts of its remaining telecommunications business, which includes Global Cloud Xchange’s global subsea network as well as Indian data center and fixed line network assets. Both bidders are from the private equity community. [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: Exponential-e, Hurricane Electric, O2, EdgeConneX
August 16th, 2018
Three from around the world and one from the front range: [Read more →]
QTS Delivers First Installment on Its Ashburn Ambitions
August 15th, 2018
Late last week, QTS Realty Trust opened the doors on the first piece of its data center expansion in Ashburn, Virginia. They have commissioned the first 4MW of the first phase of 8MW, with their first customer already moved in and live ahead of schedule. The other 4MW of the buildout will follow shortly. [Read more →]
Wednesday Bytes: DET-IX, Netrality, 365 Data Centers, Cogent
August 15th, 2018
I’ve been on the road most of the past two weeks, but should be back home tomorrow. But the news does go on and here is a set of quick takes from some interesting items from yesterday: [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Interxion, Chayora, ZTE
August 14th, 2018
A few news items worth noting from the start of this week: [Read more →]
Huawei likely to be spared Australia 5G ban
August 14th, 2018
This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
The Australian government is not expected to ban Huawei from participating in the deployment of Australia’s 5G networks, but may restrict the [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: SES Networks CEO John-Paul Hemingway
August 13th, 2018
For this week’s Industry Spotlight, let’s delve into a part of the infrastructure sector that we don’t often get to here on Telecom Ramblings: satellite networking. The capabilities of satellite network operators have evolved dramatically in recent years, bringing new options to the infrastructure markets whether it’s in hard to get to locations or closer to home. SES Networks believes the time is now ripe for [Read more →]
Liquid Buys The Rest of Hai
August 13th, 2018
The pan-African fiber operator Liquid Telecommunications has moved to consolidate its position in the country of Zambia. According to Capacity, Liquid has agreed to acquire Hai Telecommunications. [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: Comcast Business, Juniper, Nokia
August 10th, 2018
Here’s a few more quick takes to finish off the week: [Read more →]
CenturyLink Makes Integration Progress, Raises Estimates
August 9th, 2018
CenturyLink posted its second quarter numbers yesterday after the market closed, and the market likes what it sees so far. Revenues of $5.90B were roughly inline with expectations, while adjusted earnings per share of $0.25 were ten cents above projections. [Read more →]
Wednesday Roundup: WANRack, Windstream, Macquarie
August 8th, 2018
Three bits of expansion news, one fiber, one fixed wireless, and one colo: [Read more →]
China has spent $24b more than US on 5G since 2015
August 8th, 2018
This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
China is significantly outpacing the US in terms of spending on the infrastructure necessary to ensure 5G readiness, according to a new study by Deloitte. [Read more →]
GTT’s European Landscape Takes Shape
August 7th, 2018
GTT has announced new divisions over in Europe, putting the teams in place to take the company’s combined infrastructure to market. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: Clint Heiden On the Rise of QTS
August 6th, 2018
Over the last two decades, the data center has become one of the core pillars of modern internet infrastructure. Along that path has been a lot of construction, a lot of M&A, and a lot of money well spent. QTS Data Centers has been somewhat less active in the headlines than some of its REIT brethren, preferring a mostly organic route to its current $2.5B marketcap, but it has been a big part of the sector’s expansion. With us today to talk about QTS’s unique approach to the data center space is Clint Heiden, who joined the company recently as Chief Revenue Officer.
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Int’l Bytes: Ericsson, RCom, Airtel, Telecom Egypt, DT, e-shelter
August 6th, 2018
A few items from around the world to start the week: [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: EllaLink, Comcast, Turk Telekom
August 3rd, 2018
A few more items worth noting before you head off for the first weekend of August, one undersea, one metro, and one job-related: [Read more →]
CIM Group, 1547 Take Aim at Chicago
August 3rd, 2018
The team of CIM Group and fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty has a new project in its sights this week. The pair announced the acquisition of a property on the south side of Chicago that they intend to transform into a major data center facility. [Read more →]
Friday Earnings Roundup: GTT, Cogent, Vonage
August 3rd, 2018
Lots of earnings news from around the sector, here is a quick look at three of them from the competitive side of things: [Read more →]
Cisco Seeks More Security, to Acquire Duo
August 2nd, 2018
Security is an everpresent concern when it comes to internet infrastructure, and hence it has been the focus of many an M&A move. Today, the industry giant Cisco made another move in this arena, announcing its intent to acquire Duo Security. [Read more →]