Telecom Ramblings

Over the past decade, we have seen infrastructure investments in Latin America growing rapidly but with most of it going into data centers and subsea cables.  But markets across the continent are maturing, and EdgeUno sees an opportunity.  The infrastructure and cloud provider plans to leverage its footprint across the continent as it builds out diverse, new, longhaul terrestrial fiber between the markets it serves.  With us today to talk about their approach and the opportunity they see is CEO Mehmet Akcin. [Read more →]

One bit of M&A and three organic expansion moves from around the industry to finish off the week: [Read more →]

How progressive digital approaches are helping telcos resolve five of their biggest supply chain headaches

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by SAP’s Gary Pan [Read more →]

Five bits of last mile news: [Read more →]

Infrastructure news from around the world at midweek: [Read more →]

Some FTTx, some fixed wireless, some data center development, and some funding: [Read more →]

The data center business is not a monolithic collection of servers and power, there are many types of facilities out there making up the broader infrastructure ecosystem. One of the longest running but too often neglected in the AI era is that of the carrier hotel and interconnection hub. With us today is John Bonczek, CRO at 1547 Critical Systems Realty. Early on in 1547 CSR’s development we had the company’s CEO and Managing Director J. Todd Raymond here for a chat about their plans. Let’s find out what the company has been up to since. [Read more →]

Four significant infrastructure moves we will have to keep an eye on from this week’s news: [Read more →]

The western Caribbean could be getting some new subsea fiber infrastructure soon. Sparkle has joined Gold Data and Liberty Networks to construct and commercialize the MANTA regional system. [Read more →]

A set of interesting global investments and customer wins: [Read more →]

Here is a set of regional infrastructure news to catch up with: [Read more →]

Four bits of expansion news from Europe and Asia to keep up with: [Read more →]

Three industry leaders teamed up for some big bandwidth between continents. Nokia, Windstream Wholesale, and Colt Technology Services recently put the latest technology to work in an 800GbE trial between continents. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Richard Brandon, VP of Strategy at RtBrick

The 2024 Trump vs. Harris election presents numerous polarizing issues that teeter headlines daily, including how federal spending should be allocated. Funding within the telecom and broadband space has been an issue of contention for years, most recently playing out in political moves like Trump’s rip-and-replace program, which aimed to eliminate outdated systems, and Biden’s BEAD program, meant to aid the digital divide. [Read more →]

Four projects of regional and metro scope to talk about today: [Read more →]

Four bits of teamwork from around the world putting next generation infrastructure to work: [Read more →]

Some items of regional interest worth keeping up with: [Read more →]

Four bits of last mile news, three from the northeast and one from the southeast: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Mark Daley, Director of Digital Strategy & Business Development at Epsilon

Each year, the digital world grows more advanced, allowing enterprises to connect to services, partners, and customers across the globe within seconds. Network as a Service (NaaS) plays an essential role in enabling this digital ecosystem, with Mordor Intelligence predicting the market to grow from $14.46 billion in 2024 to $78.38 billion in 2029, with a CAGR of over 32%. [Read more →]

The pan-European bandwidth infrastructure company euNetworks has been busy. They have lifted the curtains on a new ‘Super Highway’ route that takes on one of the most data-intensive infrastructure corridors in the world: Amsterdam to Frankfurt. [Read more →]

The news is alite with the possibility that Crown Castle might sell off its fiber and small cell business. Supposedly competing in the process are Zayo Group (backed by EQT and DigitalBridge) and TPG, and the price tag attached to the rumor is in the $10B neighborhood. A deal might not happen, but we know enough about this sort of thing now to be able to tell that there likely is fire under that smoke. [Read more →]

A nice chunk of fiber infrastructure has changed hands out in the Midwest. Yesterday, Segra and Everstream announced the acquisition of Everstream’s St. Louis footprint by Segra, which is owned by Cox Communications. [Read more →]

A few items from around the world: [Read more →]