Telecom Ramblings

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 →]

Four items from three continents worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

Another managed services provider is going to be changing hands. The private equity firm Siris says it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TPx Communications, taking over from Investcorp and Clarity Partners. TPx had earlier this year made and canceled plans to go public via a merger with Pensare Acquisition Corp. [Read more →]

Another public internet infrastructure company may go private before long. The data center REIT CyrusOne said late last week that it is considering a sale after receiving interest from multiple parties. [Read more →]

I’ll be back from my road trip with the start of next week, but in the meantime here’s some jobs news from a heavyweight and a couple of quick takes from the data center and interconnection space to end the week: [Read more →]

This Tale from the Field was authored by Ilissa Miller, founder and CEO of iMiller Public Relations and President of NEDAS

AUSTIN, TEXAS –The honeybee population may be declining throughout the United States, but one telecommunications crew recently found a huge hive thriving in a surprise spot. [Read more →]

A few bits of interesting news worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Rajan R N, Sumit Thakur, and Pratik Tidke of Prodapt

As the digital service providers’ (DSPs) ecosystem keeps evolving, the virtual network function (VNF) testing is getting more complex, costlier and time-consuming. Testing activities today consume more than 40% of DSP’s time and efforts in bringing new services online. [Read more →]