Telecom Ramblings

Ok, it’s *almost* time to make predictions for 2019.  But first we have to take a painful look back at my predictions for 2018.  Let’s see how well I did! (This isn’t going to be pretty, the squeamish should cover their eyes…): [Read more →]

This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

India’s Reliance Communications has been thrown for a loop after the market’s telecoms ministry refused to approve the company’s deal to sell [Read more →]

Private equity has found another pile of fiber infrastructure to invest in over in the UK. M&G Prudential’s Infracapital has reached an agreement to buy 50% of SSE Enterprise Telecoms for £380m. [Read more →]

In a deal I managed to miss earlier this week, Vantage Data Centers has made a move on the Canadian colo market. They have signed a definitive agreement with Videotron to acquire 4Degrees for $200M. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Stacey Kuyf, writer and content strategist for atmail

The telecommunications industry is extremely competitive, as telcos race to convert to 5G, migrate to the cloud, implement AI and big data strategies, and ensure [Read more →]

Three bits of metro and regional network news from down south, and one from the Great Lakes: [Read more →]

It has been a year of chaos for Reliance Communications and GCX, but it’s not over yet. In a move that will definitely not help settle things, India’s Department of Telecommunications has denied RCom’s proposed deal to sell spectrum to Reliance Jio. Apparently the regulators won’t promise to not chase Jio for RCom’s unpaid spectrum fees. [Read more →]

A bunch of fiber has changed hands in the Midwest this week. In a pre-Christmas deal, Windstream has sold ‘certain fiber assets’ to Minnesota-based Arvig Enterprises, Inc. [Read more →]

What does Telstra want for Christmas?  Apparently the answer is a bigger share of the Pacific submarine cable business.  The Australian telecommunications provider is doing a deal to buy a quarter of Southern Cross. [Read more →]

Yesterday, Zayo announced plans to add another data center location to its zColo footprint. They are moving into a new facility in New Jersey, or more specifically Piscataway, which an anchor tenant providing the necessary rationale for expansion. [Read more →]

It wasn’t so long ago that the US interconnection business was a closed, secretive place.  That changed with the Open-IX initiative, which opened the doors to both European-style internet exchanges and homegrown regional efforts.  So what is Open-IX doing to follow up on that success?  With us today to talk about the organization’s plans is newly named Executive Director and industry veteran Robert DeVita.  [Read more →]

The Midwest has been pretty dynamic on the M&A front lately, and this morning there was another interesting infrastructure deal. DataBank has announced the acquisition of LightBound. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by David W. Wang

At the dawn of 2019, either you are a CEO/CTO/CFO of a firm facing your board of trustees, or a manager of network operations & IT facing your firm’s executive management team, you may run into similar million-dollar questions like: “How are we doing with SDDP? When can we move to SDDP?” [Read more →]

This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

The proposed merger between Vodafone Australia and fixed line ISP TPG Telecom could be on rocky ground, after the nation’s competition regulator outlined a number of preliminary competition concerns about its impact on the local telecoms market. [Read more →]

Four items touching five continents (sorry Australia, not today): [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Rob Ruehle, VP of Operations at Liquid Technology

E-waste has become an unavoidable facet of the contemporary human lifestyle. Computers, cell phones, televisions and a number of other technological innovations happening daily all serve to connect and enable the world in ways never before imagined. But the life of any given electronic device must end, and [Read more →]

A few interesting expansions of infrastructure and relationships worth noting from this week: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Smart watches are making their breakthrough and getting people to monitor their health data. Insurance companies and health care providers are developing new products that utilize customer’s data in the service and pricing. [Read more →]

Despite the impending holidays, it has been a rich week on the international front in telecom and internet infrastructure news.  Here’s a little more to catch up on: [Read more →]

Everstream is planning a significant increase in headcount in Ohio, foreshadowing further network investments in the region. The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has approved two new projects for the company that will see them adding a substantial number of engineering, inside and outside plant, network operations, field services, and sales personnel. [Read more →]

Over on the other side of the Atlantic, Kao Data is tapping euNetworks for some significant fiber connectivity.   The two are working together on a high density fiber route to Kao Data’s Harlow campus north of London. [Read more →]

A few items from first thing Monday or late last week: [Read more →]

From the time when Zayo burst forth on the scene some 10 years ago, the company aimed to be more than a simple asset roll-up. They effectively rewrote the book on how to operate fiber assets, especially when it comes to sales and customer management. With us today to talk about just how Zayo goes about shaping the customer experience when it comes to the infrastructure business is Sandi Mays, Chief Customer Experience and Information Officer. Sandi is a co-founder and has been a part of Zayo’s team since the beginning. [Read more →]