Telecom Ramblings

Morrison & Co Buys FiberLight From Thermo

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:15:48 +0200

One of the fiber M&A events that has defied all prediction for more than a decade finally has happened. The regional network infrastructure company FiberLight will soon have new ownership. It’s not a strategic buyer though, but rather a consortium led by Morrison & Co that will acquire FiberLight as a platform for investment & growth. … [visit site to read more]

Thursday Roundup: Nokia, BT, NJFX, Gold Connect, Bluebird, TBI, Console Connect, Cologix

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:47:59 +0200

Teamwork everywhere, with four bits of news of companies working together to put the pieces together: … [visit site to read more]

Wednesday Roundup: Hudson IX, Infinera, NEC, Colt, Ericsson

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:37:00 +0200

A rebranding, an upgrade, a new product, and a regulatory hurdle: … [visit site to read more]

Nitel Makes Its First Deal, Acquires Hypercore

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:32:29 +0200

Nitel has made an inorganic move, it’s first since Cinven pumped resources into the company. The network-as-a-service provider has announced its intent to acquire Hypercore Networks. … [visit site to read more]

Accord Joins Hoosier Net

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:08:46 +0200

Earlier this month, Indiana suddenly saw the birth of two new consortium-based network operators: Hoosier Net and Accord. One can be forgiven for wondering why they didn’t just sit down at the same table, because last week that’s exactly what they did. … [visit site to read more]

Industry Spotlight: GTT COO Don MacNeil Charts the Road Ahead

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:58:00 +0200

The past several years have been undeniably eventful for GTT. After a decade of acquisitions, the company ran aground a bit a few years ago, culminating in the sale of the European infrastructure assets and a restructuring. But all that is pretty much behind them and the new GTT looks a lot healthier and leaner than it ever has. With a new management team in place, the company is setting its sights on the global enterprise space. With us to tell us about GTT’s journey and its plans to tackle the future is COO and industry veteran Don MacNeil. … [visit site to read more]

Create a stronger business with proactive network monitoring

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:48:00 +0200

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Ramiro Nobre, vice president of global strategy and solutions, Accedian

Unplanned downtime – even for a few minutes – is costly and disruptive in this age of sophisticated and interconnected networks. Interruptions in performance can resonate across the ecosystem. The cost per hour of downtime has risen to more than $300,000 for 91% of small, mid-sized and large businesses, according to an ITIC study. That’s a steep price tag, but it doesn’t have to be that way. … [visit site to read more]

Colo Bytes: Quantum Loophole, Aligned, Netrality, Cologix

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:31:27 +0200

Four expansion items in four markets of note this week: … [visit site to read more]

Wednesday Roundup: Infinera, EdgeConneX, DISH, T-Mobile, Adaptiv, Wedge, Medusa

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:43:15 +0200

A few interesting items from around the industry to catch up with at midweek: … [visit site to read more]

Tuesday Bytes: DataBank, Ciena, Hyperco, USTC Corp

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:29:36 +0200

A recapitalization, an upgrade project, a data center real estate move, and some M&A worth noting: … [visit site to read more]

Industry Spotlight: Xtel’s Brian Flynn Takes on Managed Security for the Work-From-Home Era

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:49:00 +0200

The cloud and managed service provider space has been a dynamic environment over the past few years as technology races to keep up with changes in the enterprise marketplace. With the workforce shifting from corporate campuses out to suburban homes, enterprises have increasingly had to lean on such providers to help make rapid transitions. One of those out there in the trenches is Xtel Communications, which has charted an independent and organic path through most of the last three. With us today to talk about the company’s approach and outlook on the industry is Xtel’s President, Brian Flynn. … [visit site to read more]

The New FCC Ruling on Robocalls: How Will You Validate Your Traffic?

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:58:00 +0200

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Eli Katz, CEO at XConnect

International robocalling impacts the entire telecoms value chain from carriers to consumers. To help prevent robocalls that are initiated from outside the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently expanded on the existing domestic stir shaken solutions to now include internationally originated calls terminating into the US and US gateway providers must now take … [visit site to read more]

Thursday Bytes: Arelion, Everstream, Proximity, Quickline, Accord

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:40:43 +0200

Three regional expansion moves and a new regional fiber player in the Midwest: … [visit site to read more]

Colo Roundup: NTT, Vantage, DataBank, Digital Realty

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:21:52 +0200

Four items from the data center space worth keeping up with: … [visit site to read more]

Tuesday Bytes: Infinera, Digital Realty, Nokia, Metronet

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:35:26 +0200

Two vendor wins and a new joint venture: … [visit site to read more]

Aqua Comms Taps Telecom Egypt For EMIC-1 Link Along the Suez

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:09:35 +0200

Aqua Comms has lined up the one key bit that every subsea cable between Europe and India needs in place before truly getting things moving for the Europe Middle-East India Connect 1 cable system. They have signed an agreement with Telecom Egypt to make the hop between the Mediterranean and Red Seas. … [visit site to read more]

Monday Bytes: MBC, First Electric, DZS, Africa Data Centres, iM Critical

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:44:33 +0200

A few expansion projects from late last week as we get rolling this Monday morning: … [visit site to read more]

Pragmatic incremental gains take center stage in the fiber broadband race

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:55:00 +0200

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Wade Anderson, Vice President of SME, IQGeo

The increased reliance on the internet across all major industries has seen the telecom sector grow exponentially over the last decade. This reliance has been fueled further by the pandemic – with people now requiring reliable, high-speed internet to work away from the office, thus leading to a high demand for … [visit site to read more]

Thursday Bytes: MOX, Breezeline, DE-CIX, Logix, Equinix

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:39:40 +0200

A network upgrade, some FTTH expansions, an NNI, and a new data center: … [visit site to read more]

STACK Heads Down Under

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:09:54 +0200

STACK Infrastructure’s expansion plans have taken it to a new continent again. Yesterday the data center developer and operator announced a new partnership with the Australian real estate developer Hickory. The arrangement enables new plans for big infrastructure projects across Australia. … [visit site to read more]