Telecom Ramblings

Tuesday Bytes: Lumen, Lightpath, NJFX, 2Africa

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:06:17 +0200

A few interesting items, both domestic and international to catch up with: ... [visit site to read more]

Amitié Lands in France

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:22:59 +0200

Yesterday Orange offered up an update on the Amitié cable system. The 6,600km transatlantic fiber project has officially come ashore on the Gironde coast near Bordeaux. The project used horizontal directional drilling 20 meters under the beach to avoid harming the local ecosystem. ... [visit site to read more]

Industry Spotlight: Unitas Global CTO Grant Kirkwood

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:17:00 +0200

In between the worlds of cloud computing and big bandwidth lies a complicated and rapidly changing environment that many enterprises barely understand. That has created an opportunity for managed service providers to step in and make it all work. One provider that has been taking on that challenge is Unitas Global. With us today to talk about Unitas Global’s approach to serving up internet infrastructure to hungry enterprises is Founder and CTO Grant Kirkwood. Grant has been part of the internet infrastructure entrepreneurial scene since starting his own hosting company back in the 90s, and then later founding Mzima which eventually became part of GTT by way of the PacketExchange deal. ... [visit site to read more]

Friday Roundup: 11:11, STL, DZS, Frontier, Nokia

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:13:59 +0200

A new company launch, a product launch, a global channel partner, and some FTTx: ... [visit site to read more]

Vendor Bytes: Ciena, ADTRAN, ADVA, Nokia, Ericsson

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:39:25 +0200

Five vendors, five customer deployments to note: ... [visit site to read more]

Service Providers Take Up MEF’s LSO Sonata

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:37:47 +0200

MEF's efforts to promote automation seem to be bearing fruit. Yesterday the industry association revealed activity by a host of companies in implementing APIs from MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata. They are also now speeding additional services and programs to market in response to the demand. ... [visit site to read more]

Wednesday Roundup: UFD, COLT, BDx, DataBank, Zenlayer, Zadara

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:36:23 +0200

Some connectivity, data center, and cloud news to catch up on from this week: ... [visit site to read more]

Tuesday Bytes: Prime, Infinera, Globe, Altice, Proximity

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:42:11 +0200

Two data center buildouts, a vendor win, and a French infrastructure M&A: ... [visit site to read more]

Monday Bytes: QTS, MOX, Telxius, Ciena, Infinera, HGC, EXA

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:40:03 +0200

Three interesting items of teamwork to catch up with, both domestic and international: ... [visit site to read more]

Industry Spotlight – Connected2Fiber’s Ben Edmond Charges Ahead

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:33:00 +0200

As the entire infrastructure business looks to automate everything that can be automated, a new generation of cloud-based software platforms has risen up to meet those needs. Today we have a return visit from one of those pioneers, Connected2Fiber’s Founder and CEO Ben Edmond. Connected2Fiber recognized early on the intersection of location and price data was fundamental to the planning and buildout of network infrastructure, and set out to automate it before the idea was cool. Since we last talked in 2018, Connected2Fiber has seen substantial growth and the market now seems to be catching up with the original vision. ... [visit site to read more]

I Squared Completes GTT Infra Deal, EXA Is Born

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:24:17 +0200

GTT's sale of its infrastructure division is now a done deal. I Squared Capital has closed its purchase of the assets, and now we know something of their plans. They have re-launched the division under the name EXA Infrastructure. ... [visit site to read more]

How Digital Service Providers (DSPs) can Build AI-ML Capabilities to Enhance Efficiency of Technicians and Reduce MTTR by 30%

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:03:00 +0200

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Boominathan S and Abhay Goyal of Prodapt

Inefficiencies in the field service are a major challenge for most Digital Service Providers (DSPs). Delay in providing fixes impacts customer experience leading to significant customer churn and revenue loss affecting profit margin for DSPs. ... [visit site to read more]

Thursday Roundup: Google, STT GDC, LOGIX, Versa, ONI

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:53:54 +0200

Two bits of submarine cable news, one new data center, and some SASE in the southwest: ... [visit site to read more]

Wednesday Bytes: DE-CIX, phoenixNAP, Infinera, GÉANT, Nokia, NL-IX, LightEdge

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:36:20 +0200

Some IX and vendor news, plus a data center M&A: ... [visit site to read more]

GlobalConnect Plans New Nordic Fiber Build

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:47:08 +0200

The Northern and Western European fiber operator GlobalConnect has unveiled a major new infrastructure project through the heart of its footprint. The plans call for the deployment of a 'mega capacity fiber cable' stretching from the far northern Sweden down to the German capital of Berlin. ... [visit site to read more]

Tuesday Bytes: New Lisbon, Tierpoint, Vexus, Liquid, Unitas Global

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:30:44 +0200

One M&A, one new data center, three new fiber markets, and a partnership overseas: ... [visit site to read more]

KT Makes a Deal For Epsilon

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:29:42 +0200

There was a bit of surprise M&A in the international interconnection world late last week. The South Korean telecommunications giant KT Corp. has announced the acquisition of Singapore-based Epsilon Telecommunications. ... [visit site to read more]

Vantage Makes 2 Deals, Expands to Asia-Pacific

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:20:45 +0200

Vantage Data Centers is taking on some new territory via two acquisitions. They have announced deals for both Agile Data Centers and the data center portfolio of PCCW. Vantage's current owners, led by DigitalBridge, are contributing the financial power for the transactions, putting another $1.5B of equity capital into Vantage. ... [visit site to read more]

Why Telecommunications Companies Need to Embrace a Single Customer View

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:45:00 +0200

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Michele Szabocsik, VP of Marketing, BlueConic

Traditional telecommunications companies are at a critical crossroads. While coverage and speed are improving with investments in 5G, the rise of new mobile tech, messaging apps, and over-the-top services offered by nimbler digitally native companies have eroded legacy revenue streams and diminished subscriber growth. At the same time, the industry is struggling to ... [visit site to read more]

euNetworks Extends SuperHighway Reach to Amsterdam

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:24:00 +0200

Western Europe has another path to get data between England and the Netherlands. And path may not be the right word given the amount of potential bandwidth euNetworks has built out. The western European bandwidth infrastructure provider has announced the completion of a new infrastructure project with both a subsea and terrestrial component between the two countries. ... [visit site to read more]