Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Steve Douglas, Head of Market Strategy at Spirent, a Keysight company

The first wave of 5G technology revolutionized mobile connectivity, providing the groundwork for cloud-native, software-powered service delivery. However, although the speed, capacity, and flexibility of networks have soared, service innovation and monetization have not yet achieved their full potential. [Read more →]

A subsea branch, a network upgrade, and two data center project updates: [Read more →]

Four interesting network infrastructure projects from around the US in the last two days. [Read more →]

Four expansions and upgrades from around the world to catch up with: [Read more →]

Five last mile infrastructure projects from around the US. [Read more →]

There was a bit of interesting infrastructure M&A over in southeastern Europe in a market we don’t hear a lot from. EXA Infrastructure said yesterday that it has signed an agreement to acquire all the long-haul duct assets of Conexio doo Beograd. [Read more →]

An M&A, some leased capacity, some energy, and a new campus: [Read more →]

An infrastructure alliance, a new terrestrial route, and a new IX: [Read more →]

A new fiber route, an IX expansion, a subsea optical deployment, and a substantial BEAD award. [Read more →]

Some fiber, some interconnection, a data center, and some transit: [Read more →]

One data center campus, one new subsea cable, one new terrestrial route, and several upgrades: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Paul Wright, CRO at CBNG

Artificial intelligence isn’t just changing how businesses operate; it’s redefining the very foundation of our digital infrastructure. Telco operators are sounding the alarm over AI-driven bandwidth demand overwhelming legacy networks. With 84% of networks already struggling, industry leaders warn of a potential “capacity black hole”. [Read more →]

A significant swath of data center capacity is changing hands. Yesterday a consortium of buyers announced a deal to acquire 100% of the equity in Aligned Data Centers. [Read more →]

The European telecommunications market is having a bit of an M&A drama moment. Yesterday, three of France’s largest telecommunications providers made a joint offer to buy their rival, Altice France. The three are Bougues Telecom, Free-iliad Group, and Orange, and the bid is said to be worth an enterprise value of €17B, or $19.72B. [Read more →]

Four bits of news from four corners of the networking space from around the world: [Read more →]

Four bits of global network and data center news to catch up with: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Kailem Anderson, Vice President, Global Products & Delivery, Blue Planet

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) face daunting complexity as networks evolve to support the transformation to 5G, fiber, and cloud-native platforms. Technical transformation across IP and optical layers, virtualization, combined with surging service expectations leave little room for downtime or inefficiency. Traditional planning and monitoring tools and reactive operations are no longer [Read more →]

Four interesting Items of regional interest plus one subsea: [Read more →]

Four items of regional interest to catch up with: [Read more →]

Three bits of last mile news, one round of funding, and a new CFO: [Read more →]

Two vendor wins, a new PoP, and an investment in rural connectivity: [Read more →]

A few last news items for the week: [Read more →]

Three bits of data center news and some traffic management: [Read more →]