Lightpath has announced its entry into a new metro fiber market. Backed by a major hyperscaler partner, the infrastructure provider will be building 102 route miles of fiber and conduit in Columbus OH. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: NTT DATA, Pulsant, Quad State
April 1st, 2025
Three interesting projects from three different corners of the infrastructure sector to catch up with: [Read more →]
Moving AI Data Center Development Literally Offshore?
March 31st, 2025
A Japanese consortium is preparing to demonstrate an offshore data center facility aimed at the next generation of AI. By offshore, they mean literally floating in the water. The project is expected to kick off in the fall of this year. [Read more →]
Friday Roundup: InfraPartners, Lumen, Ciena, Flexential, Megaport
March 28th, 2025
An AI data center expansion, a technology trial, and two interconnection partnerships: [Read more →]
Thursday Bytes: C3ntro, Arelion, SG.GS, Telecom Fiji, Ciena
March 27th, 2025
Four interesting expansion projects, two by international players in the American southwest, and two from international markets: [Read more →]
Wednesday Roundup: STACK, Ritter, Munters, LiquidStack
March 26th, 2025
A data center, some FTTH, and two bits of cooling news: [Read more →]
Tuesday Roundup: CityFibre, Lumen, 123NET, DataOne
March 25th, 2025
One fiber M&A and three interesting partnerships: [Read more →]
Monday Bytes: Zayo, Hurricane Electric, Consolidated, Colt
March 24th, 2025
Some regional expansion, a new PoP, some FTTH, and some quantum network security: [Read more →]
Operational Resilience Regulations Demand a New Approach to Testing
March 21st, 2025

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Anil Kollipara, vice president of Product Management, Spirent Communications
Two decades ago, “operational resilience” in telecom was mostly about keeping the lights on—keeping voice and data services available in the event of outages or equipment failures. Today, as we conduct more of our personal and professional lives online, the stakes are much higher. Resilience now means ensuring that people can continue transacting, trading, and accessing the critical digital services that keep the [Read more →]
BT to Sell Stake in Global Unit?
March 21st, 2025
That’s today’s news from Bloomberg. The UK incumbent BT Group is taking steps that could lead to the sale of all or part of the company’s international business. According to the article, they have reached out to AT&T and Orange to talk about possible transactions. [Read more →]
Thursday Bytes: DE-CIX, GTT, Wingu, STACK
March 20th, 2025
A few items from around the world to keep up with: [Read more →]
Metro Bytes: eX², BroadbandOne, Ritter, ark
March 19th, 2025
Four regional infrastructure deals from around the US to catch up with. [Read more →]
Int’l Bytes: EXA, Ultranet, SubCom, ODATA, Nokia
March 18th, 2025
Four interesting projects to catch up with, two in Europe and two in Latin America. [Read more →]
Zayo Buys Fiber Biz From Crown Castle
March 17th, 2025

Zayo has won the competition to acquire Crown Castle’s fiber business, fulfilling the rumors that have been spilling out since January. On Friday, the infrastructure provider announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Crown’s fiber assets, customers, etc for $4.25B. Meanwhile, in a parallel but separate deal, EQT will acquire Crown Castle’s small cell business. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: GTT SVP of Product Engineering Gary Sidhu on Networks and the AI Revolution
March 17th, 2025

With the rise of AI has come vast investments in new data centers around the world. But still getting less attention is how all that AI infrastructure will be connected to itself and to everything else. But network operators are definitely gearing up to take on the challenge. With us today to talk about GTT’s approach is Gary Sidhu, SVP for Product Engineering. [Read more →]
2025 – The Year of Practical AI: Chain of thought is more powerful, productive, & present in our everyday lives
March 14th, 2025

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Rajiv Papneja, CTO of Prodapt
Expect many enterprises to realize ROI from their AI investments
This year will be about taking the AI impact from Proof to Value. Businesses will lay a sharp focus on measuring the impact of AI adoption. A new range of customer success KPIs will emerge. For example, [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: Boldyn, AT&T, Ciena, Brightspeed, Nokia
March 13th, 2025
An expansion, an upgrade, a venue, and a new speed trial: [Read more →]
Int’l Bytes: Nokia, Canal+, Cologix, Syntys, GTT
March 12th, 2025
A couple contract wins and two bits of expansion news from around the globe this week: [Read more →]
Metro Bytes: Comcast Business, Crosstown Fiber, Brightspeed, SVP, Calix
March 11th, 2025
Today’s update is a bit late due to a few technical difficulties, but better late than never. [Read more →]
Monday Roundup: Nokia, RadiusDC, SM+
March 10th, 2025
Three regional projects and one international: [Read more →]
Unlocking the Potential of Network APIs: Relevance, Challenges, and the Path Forward
March 7th, 2025

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Shabahat Shakeel, Head of Business Development, WaveMaker
The telecom industry is at the cusp of transformation, driven by advancements in 5G, edge computing, and IoT. At the heart of this transformation lies the concept of network APIs. [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: Sparkle, Novva, Hylan, Gateway
March 6th, 2025
A new subsea cable, some dollars for data centers, a new infrastructure division, and fiber to the middle of a frozen lake: [Read more →]
Lightpath Buys WANRack’s Phoenix Fiber
March 5th, 2025

Two interesting metro fiber questions were answered this week by a bit of fiber M&A. Lightpath has announced the acquisition of WANRack’s business in Phoenix, Arizona. [Read more →]