Telecom Ramblings

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 →]

Five items from around the industry to catch up with: [Read more →]

Four bits of data center news from two continents, one with a subsea cable involved: [Read more →]

Here’s a few more interesting infrastructure items from around the industry: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Tomas Hedqvist, Senior Director Product Marketing, Enea

Telecom networks are no longer just pipes for communication. They are strategic assets and strategic targets. In the last decade, mobile infrastructure has taken on a new geopolitical significance. From espionage and influence operations to battlefield coordination, communications networks have become [Read more →]

A new PoP, some vendor activity, a subsea cable, and some M&A: [Read more →]

News items of metro and regional interest from around the US to catch up on from this week: [Read more →]

In an announcement that brings back memories from a quarter century ago, Lumen has unveiled expanded plans for a buildout of new fiber infrastructure across the US. But this time, the demand is no longer theoretical as the AI economy is rising faster than ever. [Read more →]

News from the fiber, colo, and international networking segments to close out the week: [Read more →]

Some intercity fiber news, a data center infrastructure acquisition, and some international voice security: [Read more →]

Four interesting items of regional interest, two domestic and two international: [Read more →]

Several interesting regional fiber and edge items of interest in recent days: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Chris Brill, Field CTO at Myriad360

The telecommunications and data center industries are confronting an unprecedented infrastructure challenge. AI workloads have shattered the fundamental assumptions that have guided facility design and capacity planning for decades, creating a crisis that goes far beyond incremental upgrades.

The evidence is stark: companies are now exploring ocean-floor data center deployments and racing to secure Arctic locations for natural cooling. These aren’t experimental ventures—they’re desperate responses to the reality that conventional infrastructure approaches have reached their limits. [Read more →]

Some interesting network news from around the world to catch up with: [Read more →]

Five items of metro and regional interest to catch up with: [Read more →]

A few infrastructure items from around the world: [Read more →]

In one of the summer’s most interesting fiber infrastructure acquisitions, Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure acquired South Reach Networks to go with its existing portfolio company Dark Fiber & Infrastructure.  South Reach operates fiber along the east coast of Florida as well as in the metros of Miami and Boca Raton.  Just what do they have in mind?  With us today are CEO Scott Bergs and CRO Mike Sevret to talk about the acquisition and the company’s plans for the future. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Todd Mussman, GTT Product Manager

Managing the ill effects of extreme weather events has unfortunately become a recurring part of network operations. Yet many enterprises plan as if such events are rare, leaving critical systems exposed when major disruptions occur. According to a recent S&P Global report, only one in five have a formal climate change adaptation plan, and fewer than half of those plan to act on it within the next decade. [Read more →]

Three items of regional interest from different corners of the country: [Read more →]