Capturing New Revenue with Innovative 5G-Advanced Service Offerings

October 31st, 2025
 

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 →]

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Thursday Roundup: Sparkle, Colt, Ciena, HydraVault, Applied Digital

October 30th, 2025
 

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

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Network Roundup: FiberLight, Lumen, QTS, FirstLight, Zayo, Nokia

October 29th, 2025
 

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

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Int’l bytes: Arelion, GNM, Nokia, Ciena

October 28th, 2025
 

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

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Last Mile Roundup: Gigabit Fiber, Comcast Business, Gateway, Wyyerd, IQ Fiber

October 27th, 2025
 

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

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EXA Acquires Path Across Serbia

October 24th, 2025
 

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 →]

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Colo Bytes: Cologix, Applied Digital, Aligned, Vantage

October 23rd, 2025
 

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

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Int’l Bytes: euNetworks, TelCables, Nokia, GBI, DE-CIX

October 22nd, 2025
 

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

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Tuesday Bytes: Arelion, Lancom, Ciena, TAFS, Lyte

October 21st, 2025
 

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

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Int’l Roundup: EXA, iBasis, Telehouse, RETN

October 20th, 2025
 

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

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Int’l Bytes: EXA, Unitirreno, Vantage, FLAG, Telstra, Ciena, Nokia

October 17th, 2025
 

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

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How FWA can solve the AI bandwidth crisis

October 17th, 2025
 

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 →]

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Aligned Data Centers Bought by AIP, MGX, GIP

October 16th, 2025
 

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 →]

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Altice Turns Down an Offer

October 15th, 2025
 

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 →]

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Int’l Bytes: euNetworks, Telxius, Telstra, Vodafone, Fujitsu, Nokia

October 14th, 2025
 

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

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Int’l Bytes: Arelion, GNM, NTT Data, Honeywell

October 13th, 2025
 

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

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How Digital Twins are Powering Network Transformation

October 10th, 2025
 

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 →]

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Thursday Roundup: Verizon, Ripple, GPC, NTT Data, MOX

October 9th, 2025
 

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

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Metro Bytes: Comcast Business, Lyte Fiber, Boldyn Networks, CleanArc

October 8th, 2025
 

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

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Tuesday Bytes: Brightspeed, Boldyn, Lyte, Uniti

October 7th, 2025
 

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

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Monday Roundup: Nokia, Ciena, GNM, FyberCom

October 6th, 2025
 

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

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Friday Bytes: DE-CIX, Ooredoo, Centersquare, SEACOM

October 3rd, 2025
 

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

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Thursday Roundup: Elea, EdgeMode, SUB1, Crusoe, Enea

October 2nd, 2025
 

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

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