Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Laura Lehman, Director of Digital Experience Product Management, GTT

The way enterprises manage their networks is seeing a major shift. For the past two decades, network operations were manual, hardware-centric – and most notably, reactive. Managing a network was often about finding and fixing issues as (or after) they happen, which relied as much on human oversight as on data. Now, enterprises have a powerful opportunity to completely transform the ways of the past by leveraging the power of AI intelligence and insight. [Read more →]

One new subsea cable and three bits of data center news: [Read more →]

Three network expansions and a data center. [Read more →]

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

While AI is on everyone’s mind right now, quantum computing may not be far behind, at least when it comes to cryptography.  Networks are only as secure as the RSA algorithms, and when quantum arrives that will likely be the first target.  That means we will need post quantum security in place sooner than ever.  QuSecure has long been on the forefront of post quantum security when it comes to networks and communication.  With us today is the company’s founder and field CTO, Dave Krauthamer, to talk about the upcoming shift to post quantum security. [Read more →]

Five interesting projects, four from around the US and one from Europe: [Read more →]

Zayo has finished off another of the longhaul buildouts it has been working on. The 622-mile path between Reno NV, the central Oregon city of Prineville and Umatilla on the Oregon-Washington Border is officially complete. [Read more →]

The Start Campus in Portugal has a major new hyperscale partner. None other than Microsoft has announced plans to spend nearly $10B on AI data center infrastructure in the country. [Read more →]

Two expansions, an upgrade, a neutral host network, and an interesting M&A move: [Read more →]

Four bits of colo, cloud, and AI news to catch up with: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Daria Batrakova, Director, Business Line Telecom Solutions, FNT Software

The health of an organization’s network infrastructure is directly tied to its ability to grow, innovate, and deliver services effectively. For telecommunications providers, data centers, and enterprises alike, network infrastructure management is a strategic enabler of operational excellence. [Read more →]

A federal contract, some regional waves, some FTTx expansion, and a bit of M&A. [Read more →]

Greenlight Networks has made another inorganic move. The Rochester-NY-based last mile operator has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Pennsylvania-based FastBridge Fiber. [Read more →]

An expansion and three collaborations to keep an eye on: [Read more →]

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 →]