Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Juho Sarvikas, CEO of Inseego

Each generation of wireless has had a breakthrough moment, a single application that justified the upgrade and captured public imagination. 2G gave us Short-Message Service (SMS). 3G brought mobile internet to the masses. 4G built the smartphone ecosystem, putting everything from ridesharing and mobile banking to streaming in the palm of our hands. Each of these “killer apps” gave operators a clear story to tell: Build the network, and this is what you’ll get. [Read more →]

Four bits of fiber expansion news from around the US to catch up on: [Read more →]

EXA Infrastructure has added an interesting new longhaul route to its European network. They have built out a new terrestrial link between the Spanish markets of Barcelona and Bilbao. [Read more →]

A bit of AI, a bit of last mile fiber, and a regulatory hurdle: [Read more →]

Zayo has lined up much of the fiber that it will need for the next few years of expansion projects. They have signed a long term fiber supply agreement with none other than Corning that will keep those big spools filled through the year 2030. The deal comes as the role of fiber buildouts comes into clearer focus in supporting the AI data center boom. [Read more →]

This Industry Spotlight was authored by Chris Osian, Product Manager at Starline, a brand of Legrand

For decades, data center power planning followed a fairly straightforward rule: be precise. Engineers sized infrastructure around predictable growth models and worked hard to avoid paying for capacity that might never be used. Every dollar mattered, and excess capacity was often viewed as waste. Now, AI has changed that equation completely. [Read more →]

Three from overseas and one from the US: [Read more →]

Two from the UK and one from Japan: [Read more →]

One bit of M&A news, one edge data center deal, some campus networking, and a little FTTx: [Read more →]

Today we sit down with Dan Rice, Accenture’s Communications & Media Industry Lead for the USA, to look at trends in AI and communications infrastructure.  We last spoke with Dan about a year and a half ago, which is about a generation in the AI infrastructure world. Lots has happened since then in this industry, let alone the rest of the world.  How are things shaping up? [Read more →]

This Industr Viewpoint was authored by Paul Wright, CRO of CBNG

For much of the past decade, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) deployment strategies have focused primarily on extending coverage and maximizing peak throughput. Vendors have highlighted multi-gigabit sector capacities. Operators have emphasized coverage expansion and subscriber growth. Technology discussions have largely centered on spectrum, radios, and headline speeds. [Read more →]

A few interesting items from around the sector: [Read more →]

A new market, a bit of consolidation, and a collaboration: [Read more →]

A few interesting items, including one bit of reverse consolidation: [Read more →]

New transatlantic capacity, new longhaul fiber, and some private wireless: [Read more →]

Two inetwork infrastructure deployments and a bit of M&A: [Read more →]

Some quantum, some PON, some M&A, and some light: [Read more →]

Some middle mile, some last mile, and some subsea: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Oliver Norman, Chief Revenue Officer, Nomia

Telecom operators occupy a unique position in today’s economy. They are expected to modernize networks, protect critical national infrastructure, maintain resilient supplier ecosystems, and respond quickly to changing regulatory and security requirements – all while continuing to control costs. [Read more →]

Some last mile fiber, cooling, and traffic growth: [Read more →]

Three items of data center development interest: [Read more →]

Two bits of M&A news, some security, and some actual quantum news: [Read more →]

A data center/energy JV, some mobile infrastructure, and some evolving views on funding AI investments: [Read more →]