Telecom Ramblings

A new data center project is in the works in the Chicago metro area, and it’s not in Illinois. Just to the east along Lake Michigan in Hammond, Indiana, Digital Crossroads is building out major new data center on the site of a defunct power plant. With support from the State of Indiana, they are changing the dynamics of the region’s data center market. With us today, to talk about the project is co-founder and CEO Peter Feldman.
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Perhaps the biggest challenge on the international tech and telecom scene of the last decade and the next is how to access the vast but difficult Chinese marketplace.  Building and operating internet infrastructure in China is a non-trivial project that few have tried at scale.  One company that thinks it has the insight and capability to do this is Hong Kong-based Chayora, which unveiled the first phase of its Tianjin data center campus last month and has plans to expand dramatically from there.  [Read more →]

DQE Communications will be building out some new fiber in rural Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh-based fiber builder and operator has won a deal with ARIN Intermediate Unit 28, which handles connectivity for a collection of school districts in the counties of Indiana and Armstrong. [Read more →]

A few infrastructure contracts and partnerships worth noting from midweek: [Read more →]

Unite Private Networks is expanding its network into another corner of the Dallas/Ft. Worth network area. The buildout to the northwest of will bring Denton, Texas into the company’s orbit. [Read more →]

A few items from around the world worth noting from the start of this week: [Read more →]

Embattled Indian billionaire Anil Ambani managed to avoid a threatened jail term this morning.  Reliance Communications has complied with a court order to pay Ericsson the fees it was due under a network maintenance outsourcing contract. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Grace Mirandilla-Santos, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Competition does not happen overnight. Or, in this case, competition does not happen in one year. [Read more →]

Some data center, interconnection, and network news, both foreign and domestic, to finish out the week: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Hayim Porat, CTO, ECI

The discussion around the potential 5G business case is echoed time and again, and the industry at large understands the 5G business case is questionable to say the least. In the wake of the mobile industry’s biggest event of the year – Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona — 5G’s potential for ROI was truly under the proverbial microscope. [Read more →]

A customer win, a call delayed, and a software acquisition: [Read more →]

Two major European infrastructure players have inked a major network capacity agreement. Telia Carrier and Telxius have announced a deal that will pair up Telia’s global network with a major pile of transatlantic capacity on Telxius’s MAREA cable system. [Read more →]

A few news bytes on expansions, rollouts, and mergers on the international front: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Automated spectrum management databases and algorithms are an important public policy tool for meeting surging demand for low-cost high speed wireless broadband connectivity, according to a new report from the [Read more →]

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A few bits of news to start the week on: [Read more →]

The rise of SDN and network automation has created opportunities for growth and evolution among those who build and deploy networks behind the scenes.  In 2017, LightRiver made an inorganic move with the acquisition of UCS and its netFLEX® platform, and has since been working hard to meld those SDN capabilities into its business.  With us today to talk about its growing software business is Travis Ewert.  Travis took over as COO of LightRiver’s software division last year after a long career with a variety of service providers, including Level 3.  [Read more →]

A few bits of news from around the world worth noting before everyone heads out this Friday. [Read more →]

Earlier this week, Facebook announced in a blog post this week that it plans to sell excess capacity on the fiber routes it has built and plans to build on its own. Yep, Facebook is dipping its toes into the world of the wholesale network infrastructure provider. Do they really mean it? [Read more →]

Yesterday Zayo moved the Analyst Day it had planned for next Thursday onto the back burner. They have postponed the event ‘to allow time to explore’ strategic alternatives that may enhance shareholder value. The stock surged in response. [Read more →]

A couple items of international news, plus some 600G updates from OFC: [Read more →]

Juniper Networks has found itself a spring acquisition target. The routing and network software vendor has announced its intent to acquire Mist Systems. [Read more →]