Telecom Ramblings

MEF has posted a progress update on its 3.0 work in Ethernet, IP, SD-WAN, and Layer 1 standardization. The MEF 62 specification for Managed Access E-Line has now been [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Sue Graham Johnston, President of 128 Technology

It surprises me that the shift to software defined networking (SDN) hasn’t been an absolute avalanche of activity.  One of my theories is that networking is believed to be some black art deep in the heart of the IT team.  Because of that, business executives haven’t [Read more →]

Three bits of news spanning four continents that are worth a look today: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net

Telecom carriers have looked for a role beyond the bit-pipe for years. Now it looks like the evolving TV and content business is a new game that they want to participate in. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of some other recent news worth a look: [Read more →]

If you were wondering what PCCW Global has been doing with the assets it bought from Console last autumn, wonder no more. Yesterday the Hong Kong-based carrier re-launched Console Connect as its very own software-defined interconnect platform and ecosystem. [Read more →]

The legal soap opera surrounding Reliance Communications’ asset sales and debt troubles in India could be about to enter a new stage. RCom has apparently offered to pay Ericsson 5 billion rupees (about $74M) of what it owes, hoping to gain approval for its sale of its wireless and fiber assets.  [Read more →]

The laying of the SAIL cable system across the south Atlantic ocean is apparently underway late last week. A ship from Huawei Marine has set sale for the job, which will take a couple months. [Read more →]

Expereo will soon have new private equity ownership.  The Dutch managed network services provider is being bought by Apax Partners for an undisclosed purchase price. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Alan Levy, CEO of Skywire Networks.

The internet has taken over our lives. Whether that will turn out to be beneficial or harmful (or a combination of both) remains to be seen, but the fact of the matter is that it’s near impossible to conduct [Read more →]

Zayo is constantly busy expanding its network footprint whether organic or inorganic, and this week is no different. Today the company announced the completion of a new wavelength route complementing its European network. [Read more →]

Several interesting bits of expansion news from across the US data center market: [Read more →]

Capacity has an exclusive piece out this morning on the future of Reliance Communications’ international arm, Global Cloud Xchange. Apparently there are three bidders at the table, but everything is on hold until the future of Rcom’s other assets is out of limbo. But after years of false starts, I suspect the endgame is finally here. [Read more →]

Four quick bytes of expansion news from around the world and the industry worth noting thus far this week: [Read more →]

What started with an unexpected presidential tweet appears to be taking a more concrete form.  The US government and China are said to be close to a deal that would lift a ban on the Chinese-based vendor ZTE that was imposed in April. [Read more →]

The travails of India’s embattled Reliance Communications just keep getting messier. Late last week, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) handed the Swedish vendor Ericsson a victory, admitting its petition and appointing managers to run RCom, Reliance Telecom, and Reliance Infratel. The two companies are said to be trying to work out a deal outside of court, and RCom has filed an appeal. [Read more →]

An expansion, an integration, and two customer wins: [Read more →]

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

NEC has announced it has applied AI to subsea cable networks to push the capacity limits of the transmission networks. [Read more →]

Zayo has announced another customer win of the unnamed variety. A ‘global business process outsourcing company’ has picked Zayo for a combination of colo and wavelengths in a multi-year deal. [Read more →]

With its size and influence in the sector, Cisco’s financial results would be a key milestone even if their corporate calendar weren’t off-rhythm by a month. Since they are though, we get a look at results that include an extra month of economic activity. Cisco’s numbers were pretty much where they were expected to be, and guidance for fiscal Q4 was too. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown on some infrastructure news from the metro this week: [Read more →]

So, yes I missed this one last week while travelling at ITW out in Chicago, so let’s catch up. Within its earnings release, Uniti Group announced the acquisition of a strategic fiber portfolio from CenturyLink. [Read more →]

CenturyLink has lined up another buyer for the assets it agreed to divest as part of the Level 3 merger.  FirstDigital Telecom will be buying the metro network and related assets previously owned by Level 3 Communications in Tucson, Arizona. [Read more →]