Telecom Ramblings

So what else did I miss while travelling to Miami for Metro Connect this week? Apparently on the list is an infrastructure acquisition in the colo/cloud space. Internap has announced an agreement to purchase SingleHop, LLC. [Read more →]

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in infrastructure M&A, and yesterday another batch of fiber changed hands. WANRack, LLC has announced that Grain Management, LLC has bought a controlling interest in the company. No, not that kind of grain, but the private equity firm founded by David Grain. [Read more →]

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

Indian conglomerate Tata Group is reportedly close to a deal to sell its Tata Teleservices (TTSL) division’s fiber assets to a consortium backed by private equity company TPG Capital. [Read more →]

The world of interconnection has become far more complex than the simple peering and transit relationships that arose in the days of the early internet.  Looking ahead, given the rise of the cloud and the expected flood of data from IoT and 5G data in the years ahead, there will be a lot of moving parts.  With us today to help figure out how it will all shake out is Ivo Ivanov, Chief Strategic and Corporate Development officer at DE-CIX.  Over the last few years, DE-CIX has expanded aggressively outward from its giant Frankfurt IX into markets around the world, and is rapidly transforming its own model in preparation for the dynamic future ahead. [Read more →]

Here’s a few updates to peruse, two from each coast: [Read more →]

Zayo kicked off Metro Connect this year with a bang, buying its second fiber network asset of the year.  The Boulder-based network builder and operator has announced an agreement to acquire Neutral Path Communications and Near North partners. [Read more →]

With Metro Connect kicking off today, it’s fitting perhaps that we have some fiber infrastructure changing hands as well.  Conterra has announced an agreement to acquire Network USA, LLC and Sun America, LLC, which make up NUSA. [Read more →]

There are some days one really wonders if one is still aleep when reading the headlines on Monday morning. According to a report on Axios that is quickly making the rounds on the major news channels, the Trump Administration is considering nationalizing parts of the nascent 5G network infrastructure that providers have been starting to put together. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Steve Brar, Director of Solutions Marketing at Riverbed.

As SD-WAN gains more widespread adoption, you may be asking, “How should I compare SD-WAN vs MPLS?” This is an interesting question, but thinking about networks this way misses the central [Read more →]

TGIF.  I’ll be at Metro Connect next week.  In the meantime, here’s a bit more of the other news from this week that’s worth a look: [Read more →]

The pattern of network consolidation continued yesterday with another fiber M&A, this time for an asset I hadn’t run into before.  The private equity group Novacap TMT has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Horizon Telcom. [Read more →]

Verizon’s growing appetitie for fleet management services has taken it into southern Europe with a new acquisition. Verizon has acquired Movildata Internacional, moving into Spain, the continent’s second largest market with more than 5 million commercial vehicles on the roads. [Read more →]

Some interesting data center news from around the sector this week: [Read more →]

Here are a few network news bytes that have come out so far this week that are worth a look, from metro to backbone to subsea to security: [Read more →]

Here’s some other news from the start of this week that is worth a look: [Read more →]

Ciena has unveiled the latest upgrade to its subsea networking solutions this morning. They have been working with TE SubCom to bring extra capacity to the table via the L-Band. [Read more →]

Cross River Fiber has polished off a new carefully designed route through the New Jersey suburban landscape.  They have built out a latency-sensitive fiber connection between NJFX down in Wall Township and the key financial exchanges and carrier hotels in northern New Jersey and across the river in Manhattan. [Read more →]

Digital Realty is making a move to augment its cloud connectivity ecosystem.  The data center REIT and interconnection provider has announced plans to offer dedicated and private access through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect in 14 major metros. [Read more →]

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

Australia’s Telstra has announced plans to invest in two new subsea cable systems connecting Hong Kong to the west coast of the US. [Read more →]

Zayo waited a whole two and a half weeks into the new year to make its first infrastructure acquisition.  On Friday they announced the purchase of Optic Zoo Networks for CAD $31M. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of some other news from this week that’s worth a look: [Read more →]

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

Net neutrality may be dead, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped the FCC from continuing to relax the regulatory standards to which broadband providers are held. The FCC is now proposing that access to mobile broadband via a smartphone will be treated [Read more →]

Sprint and Cox Communications are moving to deepen their ties, signing a new multi-year business agreement while also settling some patent litigation. The deal will see Sprint gain greater access to Cox’s broadband infrastructure, adding density to the company’s backhaul networks. [Read more →]