Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Steve Alexander, SVP and CTO of Ciena

November 2017 marked the 25^th anniversary of Ciena’s founding. Back in 1992, the original business plan required time to flesh out, but by 1994 things really got rolling with the arrival of a seasoned engineering team and top-tier venture funding. By May of 1996 we had [Read more →]

A leadership change, two bits of cloud connectivity news, some AI, and an expanded vendor/network/software relationship. [Read more →]

Digital Realty is adding yet more renewable energy to its diet. The global data center REIT has signed two long-term energy agreements that boost the company’s renewable consumption by over 80%. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by David W Wang

Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept created in contrast to the notion that Internet connects people. By connecting devices, IoT generates data that help to create more friendly products, smarter insights and better business results. It’s stunning that [Read more →]

TE SubCom and a consortium of network operators has announced that the Monet Cable System is ready for service. Stretching 10,556km between Boca Raton, Florida and landing stations in Fortaleza and Praia Grande in Brazil, the system brings another 64Tbps of bandwidth online between the Americas. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Grace In Mono, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Much has been said about the landing party agreement between the Philippine government and Facebook. And most of it is quite [Read more →]

Equinix has this morning unveiled plans to expand and directly interconnect its cloud exchanges around the world.  It’s a move that seems to take the company further into the realm of network operators than ever before. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Kevin Martin, CEO, Net2Edge

When you think of the Fourth Industrial Revolution you most likely think about robots, driverless cars and mobile supercomputing. You then wonder how we are all going to keep up. From a communications perspective and in our evermore rapidly developing, hyper-connected world, TDM and ISDN services have to [Read more →]

TGIF.  Some M&A, two cloud connectivity moves, and a status update: [Read more →]

The New Cross Pacific cable project has lined up the fiber backhaul it will need on the US side. Zayo will be providing the fiber connectivity needed to reach its landing stations from sites across the western US. [Read more →]

Yesterday, CNBC was pushing a rumor that Nokia was planning a buyout of Juniper Networks.  Their sources suggested that a bid of some $16B was in the works.  Juniper’s stock price has surged 10% in the last two days and was up further after hours last night, suggesting someone out there believes the rumors. [Read more →]

Here’s three bits of news from around the world, plus a name change: [Read more →]

Here are a few items of interest from the metro from the start of this week: [Read more →]

Reports suggest that Atlanta is going to have a new player in its data center marketplace. The Douglas City Council has approved tax incentives for a $200M data center buildout on a 44-acre site in the Riverside Business Park, and reports indicate that builder will be CyrusOne.  [Read more →]

Investors may finally get a chance to buy into African fiber infrastructure directly next year. Econet, which is the parent company for the pan-African network operator Liquid Telecom, is said to be preparing for an IPO over on the London Stock Exchange. [Read more →]

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday! The first day back we have some fiber M&A to take a look at. Zayo has struck again, announcing a definitive agreement to buy Spread Networks. [Read more →]

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

Equifax’s data leak was truly monumental; it involved compromised information of 145 million people. An interesting part of the story was the hearing with former and current executives of [Read more →]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Before you head out early this afternoon, here are three international tidbits and two domestic items worth a quick look: [Read more →]

The days before Thanksgiving are apparently ripe for regulatory moves this year. While the DOJ prepares for court in its opposition to AT&T/Time Warner, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is about to unveil plans to overhaul net neutrality. [Read more →]

It’s official, war has been declared in the world of mega mergers. The Department of Justice is planning to file a lawsuit to protect us all from AT&T’s evil ambition to own CNN. [Read more →]

Some new interconnection technology and two contract renewals to start this shortened week: [Read more →]

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

China Telecom has teamed up with Russian operator TransTeleCom (TTK) to launch the first connection between China and Europe based on 100G ultra long haul DWDM technology. [Read more →]

Yesterday a new rumor hit the markets involving big telecom/cable buying media assets.  Supposedly, both Verizon and Comcast have been talking to Twenty-First Century Fox about acquiring TV and movie related assets. [Read more →]