Telecom Ramblings

Three network expansion projects and some data center funding: [Read more →]

A couple of managed services upgrades and a balance sheet move. [Read more →]

Several vendor items and infrastructure for a major sports event: [Read more →]

Some data center, fixed wireless, and IX news to end the week.  [Read more →]

One M&A, one contract win, one technology partnership, and a leadership change: [Read more →]

There was a significant bit of consolidation among testing and assurance vendors yesterday. Viavi Solutions has agreed to acquire Spirent in an all cash deal. Both companies focus on testing and assurance products and services, enabling network operators around the world to better manage their infrastructure and serve customers. [Read more →]

Some new leadership, a couple of rollout updates, and a new partnership: [Read more →]

Two data center projects, some subsea news, and a network expansion: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Manoj Krishna Mohan, Technical Architect, Salesforce Practice, Prodapt Solutions

In the highly competitive Connectedness industry, seamless ordering and fulfilment processes are crucial for service providers to build customer loyalty and gain competitive edge. The challenges in order management such as inadequate service assurance, complex order workflows, and the risk of lost orders have significant implications. Implementing a modern and unified Order Management System (OMS) is essential to address these challenges. By leveraging a unified [Read more →]

Two infrastructure news items from Latin America, and two regional items in the US: [Read more →]

Some interesting news items from three global network service providers: [Read more →]

EXA Infrastructure said today that it plans to introduce a new hybrid route across the Atlantic. The move will give them a new, lower latency path between New York and London. [Read more →]

FiberLight this week announced two new paths from Dallas down into northern Mexico. Working with partners MDC Data Centers and NeuLink, they are offering fiber routes connecting Dallas with both Querétaro and Monterrey. [Read more →]

With MWC underway, a whole bunch of collaboration is being announced.  Here is one bit of consolidation and a series of technology partnerships from different parts of the globe to keep up with: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Vinai Sirkay, Vice President, IP Routing at Nokia

If, like me, you have been in the telecommunications field for some time, you will remember that networks were traditionally architected to deliver to a service level. We used complex calculations to derive measurements such as 99.999 percent or “five nines” availability, which became the basis for [Read more →]

Three expansion projects and a contract renewal: [Read more →]

One new regional fiber route, and three bits of FTTH news to catch up with: [Read more →]

That’s what Bloomberg says is going on, according to the ever aware ‘people with knowledge of the matter’. Windstream and Uniti Group are said to be talking some sort of stock deal that would consolidate the businesses but leave Uniti as independently traded. Such a deal wouldn’t be surprising, and in fact would in some ways wrap up what would be a 10 year story arc. [Read more →]

Some M&A news, some WiFi access, some balance sheet work, and some more vRAN and Open RAN. [Read more →]

A bit of FTTH, some nextgen wireless tech, and some cloud marketplace news: [Read more →]

A new data center campus, a new wholesale fiber unit, some last mile fiber, and a network upgrade: [Read more →]

A new data center, a new partnership, some FTTH, and a new PoP: [Read more →]

Two optical upgrades, some software, and some M&A chatter: [Read more →]