Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jamie Dobson, founder of Container Solutions and author of ‘The Cloud Native Attitude’

While the telecoms sector can’t know when it will need to deal with curve balls such as the next pandemic, one thing is sure – new technology needs to be watched closely. AI is never far from the headlines, triggering both concern and excitement; some fear for the future of the human workforce while others see a bright future where we’re all prompt engineers. But are we getting caught up in the hype, or are we failing to see the bigger picture? [Read more →]

A bit of data center M&A, two expansion projects, an upgrade, and some R&D news: [Read more →]

There was some interesting metro fiber M&A this week along the eastern seaboard of the US. Fiberlight has found a means to expand its footprint in Virginia, signing a definitive agreement to acquire Metro Fiber Networks. [Read more →]

Five bits of last mile and middle mile news from the US and beyond over the last few days: [Read more →]

With AI driving data center demand in virtually every imaginable market, we are seeing major new projects almost daily. The scale of the work, whether envisioned or already underway, is far beyond anything we have seen before, and making it all happen will be challenging. New technologies are emerging     to help the process, and AI itself may be able to help. With us today is Dr. Atif Ansar, co-founder and executive chairman at Foresight. Foresight’s SaaS platform leverages AI and machine learning to keep data center construction projects on schedule. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Avishay Shraga, Sr. Director (CTO), Head of Security Technologies at Sony Semiconductor Israel

The key to modern asymmetric cryptography is to create an equation that is easy to solve in one direction but difficult to reverse by an adversary in the other direction. Traditionally, this was done through modular arithmetic, where a large prime modulus and a generator were used to generate a key, although [Read more →]

Five bits of FTTx news, one in the Midwest, one in the Midatlantic, and three in the UK from this week’s news: [Read more →]

It seems as if a day doesn’t go by without another billion dollar data center campus project getting announced. But yesterday we saw one go the other way all of a sudden. Microsoft has pulled back from its plans to build three data center campuses in the Columbus OH metro area. [Read more →]

Two infrastructure expansion projects and two customer wins; [Read more →]

Artificial Intelligence is driving investments in infrastructure of all types, although its direct impact is felt the most with data centers.  But all these new facilities need fiber connectivity, and the high fiber counts and extra diversity hyperscalers were looking for are now just table stakes.  FiberLight is one of the regional fiber specialists looking to meet the next wave of demand.  With us today to talk about FiberLight’s expansion plans and viewpoint on growing demand for fiber from AI is CEO Bill Major.  We talked to Bill a year ago, but it has certainly seemed like a particularly long year. [Read more →]

Four expansion projects in four markets, both organic and inorganic, to catch up with: [Read more →]

An iconic brand has been reborn in the world of subsea cable operators. Global Cloud Xchange has announced that it is rebranding, and will now be known as FLAG. [Read more →]

Lightpath has announced its entry into a new metro fiber market. Backed by a major hyperscaler partner, the infrastructure provider will be building 102 route miles of fiber and conduit in Columbus OH. [Read more →]

Three interesting projects from three different corners of the infrastructure sector to catch up with: [Read more →]

A Japanese consortium is preparing to demonstrate an offshore data center facility aimed at the next generation of AI. By offshore, they mean literally floating in the water. The project is expected to kick off in the fall of this year. [Read more →]

An AI data center expansion, a technology trial, and two interconnection partnerships: [Read more →]

Four interesting expansion projects, two by international players in the American southwest, and two from international markets: [Read more →]

A data center, some FTTH, and two bits of cooling news: [Read more →]

One fiber M&A and three interesting partnerships: [Read more →]

Some regional expansion, a new PoP, some FTTH, and some quantum network security: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Anil Kollipara, vice president of Product Management, Spirent Communications

Two decades ago, “operational resilience” in telecom was mostly about keeping the lights on—keeping voice and data services available in the event of outages or equipment failures. Today, as we conduct more of our personal and professional lives online, the stakes are much higher. Resilience now means ensuring that people can continue transacting, trading, and accessing the critical digital services that keep the [Read more →]

That’s today’s news from Bloomberg. The UK incumbent BT Group is taking steps that could lead to the sale of all or part of the company’s international business. According to the article, they have reached out to AT&T and Orange to talk about possible transactions. [Read more →]

A few items from around the world to keep up with: [Read more →]