Telecom Ramblings

Last week Zayo completed its $1.4B acquisition of Electric Lightwave, and immediately started working on the $40M in annual synergies it has planned for the integration.  The first move was apparently to reduce headcount, taking on the unpleasant task of layoffs right off the bat. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Lachlan Colquhoun, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Mobile World Congress 2017 showcased a host of innovative gadgets and prompted some major 5G announcements, but in its timing it caught the telecoms industry at an uncertain point in its development. [Read more →]

Some content delivery, data center, and subsea news for this March friday: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Nav Chander, Senior Director of Marketing at Silver Peak, an SD-WAN solution vendor

In my former role as an industry analyst covering managed services, I advised and interacted with more than 100 leading communication service providers ranging from tier 1 global carriers to tier 3 regional carriers and [Read more →]

If you thought Equinix’s 10 data centers in the DC metro area were enough, you were wrong. The data center builder and operator has purchased four new parcels of land in Loudon County, Virginia. [Read more →]

According to reports this morning, the UK will soon be getting a new bandwidth competitor. The Irish open access provider enet has signed a network partnership with SSE Enterprise Telecoms, giving them optical reach throughout the UK. [Read more →]

Time for a quick rundown of some news at the regional and metro level: [Read more →]

Here’s some more network news from around the world to look over: [Read more →]

With MWC underway over in Barcelona and 5G and IoT on everyone’s drawing board in some form, there are quite a few announcements this week covering a wide range of network upgrade projects and such. [Read more →]

The global data center giant Equinix is making an inorganic move in the Alpine nation of Switzerland.  In a deal that will augment its Swiss footprint without the need to build from scratch, Equinix has agreed to acquire the data center business of ICT-Center AG. [Read more →]

EarthLink, a household name from its days as a dialup ISP back in the bubble, has finally finished its journey as an independent entity.  Windstream has completed the merger announced three and a half months ago, with EarthLink exchanging 0.818 shares of common stock for each EarhLink share in a $1.1B deal. [Read more →]

Interxion has made an inorganic move on its home turf. The Netherlands-based colocation provider has acquired a data center business from Vancis Holding BV.  [Read more →]

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

A group of major operators and vendors have joined forces to support the acceleration of the standardization of 5G new radio (NR) technology. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick roundup of news from the metro and colo spaces: [Read more →]

Communications Sales & Leasing has made another fiber M&A move this morning.  The network REIT has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Hunt Telecom for a purchase price of $170M in cash and equity. [Read more →]

The European data center specialist Interxion revealed some significant expansion plans this morning.  They’ll be building three new data centers in the key markets of London, Frankfurt, and Stockholm. [Read more →]

Time for some updates from the metro: [Read more →]

Here’s a quick look at news from around the world that’s worth checking out: [Read more →]

Last week’s rumors of a Telefonica move to sell a stake in Telxius to private equity have indeed come to fruition.  This morning, the private equity firm KKR announced an agreement to acquire up to 40% of Telxius. [Read more →]

President’s Day was the occasion for yet another fiber network M&A move. Lumos Networks has found a buyer. EQT Infrastructure has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the company in an all cash transaction. [Read more →]

The industry’s least-secret mega merger possibility of 2017 is on people’s minds on this long holiday weekend (for the US anyway). Softbank, which owns some 80% of Sprint, has apparently said that it is prepared to cede control of the #4 US wireless carrier to T-Mobile US if that’s what it takes to make a deal happen.  [Read more →]

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

Vodafone India and Idea Cellular are reportedly on the verge of finalizing the terms of a major merger that would create India’s largest operator by subscribers. [Read more →]

TGIF, here’s a quick look at four contract other wins spanning disparate segments and technologies from this week: [Read more →]