Here’s a quick look at a few items from the first half of the week – a couple buildouts, a new service, a federal contract extension, and a new hire: [Read more →]
Int’l Roundup: TI Sparkle, NTT, Hibernia, Megaport
March 1st, 2016
Here are a few interesting items from around the world that are worth a note: [Read more →]
What Track Will the New Fiber Heat Follow?
March 1st, 2016
This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by David W Wang
Recently we had two pieces of eye-opening news on fiber optic network. One is Google Fiber made an agreement with the City of Huntsville, Alabama to bring high speed broadband Internet to the community. The nuance for this case is that Google will use the fiber network the [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: Tishman’s Joe Simone on 165 Halsey Street
February 29th, 2016
For today’s Q&A, we turn to the colocation business in one of the most competitive markets in the world. Newark’s 165 Halsey Street is one of the premier carrier hotels in New Jersey and an indispensible node on everyone’s New York metro network. With us today to tell us about 165 Halsey Street’s past, present, and future is Joe Simone, President of Tishman Real Estate Services, the company tasked with taking the building’s space to market since its original development as a carrier hotel almost two decades ago now. [Read more →]
iPhone encryption dilemma “a false choice”, other opinions at MWC2016
February 29th, 2016
This article was authored by John C. Tanner, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
While the hot topics at this year’s MWC2016 have generally revolved around 5G, the IoT, digital transformation, virtual reality and whatever Mark Zuckerberg says, a recurring topic has been the debate in the US regarding Apple’s refusal to build a tool for the FBI to break the encryption of the [Read more →]
Poll: What Do You Think of Verizon’s Planned Purchase of XO?
February 26th, 2016
We haven’t had a Friday poll since the start of the year, an oversight that is easily corrected. Let’s step back from specifics and see what the general impression we all have as participants in this industry about the proposed purchase of XO Communications by Verizon might be: [Read more →]
Earnings Bytes: Cogent, Windstream, Consolidated
February 26th, 2016
Here’s a quick rundown of some of the earnings news from this week among network operators: [Read more →]
3 Updates the Next Telecommunications Act Needs to Have
February 26th, 2016
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Max Silber, Vice President of Mobility at MetTel
As we celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the 1996 Telecommunications Act last week, the main discussions centered on what it got right and what it got wrong. There’s no denying the impact the act had on the telecommunications industry as a whole, from centralizing the landscape to enabling the [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: Level 3, Hurricane Electric, NTT, BT
February 25th, 2016
Four network updates from around the world that are worth a quick look: [Read more →]
euNetworks Extends Its Reach Further South
February 25th, 2016
In its first move south of the Alps, this morning euNetworks to add some dark fiber to its network. The company is investing in two diverse longhaul routes taking them to the Marseilles in southern France as well as points in between. [Read more →]
More Dark Fiber For Crown Castle
February 24th, 2016
According to reliable sources, Crown Castle has made another fiber acquisition, albeit a relatively small one. They have apparently acquired the dark fiber assets of Last Mile Solutions up in Massachusetts. [Read more →]
Wednesday Bytes: Akamai, ADVA, Cisco, CountryWide, CoreSite
February 24th, 2016
Yes, there are a few things other than the Verizon/XO deal going on out there. For this midweek-update, three NFV-related items, one M&A, and a colo deal: [Read more →]
Aqua Comms and euNetworks Team Up
February 23rd, 2016
Two independents have formed an infrastructure alliance in the Atlantic and western Europe. Pan-European fiber operator euNetworks and the new translatlantic entrant Aqua Comms have announced a strategic commercial partnership. [Read more →]
Tracking the Fallout From the Verizon/XO Deal
February 23rd, 2016
The dust from the announcement of the Verizon/XO deal has had a day or so to settle now. Let’s ramble on a bit about a few unanswered questions, both from the past and for the future. [Read more →]
The Rumors Were True: Verizon Buys XO
February 22nd, 2016
Verizon’s heavy hand landed on the US communications M&A landscape today. The wild rumors turned out to be mostly true, although with a twist. The incumbent and wireless giant has signed an agreement to purchase XO Communications’ fiber-optic business. [Read more →]
Level 3 Brings Its DDOS Security South
February 22nd, 2016
Level 3 Communications said this morning that it has further expanded its managed security capabilities in Latin America. They have now opened a DDoS scrubbing center in the Brazilian internet hub of São Paulo. [Read more →]
Ericsson Plans to Take Its Carrier Customers Shopping on Amazon
February 22nd, 2016
It isn’t just the big telecommunications carriers that are seeing the future in other people’s clouds, its their own vendors too. Ericsson today unveiled plans to ally with Amazon’s AWS as part of the next generation of the backoffice and operations support it supplies to carriers worldwide. [Read more →]
The IoT and the consequences of the “World-Sized Web”
February 22nd, 2016
This article was authored by John C. Tanner, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
When we think of the Internet of Things, we think of sensors, cars, air-conditioners, TV sets, silly things, creepy things and more. But when you step back and look at the broader picture, the IoT adds up to a lot more than just a bunch of stuff connected to the internet and each other. [Read more →]
What Enterprises Want In Backup and Disaster Recovery
February 19th, 2016
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jim Kennedy, Founder and CEO of the Network Support Company
Disaster recovery is not a new topic, but, as a service provider, ensuring that your clients have the right process and plan is more important than ever. With the very real possibilities of cyber security breaches and unexpected natural disasters affecting most businesses regardless of location, size or product, data backup and recovery is a global issue. It’s up to service providers to [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: Level 3, Vodafone, Conterra, UPN, ADVA
February 19th, 2016
TGIF. Here’s a quick recap of some other news from this week that I didn’t quite get to in any detail: [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: CityFibre CEO Greg Mesch Talks UK Metro Fiber
February 18th, 2016
When it comes to the UK, for a very long time the only infrastructure market that mattered to much of the industry was the London metro area. Investments in metro fiber in other markets around the country rarely moved the needle, and attention tended to focus on the behavior of the incumbent. CityFibre is one of the young operators out there challenging that status quo, and now has six ‘Gigabit City’ build-out projects and a host of other expansions underway. Late last year they also made an inorganic move that brought the KCOM network assets into the fold. With us today to talk about CityFibre’s origins, growth, and plans for the future is CEO Greg Mesch. [Read more →]
EarthLink Finishes Up a Higher Margin 2015
February 18th, 2016
Finishing off a year of cost savings, streamlining, and retrenching, EarthLink posted its Q4 and full year 2015 numbers yesterday after the market closed. Revenues of $260.2M and and loss per share of $0.12 were both pretty much where analysts thought they’d be. Adjusted EBITDA and margin fell sequentially, but remained well above 2014 levels despite the reduced revenue base. [Read more →]
Cleareon Kicks Off NYC Dark Fiber Campaign
February 17th, 2016
New York City now has another dark fiber provider. Cleareon Fiber Networks has formally launched, rebranding itself from its stealth name of Phoenix Fiber Network as it takes its dense metro fiber footprint to the market. [Read more →]