Telecom Ramblings

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

Apple’s earnings are down according to the latest quarterly report. And iPhone sales are down. There are also rumors that Apple will need to postpone its car launch till 2021. After very long growth and huge iPhone success, Apple is now [Read more →]

Verizon Communications’ appetite is quite omnivorous this year.  This morning they announced the acquisition of Fleetmatics Group for some $2.4B in cash. [Read more →]

In the news this Monday morning from around the world are a big bandwidth deal, a cloud M&A, and giant new data center: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Alan Zeichick, Principal Analyst, Camden Associates.

Lifecycle Service Orchestration: Reference Architecture and Framework (MEF 55). This 57-page document from the MEF is the essential, foundational specification for agile end-to-end communications services that work within one carrier’s network or can span [Read more →]

We have a two new job listings to peruse over on the Ramblings Jobs Board, with six active listings in all right now. [Read more →]

The Australian interconnection upstart Megaport has long been planning to invade Europe this year.  Today they not only formally launched their elastic interconnection platform on the continent, but they revealed two acquisitions that let them hit the ground running in a big way. [Read more →]

This article was authored by John C. Tanner, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Now that Pokemon Go has landed in Hong Kong and Japan – and is reportedly slated for release in other APAC countries any day now, including India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand – now is as good a time as any to let you know what impact [Read more →]

The pan-European fiber builder and operator euNetworks reported its earnings today, a couple weeks ahead of their usual schedule.  And why not get the news out early, as they did have a very nice quarter, posting revenues and EBITDA up 10% and 30% over the same period last year.  Here are their numbers in some context: [Read more →]

In April, Allied Fiber’s biggest lender forced its southeastern subsidiaries into bankruptcy after a longstanding financial dispute with the company.  An auction was set up, and that auction is now complete as of a couple weeks ago.  AF-Southeast LLC has received court approval to sell its assets to that same lender, Strome Mezzanine Fund IV LP for $24M. [Read more →]

The market for low latency connections in North America is getting some new competition this week from European-based BSO.  BSO is in the process of expanding its capabilities in the US and Canada this year, and today introduced ultra-low latency connectivity between CME and three other global destinations. [Read more →]

Here’s a set of quick-takes from across the infrastructure sector: [Read more →]

It’s that time already.  Level 3 Communications reported its second quarter earnings this morning, and the story is familiar.  Revenues came in a little light at $2.06B due to offsetting trends, but cost savings kept adjusted EBITDA on an upwards trend and adjusted earnings per share checked in above expectations.  Here’s a quick table of the numbers in some context and some comments: [Read more →]

Four providers covering a wide swath of the cloud and infrastructure world have teamed up to bring the cloud to Boston’s Edge.  EdgeConneX, Comcast Business, Datapipe, and Megaport have announced the assembly of an ecosystem aimed at the city’s enterprise marketplace. [Read more →]

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

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by David W Wang

The SD-WAN (software defined – wide area network) era has come. A few years ago, buzzwords like SDN (software defined network) and NFV (network function virtualization) were mostly network architectural concepts, but now SD-WAN has evolved into a disruptive technology and service that can truly revolutionize and benefit the IT/Telecom market and industry on a global scale. [Read more →]

The drama appears to be over, and Verizon is expected to announce an agreement to acquire Yahoo before markets open this morning.  They had been the favorite going in, but faced some competition from both AT&T and private equity sources in what felt like a rather long auction process. [Read more →]

We have a few new job listings to peruse over on the Ramblings Jobs Board. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of some other news from this week that’s worth a quick look: [Read more →]

Verizon’s planned acquisition of XO seems to have hit a slow patch this summer.  The FCC yesterday hit the pause button on its 180 day review period in a letter posted here, leaving things in a bit of limbo for the moment. [Read more →]

The trend of colocation players buying renewable energy in bulk continued today with Digital Realty Trust.  The data center REIT has done a deal with E.ON Climate & Renewables North America, LLC to offset 100% of its power needs across its colo and interconnection footprint.  [Read more →]

Here’s some international networking news quick-takes: [Read more →]

It’s time for a quick update on news from the metro: [Read more →]

This article was authored by John C. Tanner, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Last week the FCC voted unanimously to open up nearly 11 GHz of high-frequency spectrum – 3.85 GHz of licensed spectrum and 7 GHz of unlicensed spectrum – for “flexible, mobile, and fixed use wireless broadband”, which basically means 5G. [Read more →]