Telecom Ramblings

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 →]

Netrality Properties has hit the acquisition trail again.  The company has closed the acquisition of two data centers from Digital Realty Trust out in St. Louis, Missouri as well as a bit of colo from 365 Data Centers.  I’ve hear d whispers of this deal for most of the past couple of quarters, but it took a while to work out the details it seems. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick bit of news from three global service providers from the start of this week: [Read more →]

On Friday, Zayo revealed a new customer win for longhaul dark fiber.  An unnamed ‘major U.S. carrier’ has tapped them for a 20 year fiber IRU worth $50M spanning some 3,200 route miles through nine markets and eight states.   [Read more →]

Of all the new technologies that are now coming of age in the infrastructure world, it is SDN and NFV that are causing the most wide-ranging shifts.  All vendors have been preparing for the new milieu, but few have taken as dramatic steps as Ciena did with the purchase and integration of Cyan last year.  Tying those capabilities in with their Services division, they have quickly put together the means to help network operators hit the accelerator on SDN and NFV at just the right time.  With us today to talk about how they see it all panning out are Pamela Morgan, Services Marketing Lead for Ciena’s Services division, and Joe Cumello, VP of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown of some news on this Friday, which has been marred by the horror in the French City of Nice. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Robin Kent, director of European operations at Adax

The speed at which the telecoms industry is needing to keep up with rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) is quite alarming. Network operators are frantically trying to make sure everything is in place to satisfy the inevitable end user demands and expectations. We’ve heard about [Read more →]