Today we are going to delve deeper into the nuts and bolts of the networking industry. With us today is Pervis Conway, who is founder, CEO, and President of Construction-CAD Solutions (CCS). CCS is an engineering and construction firm based in Chicago that cut its teeth on the HFC buildouts of the dot-com era. Today the minority-owned firm is busy doing the engineering work necessary for operators to build out fiber backhaul networks to the wireless towers and small cells that power today’s growing mobile data tsunami. [Read more →]
The dead weight of legacy systems and processes
October 12th, 2015
This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
Do you want to print out the layout and interconnections of IT systems at a carrier, bank or logistics company? Of course, you can probably do it, but you would need a lot of paper, ink and a big wall to showcase it. [Read more →]
Vendor Bytes: Infinera, Alcatel-Lucent, Juniper, EMC
October 9th, 2015
Two international deployments, and two persistent M&A rumors for this Friday morning: [Read more →]
For AWS, the Pipes Still Aren’t Big Enough
October 9th, 2015

This week Amazon Web Services announced a new data service capable of sending 50TB into the cloud. Great, more bandwidth demand, right? Nope, they’re shipping it in a box. [Read more →]
The Connected Stadium: A Whole New Game
October 9th, 2015
This Industry Viewpoint was contributed by Adam Alevy, Vice President of Technology for Laird PLC’s Infrastructure Antenna Systems group
With travelers, students, car buyers, homeowners and workers wanting – no, demanding – Wi-Fi in their hotels, campuses, automobiles, homes and businesses, is it far-fetched to believe sports fans will want the same in their sports venues in the very near future? [Read more →]
Int’l Roundup: Metaswitch, Vodafone, Singtel, GlobeNet
October 8th, 2015
Here’s a quick look at other some news from around the world from this week: [Read more →]
Superloop Adds Some Inorganic Expansion to the Mix
October 8th, 2015

We have some network M&A from down under to look at this morning. Superloop, which is in the midst of a fiber buildout in both Australia and Singapore, has found an M&A target to accelerate its expansion. They have entered into a binding agreement to acquire Brisbane-based APEXN Pty Ltd. [Read more →]
Equinix Plans New Dallas IBX
October 7th, 2015
Five data centers in Dallas apparently isn’t enough anymore, so Equinix is going for a sixth. This morning they announced plans for a new IBX, which will go by the moniker DA7 and will help support growing demand for interconnection throughout the metro area. [Read more →]
Wednesday Bytes: Zayo, NYI, Cologix, GTT
October 7th, 2015
Here’s a quick mid-week roundup of other news from the internet infrastructure sector: [Read more →]
Cisco, Level 3 Take Down Ransomware Network
October 7th, 2015
Yesterday over on Cisco’s blog, the vendor’s Talos security research group revealed how it took down a significant hacker network. With the help of Level 3, they tracked down and shut off a significant ransomware revenue stream based on the Angler Exploit Kit. [Read more →]
Netflix, Zayo Help CIX With New Atlanta Peering Exchange
October 6th, 2015
The world of interconnection has been a dynamic place of late, with new exchanges springing up in markets around the country and the world. Today it was Atlanta’s turn through some cooperation between the streaming giant Netflix and the infrastructure leader Zayo. [Read more →]
Metro Bytes: USA Fiber, 8×8, Birch, CityFibre, NTT
October 6th, 2015
Time for a quick metro catchup: [Read more →]
Single Gateway – NBTC describes setting up a Thai GCHQ or NSA
October 6th, 2015
This article was authored by Don Sambandaraksa, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
Suppose for one minute that Thailand’s military government is indeed hell-bent on getting their single gateway internet and ignoring all the yes-men and politicians who deny its existence and seem to be scrambling to protect the Dear Leader from any criticism whatsoever. Undoubtedly the best description of the gateway is the interview by [Read more →]
Interconnection Bytes: TPAIX, AMS-IX, NYIIX
October 5th, 2015
This October Monday morning saw three interesting internet exchange items cross the wires. After more than a decade’s worth of centralization, the whole IX sector has been spreading its geographical wings. [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: Indiana Fiber Networks’ Kelly Dyer
October 5th, 2015
One of the ways in which regional fiber networks have been born in the US has been through the efforts of smaller independent telcos with common needs to reach outside their territories. Such networks are important part of the infrastructure of most states, but tend to get very little attention relative to their more vocal relatives. One such network operator is Indiana Fiber Network, or IFN, which operates a statewide network in, yes, Indiana. With us today to tell us about IFN and its plans is President and CEO Kelly Dyer. [Read more →]
Ramblings Jobs: FirstLight Fiber
October 4th, 2015
Two new job listings were posted last week over on the Ramblings Jobs board. [Read more →]
Dish Grudgingly Returns a Pile of Spectrum
October 2nd, 2015
DISH Network today came to an arrangement with the FCC to give back about a quarter of the AWS-3 spectrum it had won at auction. They’ve returned some 197 licenses worth $3.3B, paying a $413M penalty for not following through. But they’ll be keeping the other 505 licenses, valued at about $10B. [Read more →]
4 Key Reasons To Be Wary of the Internet of Things
October 2nd, 2015
This Industry Spotlight was contributed by Prabhu Ramachandran, who directs WebNMS, the service provider division of Zoho Corporation
According to Gartner, Inc., 25 billion connected “things” will be in use in 2020. As companies race to the IoT market, here are a few reasons to be cautious about IoT. [Read more →]
DE-CIX Acquires IST-IX as it Launches in Turkey
October 1st, 2015
The interconnection space saw a little consolidation occur simultaneously with organic expansion today. DE-CIX both formally launched its new Istanbul internet exchange and made an acquisition in the same market. They have acquired IST-IX, which was originally founded by Terremark. [Read more →]
The Next Euro Fiber Consolidation? Maybe Viatel
October 1st, 2015

While Vodafone and Liberty Global may not be getting any swaps in this year, it does look like there may yet be a bit more consolidation among fiber network operators in Europe before the year is out. Rumors have reached me from several directions now that the Digiweb Group may be ready to part with Viatel. [Read more →]
Metro Bytes: Zayo, euNetworks, Birch, Comcast, Infinera
September 30th, 2015
Wednesday, time for a quick rundown on news from the metro: [Read more →]
Managing the Internet of Things – the Network Operator’s Challenge
September 30th, 2015
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Alan Zeichick, Camden Associates
The IoT is exploding –and its traffic is totally unlike anything that network operators have encountered. Here’s how savvy carriers can respond to this challenge – and use standards to turn the IoT from a management and security headache into a business opportunity to offer new agile services. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Wilcon, Equinix, RCN Business, TWCBC
September 29th, 2015
Here’s a quick rundown of some news from the metro and undersea spaces from the start of the week: [Read more →]