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 →]

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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 →]

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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 →]

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Metro Bytes: Zayo, euNetworks, Birch, Comcast, Infinera

September 30th, 2015
 

Wednesday, time for a quick rundown on news from the metro: [Read more →]

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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 →]

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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 →]

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General Happiness orders Great Firewall of Thailand

September 29th, 2015
 

This article was authored by Don Sambandaraksa, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Thailand’s military government has ordered the creation of a great firewall of Thailand to control the flow of information on the Internet. [Read more →]

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Vodafone, Liberty Global Call Off the Swaps

September 28th, 2015
 

Earlier this year, Vodafone and Liberty Global admitted entering into talks.  They weren’t really talking about a merger, but more about some form of asset swaps between their respective cable empires.  This morning the two giants ended the talks without swapping anything[Read more →]

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Industry Spotlight: RCN Business’s Ted White Talks Channel

September 28th, 2015
 

Five years ago this week, ABRY Partners split RCN Metro off from its parent and rebranded it.  But RCN retained the SMB-focused business customers in addition to its better-known residential footprint.  Today RCN Business is not only still out there but is on a growth trajectory.  The original customer base has grown beyond those SMB roots, as has the fiber footprint, and this summer RCN Business unveiled a new channel program aimed at further acceleration.  Ted White, VP of Business Service for RCN, will tell us a bit more about RCN Business and its plans for the channel. [Read more →]

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Liquid Spurns Suitors, Plans Public Listing

September 25th, 2015
 

Europe may soon have another publicly traded fiber operator to invest in, although the fiber itself isn’t actually European. Econet Group founder Strive Masiyiwa says the company is looking at a listing for Liquid Telecom, the pan-African network operator it controls. [Read more →]

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Sprint CEO: Acquisition By Cable = Formidable

September 25th, 2015
 

It looks as if the next multi-year M&A dance could be on the border between cable and mobile.  When asked about consolidation and Altice’s recent appetite, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure suggested that, while nothing is currently under discussion, combining Sprint with a cable operator would make the company a “stronger and more formidable competitor”.  This follows comments a week ago by Altice’s billionaire protagonist, Patrick Drahi, indicating an eventual desire to own a US mobile network. [Read more →]

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The IPV4 Well is Officially Dry

September 24th, 2015
 

The American Registry for Internet Numbers announced today that it has given out the last of its IPv4 addresses.  The 4.3 billion possibilities that seemed so bottomless back in the 70s is officially tapped out. [Read more →]

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Thursday Bytes: NTT, DE-CIX, ADVA, AT&T, Akamai

September 24th, 2015
 

Here’s a quick roundup of some news from around the world this week: [Read more →]

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Cisco Tries Another Approach to China

September 24th, 2015
 

Yesterday, Cisco made a deal aimed at rejuvenating its approach to the Chinese market.  In an announcement that clearly was choreographed to fit with the visit of China’s leader Xi Jinping in Seattle, Cisco partnered up with Jinan-based Inspur as part of its $10B investment initiative in the country. [Read more →]

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Equinix Bets on Solar, Virtually

September 23rd, 2015
 

According to a piece in Fortune this morning, Equinix is making a big bet on solar energy out in California.  The data center giant has done a deal with SunEdison for 105 megawatts of solar power from a solar panel farm to be built near San Diego. [Read more →]

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Jeb Bush Stakes Out Net Neutrality Turf

September 23rd, 2015
 

We don’t normally do politics here, and we won’t be choosing sides regardless.  But a funny thing happened yesterday in presidential politics.  As the summer of Trump wanes, somebody actually talked about telecommunications policy again (egads, an issue), and that somebody was former Florida governor Jeb Bush. [Read more →]

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Tuesday Roundup: AMS-IX, NTT, Global Capacity, Virtus

September 22nd, 2015
 

Here’s a quick look at some news from around the sector this week: [Read more →]

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SYNful Knocks On More Cisco Doors

September 22nd, 2015
 

That malware that FireEye’s Mandiant found on a dozen or two Cisco Routers spread around the world isn’t quite as limited as initially thought.  Cisco and the volunteer security group called the Shadowserver Foundation said today that the malware has now been found on some 199 older Cisco routers. [Read more →]

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Ads or no ads battle: good or bad

September 22nd, 2015
 

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

Apple introduced solutions to block ads in iOS. This can be harmful for many web service providers, especially Google. So, Google is already looking for new solutions to avoid the blocking. And now some ad blocking solution developers have decided [Read more →]

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Industry Spotlight: DE-CIX’s Arnold Nipper Reflects on 20 Years

September 21st, 2015
 

This summer saw the 20 year anniversary of the start of DE-CIX in Frankfurt.  After kicking off with just 10Mbps back in 1995, DE-CIX’s flagship internet exchange passed the 4Tbps mark just this past Spring.  Meanwhile, the exchange has spent the last couple of years replicating itself in new markets like New York and Dubai and a growing list of others.  With us today to reflect on those early days and how the interconnection business has evolved since is CTO Arnold Nipper, who helped found DE-CIX and has been with the exchange ever since. [Read more →]

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The virtuous cycle: The cloud drives innovation which drives the cloud

September 21st, 2015
 

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Alan Zeichick, Camden Associates

The reach of the cloud is unprecedented in technological innovation. Service providers, ranging from local telcos to international long-haul carriers, are seeing new business in providing direct cloud connectivity for enterprises, establishing and in retrofitting [Read more →]

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Ramblings Jobs: Walker & Associates, BMI

September 20th, 2015
 

After a summer lull, we have four new listings on the Ramblings Jobs board this week. [Read more →]

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Network Bytes: Zayo, FirstLight, iRis, Windstream, NJFX

September 18th, 2015
 

TGIF with a fine fall weekend ahead. Here’s some network news items to consider before heading out: [Read more →]

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