Telecom Ramblings

If January is anything of an indicator, the content world is where Level 3 will be having the most fun in 2014. Last week we saw a new type of CDN/local caching arrangement with TM announced, and this week we have developments on three more content-related topics from the company. [Read more →]

In their report yesterday after the markets closed, Infinera revealed a strong fourth quarter and had good things to say about the first quarter of 2014.   They thus start the year in a good position with the industry-wide 100G cycle still at an early stage.  Here are their numbers in some context: [Read more →]

CenturyLink Technology Solutions has turned to IO to help expand its colocation footprint in Arizona. They’re using IO’s Intelligent Control in initial deployments at each of IO’s Phoenix and Scottsdale facilities, which means both IO’s modules and its data center operating system. [Read more →]

The Russian network operator TransTelecom (TTK) isn’t yet a household name in the west, but they’re extending more and more tendrils into Western Europe’s bandwith markets. Today it was announced that they have tapped Hibernia Networks to expand their reach into multiple additional European exchange nodes. [Read more →]

In metro news this week, two bits of expansion news, one upgrade, and two promotions: [Read more →]

Looks like we’ll have another submarine cable hooking up Asia with Africa and Europe. PCCW, China Unicom, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat, Omantel, Ooredoo, and a host of others held the signing ceremoney yesterday in Hong Kong, bringing the AAE-1 system a big step closer to reality. [Read more →]

Two regional and metro operators on either side of the US/Canada border have teamed up. Albany-based FirstLight Fiber and Montreal-based Fibrenoire say they have formed a deeper relationship for Ethernet connectivity across the border. [Read more →]

Well, whatever Charter offered to Comcast from a potential deal for TW Cable got their attention. Reports now say that Comcast is at least partially on-board to help Charter make a three-way deal actually plausible.  [Read more →]

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

Carriers want to use data analytics to understand their customers better. Is it a good idea to track their browsing and use that for churn management and marketing? Or would it be a better idea to guarantee good privacy and even protected communications services for your customers? This is not a theoretical choice; this is something carriers must decide now. [Read more →]

The rumor mill will have to move on to another target, at least in the near term according to various reports this morning. When pressed for clarity on its intentions by UK regulators, AT&T ruled out making any sort of bid. [Read more →]

With three more from FirstLight Fiber, this month’s Ramblings Jobs Board listings have had a distinct northeastern tilt. [Read more →]

I’ll be traveling next week, so if I’m a bit slow responding to anything big that’s why. In the meantime, here’s a Friday look at news from the data center space this week. [Read more →]

It has been over a week now since a federal appeals court overturned key pieces of the FCC’s net neutrality effort, and it’s time to see where the dust has settled with Ramblings’ readers.  What do you think, is it game over for this particular incarnation of network neutrality? [Read more →]

In the category of federal fiber contracts won, Windstream (NYSE:WIN, news, filings) added a few notches to its belt yesterday. They’ll be providing fiber connectivity for three U.S. military bases under a five year, $1.6M contract. [Read more →]

The European-style peering effort continues to get all its ducks in a row in the US. This morning AMS-IX made its fiber move in its new New York City market, tapping none other than Zayo. [Read more →]

This week has seen a lot of international news items scroll past, here are some quick-takes on a few more: [Read more →]

Another fiber expansion hit the news this week down from one of the quieter fiber builders out there. Southern Light Fiber has taken on a new market to the east of its more familiar Gulf Coast turf: Jacksonville, Florida. [Read more →]

Rochester-based Fibertech is looking westward again for its latest expansion project. Today they announced plans to build an extensive fiber network over in Michigan.  [Read more →]

Cogent Communications is expanding its European footprint again, this time into Ireland.  Hibernia Networks will be supplying the necessary dark fiber. [Read more →]

The Russian telecommunications operator TTK is working on its content delivery, and it is partnering with Akamai to get it done.  The two have signed a network partnership agreement, and will be collaborating to put together the necessary infrastructure.

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Lots going on this week already around the world, here’s a quick look: [Read more →]

The first contract-related announcement of the year for Level 3 Communications is an interesting one.  Level 3 is providing internet localization services to Telekom Malaysia, which is a product I haven’t seen them talk about before and which suggests the next phase of integration of their IP and CDN networks.   [Read more →]

This article was authored by Joseph Waring, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Headline of the year: Price war in US mobile market raises fear of profit hemorrhage. Or perhaps you prefer: How T-Mobile just nuked the US mobile industry. [Read more →]