Telecom Ramblings

We don’t get enough news about government money that is spent well, so today’s news from Mid-Atlantic Broadband is quite welcome. MBC has finished up its BTOP buildout program, coming in on time and under budget. [Read more →]

Carriers around the world have been rolling out 100G in their core networks and even in the metro. But how many enterprises need a dedicated 100Gbps connection? Well, as of today CenturyLink has found at least one: DigitalGlobe. [Read more →]

A few years ago, there was a bit of a cold war going on between Netflix and the larger cable MSOs that flared up with that interconnection dispute between Level 3 and Comcast. That particular argument was resolved publicly a few months back, but now reports over the weekend have Netflix in negotiations with cable MSOs of a very different sort that suggests a rapidly shifting terrain. [Read more →]

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

Telecom operators are getting hit from all sides. Voice revenue has been in steady decline for years. But over the past 18 months SMS income has been sliding rapidly (Ovum says telcos will lose $32 billion this year to the social messaging players) and now the word is [Read more →]

Wyoming-based Mammoth Networks is stretching its reach into the Pacific Northwest. They’ve established an NNI with Wave Broadband up in Seattle, giving them more options in Washington, Oregon and California while also helping Wave reach out beyond its own footprint. [Read more →]

We have three new job listings on the Ramblings Jobs board this week, two from Lightower on the Northeast corridor and another from Logix Communications down in Texas and Oklahoma. [Read more →]

Here’s a set of Friday quick-takes on other news from this week that I didn’t get to at the time. [Read more →]

Ok, so the week started off with a bang in the competitive fiber world as Time Warner Cable emerged as the winning buyer for DukeNet’s Carolinas footprint. The dust has settled a bit, so here’s a quick look at a few thoughts. [Read more →]

We seem to get a PR for every city that gets LTE, but we don’t often get data points on the fiber buildouts by incumbent providers. This morning though AT&T did offer up the latter, as the telecommunications giant announced its progress bringing fiber to buildings down in Florida. [Read more →]

CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL, news, filings) says it is expanding the Gigabit fiber pilot it began in Nebraska out into Nevada. They plan to bring FTTH technology to selected neighborhoods in Las Vegas starting this fall. [Read more →]

The consumer VoIP protagonist of the last decade is back in the headlines with a significant M&A and a bid to regain some of its growth mojo. Vonage (NYSE:VG, news, filings) has announced an agreement to acquire Vocalocity for $130M.  [Read more →]

As the US contemplates its government’s navel, all the action in internet infrastructure today seems to be over in Europe.  There we have the acquisition of a key internet hub in Germany by none other than Equinix.  The Californian-based data center powerhouse is buying Kleyer 90 in Frankfurt. [Read more →]

Well, technically they never went away of course. But following the purchase of the VTL WaveNet assets in May, Digiweb has relaunched the business with the addition of an Irish fiber network to its reach. [Read more →]

Time for a quick roundup of news from the European theater, of which there has been a bunch already this week: [Read more →]

Here are several tidbits from regional network operators around the US this week that are worth a quick look: [Read more →]

Back at the start of summer, Alcatel-Lucent and its new CEO Michel Combes painted a few broad strokes of the recovery landscape the company was aiming for, calling it The Shift Plan. Today’s further strokes were of a more somber variety, as they announced the intention to slim down to the tune of 10,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years.  [Read more →]

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has selected another landing spot for its invasion of the Northern Virginia interconnection market. CoreSite Realty will host a piece of LINX’s NoVA peering exchange within its data center campus, which includes facilities both in Reston and in Washington DC itself. [Read more →]

DukeNet has found a buyer and it’s not one that was high on any of my lists.  Time Warner Cable today announced a definitive agreement to purchase the North Carolina-based regional and metro fiber operator from its energy utility parent and Alinda Capital, which bought in a few years back.   [Read more →]

The fiber saw another bit of consolidation this morning, as Zayo Group struck again with an announcement of its acquisition of the MidWestern dark fiber operator FiberLink LLC.  [Read more →]

Level 3 Communications (NYSE:LVLT, news, filings) added another dimension to its enterprise offerings this morning with a new SIP voice package. Featuring geographically independent numbers and a native PRI handoff, it’s a blend of leveraging the new and better integration with the old. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Michael J Carroll, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is warning of a global internet divide where the world’s poorest countries are left behind by developed nations, which are enjoying steady rises in broadband access. [Read more →]

This guest article was written by Sam Melton, who blogs at sammeltontalks.blogspot.com.  Please feel free to reach out to Sam with any questions.

In the United States Internet speeds are becoming faster and faster with the help of new Internet options that are popping up. From Google Fiber to gigabit Ethernet, the common Internet user now has incredible speed right at their fingertips – and it’s changing how we view and use the Internet. [Read more →]