CDNetworks, NSN Team Up For Mobile CDN

July 15th, 2013
 

Hoping to advance their combined mobile content capabilities, CDNetworks and Nokia Siemens Networks are teaming up. They have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at coordinating their respective technologies. [Read more →]

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Inteliquent Boosts Guidance Again

July 15th, 2013
 

The wholesale voice tandem business is apparently not quite dead yet.  Just two and a half months after its sale of the former Tinet network to GTT in April and its refocus on the core voice business, Inteliquent is out there materially raising 2013 guidance this morning: [Read more →]

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AT&T Spends a Few Billion on Cricket

July 14th, 2013
 

In the wake of Softbank’s sprint into the US, AT&T has moved to consolidate a bit more of what’s left of the market. They’re acquiring Leap Wireless for $15 per share, which comes to $1.2B in cash plus the assumption of $2.8B in net debt. [Read more →]

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Metro Bytes: euNetworks, Southern Telecom, Telesystem, Comcast

July 12th, 2013
 

Here’s a quick Friday update covering items from metro and regional fiber operators this week: [Read more →]

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What Does NEBS Level 3 Testing Look Like?

July 12th, 2013
 

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jared Jacobs of Dell OEM.  

The Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) requirements were devised as a means to help make sure that certain important services are always available. There is such a reliance [Read more →]

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Data Bytes: 365Main, Telx, OVH, Equinix, CyrusOne

July 11th, 2013
 

Time for a quick roundup of contract and expansion news from the data center space: [Read more →]

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EU’s Antitrust Raids Incumbents Over Relationships With Content

July 11th, 2013
 

According to reports, the European Commission has launched a series of ‘unannounced inspections’ on some of the continent’s largest providers. Orange, Deutsche Telekom, and Telefonica have had regulators show up to comb through their offices, while BT and KPN have apparently not – yet at least. [Read more →]

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US installed spy-liaison team in Global Crossing: report

July 11th, 2013
 

This article was authored by John C. Tanner, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

ITEM: The Washington Post has published an extensive piece on what Singapore Technologies Telemedia had to do to satisfy national security concerns by the US government over its planned buyout of Global Crossing ten years ago – namely, hire a secretive [Read more →]

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Softbank Takes the Helm At Last, Nextel No More

July 10th, 2013
 

As expected, both Sprint’s deal for Clearwire and its merger with Softbank are now complete. The soap opera is finally over and the #3 wireless carrier in the US and all that valuable spectrum are now 78% Japanese-owned and operated. And the first order of business: no more Nextel. [Read more →]

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Fatbeam Starts Digging in Butte

July 10th, 2013
 

As promised earlier this year, the northwestern metro fiber builder Fatbeam is taking its case across the border from its home turf in northern Idaho and into western Montana.  Today they announced the start of construction on their metro fiber network in the mining town of Butte. [Read more →]

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On those Fire Island Follies

July 10th, 2013
 

Hurricane Sandy did more than just tear up the shoreline and all the infrastructure on it, lately it has become clear that it also stripped the fig leaves off of a few illusions we have about that infrastructure. And nowhere has that been more painful than with Verizon’s plans out on Fire Island, one of the largest barriers island off the shore of New York’s Long Island. [Read more →]

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Metro Fiber Stats Update, July 2013

July 10th, 2013
 

Ok, at long last I have updated my metro fiber and on-net buildings statistics.  There is a bit more data out there that may roll in in the next few weeks, but that’s always the case.  In the meantime, you can check out the full list in the usual location or take a look at the abbreviated update below. [Read more →]

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Regional Roundup: Lumos, GTS, Tech Valley, Alpheus

July 9th, 2013
 

Four quick updates from regional providers, three from the US and one from Europe: [Read more →]

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Data Bytes: IBM, Open Data Centers, Internap

July 9th, 2013
 

Here’s a quick rundown on some news from data centers and the cloud: [Read more →]

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Equinix Plans Entry Into Osaka

July 9th, 2013
 

The Japanese data center market must be going well for Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX, news, filings), as today they announced plans to move beyond Tokyo.  They’re planning a new IBX in Osaka, with the help of K-Opticom and Kanden Energy Solutions. [Read more →]

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Ramblings Jobs: PEG Bandwidth

July 8th, 2013
 

We have a new job listing this week from PEG Bandwidth over in the world of wireless backhaul. [Read more →]

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Cloud M&A: Momentum Adds Twist

July 8th, 2013
 

There was a bit of consolidation in the cloud today, as Momentum announced the acquisition of the assets of Twist Networks from its parent Communications Technologies, Inc. The deal will boost the Birmingham-based cloud provider’s presence in St. Louis. [Read more →]

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Softbank Clears Last Hurdle With FCC Approval

July 8th, 2013
 

It appears that the fat lady is indeed warming up, and both Sprint and Clearwire shall soon be in the hands of Softbank. On the lightly attended workday of July 5, the FCC announced its unanimous approval of both Sprint’s purchase of Clearwire, and Softbank’s transaction to take control of Sprint, checking the final regulatory box. [Read more →]

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Friday Poll: How Big a Deal Is Big Data For Telecom?

July 5th, 2013
 

Much has been made about the opportunities of ‘Big Data’, and telcos are amongst those who supposedly have vast reservoirs of this unmined resource.  Just how valuable is this information and who it is valuable to remains unquantifiable, especially in light of privacy equally unquantifiable concerns.  What do you think?  Is there really gold in them thar hills, as Yosemite Sam would say? [Read more →]

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PLDT Signs On With Teliasonera’s Backbone

July 4th, 2013
 

The Philippine’s PLDT has tapped Teliasonera International Carrier for a substantial chunk of IP transit, boosting the company’s international reach. They’ve signed on for multiple 10Gbps ports across three continents with the Swedish carrier’s backbone. [Read more →]

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Protecting our privacy

July 3rd, 2013
 

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

The responses by the US and UK governments to the revelations made by Edward Snowden have been aimed solely at their electorate. If you are not a US or UK citizen, it would seem that the NSA and GCHQ can conduct their business on you as they please. [Read more →]

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Cloud Bytes: Tata, CyrusOne, Unitas Global, EarthLink

July 3rd, 2013
 

As the US moves into a July 4th weekend, here’s a quick rundown on items from the cloud and managed services with a new service at Tata, new customers for CyrusOne and Unitas Global, and a deal closing for EarthLink. [Read more →]

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Ekinops Helps Liquid Stretch Through Africa’s SouthEast

July 2nd, 2013
 

Africa’s Liquid Telecom has tapped Ekinops for DWDM transport gear to power its backbone across South Afria, Zimbabe, and Zambia. The deployment covers some 2,500km of terrestrial fiber and includes some of the longest uninterrupted fiber spans on the continent. [Read more →]

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