Data Bytes: Cologix, Net Access, Interoute, Global Capacity, Akamai

March 19th, 2013
 

Here’s a few quick takes on news from the data center and cloud side of things, with items from Cologix, Net Access, Interoute, Global Capacity, and  Akamai: [Read more →]

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Orange Business: the Cloud Is Getting Less Foggy

March 19th, 2013
 

Orange Business Services, the international B2B arm of France Telecom, posted a status update for its cloud computing business today, putting a few numbers behind their segment of the ongoing cloud revolution.  Many telecommunications companies around the world have bet on cloud-based services as a new revenue opportunity, and any visibility [Read more →]

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100G Roundup: Teliasonera, NSN/Coriant, Cisco, Infinera, Ciena, Juniper

March 18th, 2013
 

With OFC/NFOEC this week, it was perhaps inevitable that we would get a deluge of 100G-related news. Here’s a quick rundown of news from all the major players: [Read more →]

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Level 3 Invests In New Colombian Data Center

March 18th, 2013
 

If there’s one place in the world that Level 3 Communications (NYSE:LVLT, news, filings) is having no problem finding demand, it’s South America. Hence, their announcement today construction plans for a new data center in Colombia won’t come as a total shock.  There has been a steady stream of talk from the company about expanding the company’s infrastructure in the region. [Read more →]

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Hong Kong’s Rising ‘Consumer Surplus’

March 18th, 2013
 

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

In trying to quantify the gains the internet has brought to society, last week’s Free Exchange column in the Economic discussed the concept of the “consumer surplus”, which is the difference between what a consumer is willing to pay and actually pays. [Read more →]

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Telstra, Ericsson Trial 1Tbps

March 18th, 2013
 

It’s still early yet in the 100G deployment cycle, but we are already starting to see tests of the optical industry’s next gear. Yesterday in Australia, Telstra and Ericsson did just that with a successful 1Tbps trial. [Read more →]

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Ramblings Jobs: Another From UPN

March 17th, 2013
 

We have another job listing this week, another from Unite Private Networks to go with the other four they still have active: [Read more →]

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Euro Metro Bytes: Geo, euNetworks, Akado, Vodafone, Orange

March 15th, 2013
 

Plenty of news this week from Europe, so let’s finish off with a quick look at metro fiber moves by Geo, euNetworks, Akado, Vodafone and Orange: [Read more →]

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Batelco Considers Buying a Piece of Reliance Globalcom

March 15th, 2013
 

Bahrain’s Batelco may be poised to buy a controlling stake in Reliance Globalcom. Both companies have confirmed that such talks are underway, however nobody has signed on the dotted line just yet. The deal supposedly under consideration would keep Reliance as a minority owner. [Read more →]

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tw telecom Wins Some Southern GRITS

March 15th, 2013
 

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TW Telecom (NASDAQ:TWTC, news, filings) has been awarded a competitive multi-year federal contract to bid for services from the GSA’s GRITS II. With a potential value of $550M, the award simply gives them the right to bid on providing various services to agencies and organizations across the Southeastern US, specifically [Read more →]

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Reliance Globalcom Takes Transatlantic Cable to 100G

March 14th, 2013
 

India’s Reliance Globalcom says it is upgrading its transatlantic FA-1 South submarine cable system with the help of Ciena’s GeoMesh. That will mean 100GbE with OTN support will be on tap when complete. [Read more →]

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Equinix Opens New Seattle IBX

March 14th, 2013
 

Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX, news, filings) has formally opened the doors of its second downtown Seattle data center. SE3 is right next to SE2 within the Westin Building carrier hotel, boosting Equinix’s space in the Seattle metro area by 51,000 square feet and room for 1,000 cabinets. [Read more →]

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CDN Roundup: EdgeCast, CDN.net, Level 3, CDNetworks, Akamai

March 14th, 2013
 

Quite a bit of news this week from the alternative CDNs despite CompTel, with multiple items each from Level 3, EdgeCast, and CDNetworks plus the launch of CDN.net: [Read more →]

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Fiber M&A: Fatbeam Acquires Its Way Into Tacoma

March 13th, 2013
 

There was a bit of fiber consolidation up in the Pacific Northwest today. Fatbeam announced an agreement by which the regional metro fiber builder will acquire its way into the market of Tacoma, Washington. The non-profit EMAN Networks is selling them the 25 miles of network they have in the area.  [Read more →]

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CyrusOne to Build Texas IX With Infinera’s DTN

March 13th, 2013
 

Still fressh off its IPO, CyrusOne has some big plans beyond mere colo space on its home turf down in Texas. They’ve apparently been building a statewide internet exchange fabric, hooking up their own facilities as well as other carrier hotels throughout the Texas Triangle cities of Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. [Read more →]

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FCC, FTC In Hand, MetroPCS/T-Mobile Deal Faces Shareholders

March 13th, 2013
 

Just after the five month mark since T-Mobile’s purchase of MetroPCS was announced, regulators have signed off on the transaction. Yesterday, it was the FCC giving the green light, and today the FTC has followed suit. But regulatory clearance hasn’t really been the question, now T-Mobile and MetroPCS will face the real test: the smaller carrier’s shareholders. [Read more →]

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Metro Bytes 3/13: Alpheus, Sunesys, Windstream, UNSI

March 13th, 2013
 

A quick Wednesday look at some news from the metro space from Alpheus, Sunesys, Windstream, and UNSI: [Read more →]

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Quotable quotes from MWC

March 12th, 2013
 

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

Choice quotes from insiders and outsiders at the Mobile World Congress last month: [Read more →]

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Pacnet to Invest in New Singapore Data Center

March 12th, 2013
 

Pacnet today announced a significant expansion of its data center footprint with a brand new facility in Singapore. Back in October, Pacnet and its new CEO Carl Grivner detailed a new plan to drive the company forward in which managed services and data centers would play a big role. Given that this buildout will cost $90M, clearly they are putting some money behind those words. [Read more →]

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Around the World: Scilly, Wateen, ITPC, Teraco, SEACOM

March 12th, 2013
 

Let’s leave behind the main routes for the moment and look at sever interesting news items from much further away: [Read more →]

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DukeNet Bursts Out of the Carolinas

March 11th, 2013
 

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DukeNet says it has completed a significant network expansion taking it into new markets across four more southeastern states.  They’ve built out metro and regional networks in Birmingham, Huntsville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville, Athens, Atlanta, and Richmond, Virginia, and are planning an expansion up to Ashburn.   [Read more →]

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PEG Bandwidth Plans 1500 Cell Site Expansion

March 11th, 2013
 

The wireless backhaul specialist PEG Bandwidth announced a major expansion of its footprint today. With a series of recently executed contracts in hand to power 4G expansion for four large wireless companies, they’re planning to add 1,500 new cell sites across 10 states to their network. [Read more →]

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Level 3 Secures Some Venezuelan Chickens

March 11th, 2013
 

In South American enterprise bandwidth news, Venezuela gets little attention — slightly counteracting the outsized political crap we have endured for so long. So Level 3’s contract expansion with Grupo La Caridad was aptly timed. The poultry producer has expanded the availability of Level 3’s IP-VPN to its subsidiary Avicola la Rosita, thus facilitating the exchange of data across 33 locations throughout the country via both fiber and satellite. [Read more →]

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