Telecom Ramblings

On the metro front, some FTTH news, an IX partnership, and a data center expansion project: [Read more →]

In today’s hyperconnected world, consumers rely on telcos and multiple system operators (MSOs) for just about everything. They serve as a lifeline for healthcare, providing telehealth to communicate with the chronically ill.  They act as the primary enabler of home schoolers, accessing the curriculum and collaborating with teachers and other students not enrolled in traditional school. And the entertainment and connection to friends and family that MSOs provide is critical to the quality of life. Telco and MSOs are technology intensive businesses that generate revenue by providing service to a diverse population of consumers. Success depends on simple formula – [Read more →]

Infinera announced two customer wins so far this week, with subsea deals helping two consortium partners on the same cable system to better connect North and South America. [Read more →]

Nokia certainly started off this week with a bang with news coming in from five different fronts, each worth noting individually: [Read more →]

An optical upgrade, a technology partnership, a new IX, and some data center M&A: [Read more →]

Three contract wins and a new product launch before you go home for the weekend: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Andy Burrell, Head of Portfolio Marketing, CNS Business Applications, Nokia

Before it was even available, Communication service providers (CSPs) crowned 5G as a game-changer for delivering a new network experience and new services to their customers. Praised for its ultra-low latency networks and high speeds, 5G would enable service providers to facilitate more than just connectivity. Some of the new services included offerings such as private wireless networks with industrial apps, dedicated 5G slices, new data insights and plug-and-play APIs — to name a few. [Read more →]

Three expansion projects on three continents worth keeping up with: [Read more →]

Uniti Group is investing in its intercity fiber network with two new lit routes. The plans call for 100G and 400G wavelength services as well as spectrum services on the new Dallas-Atlanta and Atlanta/Ashburn routes. [Read more →]

ESnet has launched the latest iteration of its next-generation network backbone. ESnet6 is the U.S. Department of Energy’s research & development network and is headquartered at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It connects up all the national laboratories, supercomputing centers, researches, and instruments, enabling the processing and sharing of massive data sets. [Read more →]

A bit of M&A, some R&D, and a couple of interesting technology deployments: [Read more →]

STACK Infrastructure has unveiled new plans for a major colocation campus in the Frankfurt metro area. The data center builder and operator is preparing to develop a 17-acre property 20km west of downtown Frankfurt am Main into its first data center in this key European data marketplace. [Read more →]

Telenor, the incumbent provider of Norway, has announced a transaction that will create a new fiber provider. The deal will see a consortium led by the private equity group KKR and including the life insurance company and pension fund Oslo Pensjonsforsikring take a 30% stake in the newly established Telenor Fiber AS. [Read more →]

A few bits of network news from around the globe to close out the week: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Bala Vasanth Murugan, Associate Directory – Deliver at Prodapt Solutions

The demand for broadband communication services has soared, with an increased focus on fiber internet connectivity. Major countries around the globe are aiming to deliver full-fiber broadband to millions of premises in the next 5-10 years. Also, the global pandemic has changed the way we work and live, and fiber networks have never been so vital in unlocking our digital futures. [Read more →]

The edge data center specialists at EdgeConneX have found a new global market to enter. Yesterday they announced the formation of a new joint venture with Aboitiz InfraCapital, the infrastructure arm of the eponymous Philippine conglomerate. The JV will look to built out data centers in the Philippines. [Read more →]

A couple expansion projects, and upgrade, and a new solution: [Read more →]

Three global data center projects of interest and one M&A completion. [Read more →]

As we enter the fourth quarter of 2022, here is a quick roundup of some of the news from the weekend and late last week to wrap things up for Q3: [Read more →]

The Fiber-to-the-Home opportunity has led to a bit of consolidation up in the Pacific Northwest. The regional provider LS Networks has entered into an agreement to acquire the residential service provider PocketiNet Communications. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Greg Elliott, VP of 1623 Farnam

Over the past couple of years, discussions around how 5G networks will influence entertainment, and specifically the music industry, largely centered around the ins and outs of virtual events. This was for good reason: crowd limit mandates and quarantine restrictions made live concerts disappear. Instead, artists performed streaming shows and festivals through online platforms. In regard to testing the limits of 5G networks [Read more →]

Evocative has closed a significant deal for a bundle of assets from INAP. The deal significantly expands Evocative’s data center footprint while adding a few network assets as well as talent. [Read more →]

Zayo is taking its network to the southern hemisphere, or more specifically into South America. The company has expanded its lit network options with a new route down to São Paulo, Brazil. [Read more →]