A recapitalization, an upgrade project, a data center real estate move, and some M&A worth noting: [Read more →]
Industry Spotlight: Xtel’s Brian Flynn Takes on Managed Security for the Work-From-Home Era
June 20th, 2022
The cloud and managed service provider space has been a dynamic environment over the past few years as technology races to keep up with changes in the enterprise marketplace. With the workforce shifting from corporate campuses out to suburban homes, enterprises have increasingly had to lean on such providers to help make rapid transitions. One of those out there in the trenches is Xtel Communications, which has charted an independent and organic path through most of the last three. With us today to talk about the company’s approach and outlook on the industry is Xtel’s President, Brian Flynn. [Read more →]
The New FCC Ruling on Robocalls: How Will You Validate Your Traffic?
June 17th, 2022
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Eli Katz, CEO at XConnect
International robocalling impacts the entire telecoms value chain from carriers to consumers. To help prevent robocalls that are initiated from outside the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently expanded on the existing domestic stir shaken solutions to now include internationally originated calls terminating into the US and US gateway providers must now take [Read more →]
Thursday Bytes: Arelion, Everstream, Proximity, Quickline, Accord
June 16th, 2022
Three regional expansion moves and a new regional fiber player in the Midwest: [Read more →]
Colo Roundup: NTT, Vantage, DataBank, Digital Realty
June 15th, 2022
Four items from the data center space worth keeping up with: [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Infinera, Digital Realty, Nokia, Metronet
June 14th, 2022
Two vendor wins and a new joint venture: [Read more →]
Aqua Comms Taps Telecom Egypt For EMIC-1 Link Along the Suez
June 14th, 2022
Aqua Comms has lined up the one key bit that every subsea cable between Europe and India needs in place before truly getting things moving for the Europe Middle-East India Connect 1 cable system. They have signed an agreement with Telecom Egypt to make the hop between the Mediterranean and Red Seas. [Read more →]
Monday Bytes: MBC, First Electric, DZS, Africa Data Centres, iM Critical
June 13th, 2022
A few expansion projects from late last week as we get rolling this Monday morning: [Read more →]
Pragmatic incremental gains take center stage in the fiber broadband race
June 10th, 2022
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Wade Anderson, Vice President of SME, IQGeo
The increased reliance on the internet across all major industries has seen the telecom sector grow exponentially over the last decade. This reliance has been fueled further by the pandemic – with people now requiring reliable, high-speed internet to work away from the office, thus leading to a high demand for [Read more →]
Thursday Bytes: MOX, Breezeline, DE-CIX, Logix, Equinix
June 9th, 2022
A network upgrade, some FTTH expansions, an NNI, and a new data center: [Read more →]
STACK Heads Down Under
June 9th, 2022
STACK Infrastructure’s expansion plans have taken it to a new continent again. Yesterday the data center developer and operator announced a new partnership with the Australian real estate developer Hickory. The arrangement enables new plans for big infrastructure projects across Australia. [Read more →]
Wednesday Roundup: 1623Farnam, CoreSite, Bluebird, Vantage
June 8th, 2022
Four expansion projects, two in the data center space and two of the network buildout variety: [Read more →]
Bandwidth IG Starts Up in Portland With Some Hillsboro Dark Fiber
June 8th, 2022
Bandwidth IG has moved into a third metro dark fiber market. Following the company’s dark fiber network rollouts in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Greater Atlanta, the company has announced its presence in Greater Portland, Oregon. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Windstream Wholesale, CityFibre, GlobalConnect
June 7th, 2022
Three bits of news about three very different large scale expansion projects: [Read more →]
Monday Bytes: Web Werks, Iron Mountain, Elettra, Infratel Italia, AMS-IX, Quanza
June 6th, 2022
Three infrastructure projects from three parts of the world and three sectors of the industry: [Read more →]
Friday Bytes: Novva, BDx, Zayo, Lumen
June 3rd, 2022
Four bits of interesting infrastructure news to catch up on before the weekend: [Read more →]
The Role Telecom Company Corporate Boards Need to Play in ESG Reporting
June 3rd, 2022
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Rashida Salahuddin, President & CEO of The Corporate Citizenship Project
Ever since the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules governing climate-related disclosures from all public companies on March 21, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting has become a necessary part for telecom company corporate boards to address, especially in today’s environmentally and socially conscious world. [Read more →]
Indiana’s Independents Band Together for Hoosier Net
June 2nd, 2022
Indiana now has a new regional fiber option. A group of 17 ILECs has banded together to form Hoosier Net, pooling their resources to create a state-wide, middle-mile fiber network operator. [Read more →]
Wednesday Roundup: LightEdge, NFINIT, Great Plains Communications, Datagrid
June 1st, 2022
A fiber expansion, a data center anchor tenant, and a few environmental moves: [Read more →]
DE-CIX Takes Aim at Africa
June 1st, 2022
DE-CIX is moving to take on another continent, a significant milestone in its ongoing global expansion. The IX specialist has lined up partners in Nigeria, Libya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to establish a new platform in each country’s capital city. [Read more →]
Tuesday Bytes: Colt, Orange Business, Tampnet, Nokia
May 31st, 2022
A couple network expansions, a bit of M&A, and another shift toward cloud-native. [Read more →]
MSMEs are Scaling up the Digital Curve
May 27th, 2022
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Sudhir Kunder, Country Director, DE-CIX India
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the pillars of the Indian economy
contributing to an over 40% share in the country’s GDP and employment. To add further, a number as loud as 56 million MSME entrepreneurs showcases the capabilities of Indian entrepreneurs to innovate and create products that address the specific needs of the country. [Read more →]
Thursday Roundup: NTT, Lumen, NEC, Juniper, Superloop
May 26th, 2022
A new data center, some edge computing for blockchain, a network upgrade project, and an acquisition: