Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Don Boxley, CEO and Co-Founder, DH2i (www.dh2i.com)

I like to use Cybersecurity Awareness Month—which we just observed in October—as a pulse check on data protection solutions for high-risk industries that are particularly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. One industry at the top of that list is telecommunications. Since every October offers a new chance to raise awareness of cybersecurity issues, it’s a perfect time to ensure that your telecom business is taking the necessary steps to shore up its data safety online. [Read more →]

Two from China, one from Europe, and one from North America worth keeping up with: [Read more →]

Global Cloud Xchange has found itself a new owner. In an announcement yesterday, GCX revealed that 3i Infrastructure has agreed to spend $512M to acquire a 100% stake in the company. [Read more →]

A few metro and regional news items to catch up on at midweek: [Read more →]

Zayo this week has announced some new expansion plans out in Indiana, a state where they have a long history of both organic and inorganic investments. This past summer they completed the acquisition of IFN, but their new plans are for the buildout of yet more fiber. [Read more →]

Yesterday was quite a day for data center operators whose name starts with C it seems.  CyrusOne has announced an agreement to be acquired by the two investment firms Global Infrastructure Partners in a deal that will take the company private. [Read more →]

After a couple years of trying its hand in the data center space, American Tower has made up its mind and now plans to jump all the way into the deep end. The tower infrastructure giant has agreed to acquire Coresite for $10.1B. [Read more →]

With all the inorganic activity in the infrastructure space, it’s always interesting to hear a more organic story.  Bandwidth IG has spent the entire pandemic era ramping up from nothing to extensive metro reach in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the Atlanta metro area. With us today to talk about Bandwidth IG’s experiences during this period and its future plans is CEO Jim Nolte, a veteran of the metro fiber business.  Prior to Bandwidth IG, Jim spent six years each at Zayo and AGL Networks. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Darach Beirne, VP of customer success at Flowroute, now part of Intrado

Hybrid work has become the new norm for many businesses after taking center stage in 2020. Now, 74% of companies say they plan to continue remote work during their transition back to in-person or hybrid operations. Despite the numerous benefits associated with working remotely, the changes have exasperated a few challenges for businesses. For example, the influx of workforce optimization tools is creating barriers to a fluid customer experience. The barrier? IT silos. [Read more →]

Over in the UK, CityFibre and Vodafone say they are deepening their relationship as they roll out fiber to an ever larger swath of the country. The two companies unveiled an expansion of their strategic partnership making Vodafone an anchor customer nationwide. [Read more →]

Four bits of news in the data center space to keep up with: [Read more →]

A collection of data center assets is changing hands this week.  ColoHouse has announced an inorganic move to acquire Quonix, expanding its footprint with three new locations in three separate markets. [Read more →]

Lightpath is following up on its inorganic entry into Boston with an organic expansion plan. Over the summer Lightpath acquired several assets in the Boston metro area for a starting footprint of some 80 route miles. [Read more →]

Four bits of expansion news on two continents to keep up with: [Read more →]

Deutsche Telekom and the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund are teaming up for a new approach to the rural FTTH problem. The German incumbent and the infrastructure fund are founding a new joint venture that will target more rural homes and communities around the country. [Read more →]

The pandemic has been an interesting crucible, showing us how well we can work together as a society but also exposing the digital divide between those who even have that opportunity and those who don’t and never have.  With us today to offer his thoughts on how today’s world is doing when it comes to leveraging technology for all is longtime industry veteran Steve Alexander, SVP and CTO of Ciena.  Steve has been at the forefront of many of the technological developments that have shaped the modern world. [Read more →]

With its first cable system now well established, Hawaiki has unveiled some even bigger followup plans. The subsea cable operator has officially launched the Hawaiki Nui cable system, which will connect New Zealand and Australia with both North America and Southeast Asia. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Brian Horton, VP, Construction Management at LEAF Communications

Wireless construction management firms (CM) are well-versed in the entire process of cellular deployment—from site acquisition to on-air and testing. Their expertise and schedule-driven procedures help to keep any new or modification project on budget and on time. A few benefits of bringing your CM firm in at the start to manage project deployment include precision, accountability and expedited processes. [Read more →]

Here are a few quick news items from midweek worth keeping up with: [Read more →]

One acquisition, one new river crossing, one vendor win, and two partnership moves: [Read more →]

Several interesting announcements to catch up on from around the industry: [Read more →]

Zayo has introduced a new product in North America, and plans to expand its infrastructure in parallel to boost growth. The new offering is called Shielded Internet Access and will be targeted toward the enterprise marketplace, bundling common services into a unified offering. [Read more →]

Cloud Communications has come a long way from the early VoIP days of the late 2000s.  It had already matured technologically prior to the pandemic, and stepped pretty easily into the spotlight a year and a half ago.  There has been plenty of consolidation in the sector, but there is plenty more to go and lots of dynamic players involved.  With us today to talk about today’s cloud communications marketplace is Q Advisors Managing Director Andrew Gaffney.  Andrew has been with Q Advisors for 15 years, advising and aiding the companies and technologies in this sector on their path to growth and on the transactions they pursue along the way. [Read more →]