Telecom Ramblings

The current FCC Chairman, Ajit Pai, announced yesterday his plans to resign on January 20th, 2021, a year short of the five year term. His successor has not yet emerged, but I’m sure that will change over the next month and a half. [Read more →]

This morning the transatlantic submarine cable community officially got a little bit bigger. Aqua Comms has announced the successful launch of AEC-2, the company’s second cable system and its part of the HAVFRUE project that’s been underway for a couple years now. [Read more →]

Three bits of fiber expansion news, and one new data center: [Read more →]

Finding and developing talent in today’s technology world is an ever-present challenge in the technology space.  But over the last eight years, Salute Mission Critical has forged a new path to meeting the demand for qualified personnel: recruiting, training, and then putting veterans to work in the fields of data center construction and operations.  With us today to talk about Salute’s unique position within the internet infrastructure sector is Kristen Vosmaer, EVP of Global Operations. [Read more →]

A few international upgrades, deployments, partnerships, and new positions before everyone in the USA heads out (or home) for Thanksgiving.  Stay safe folks! [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Hugo Diaz of Claro Enterprise Solutions

Businesses looking to modernize, enhance and simplify their connectivity environments are increasingly turning to Software Defined Wide Area Networking solutions. SD-WAN can help organizations prioritize applications, [Read more →]

Some collaboration news, a new CEO, some new fiber, and a flagpole. [Read more →]

As the wave of migration of applications to the cloud continues, we sometimes forget that this is not one problem but rather a multitude of problems, each with its own special issues and considerations.  That leaves room for companies to dial in on opportunities that the broader solution sets don’t handle.  LzLabs is one of those companies targeting a unique enterprise computing niche that many people have forgotten is still out there: mainframes.  With us today to talk about LzLabs’ unique position within enterprise cloud migration is Executive Chairman Mark Cresswell. [Read more →]

Lots of news to catch up on before the short week prior to Thanksgiving. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing Officer, EdgeConneX®

The importance of efficiently distributed network capacity and diversity of network access solutions will only increase as network traffic explodes in the coming years. IDC predicts the average person will have nearly 5,000 digital interactions per day by 2025, up from the [Read more →]

Three ecosystem partnerships, one technology upgrade, and a customer win across five US data center and colocation operators worth noting from this week: [Read more →]

Expansions, upgrades, and deployments by international network operators across multiple continents to keep an eye on: [Read more →]

Some interesting infrastructure consolidation hit the market today. 365 Data Centers has announced the purchase of Atlantic Metro Communications. The deal nearly doubles 365’s customer and revenue footprint. [Read more →]

Here’s some quick catch-up from around the industry: [Read more →]

This has been a year of extraordinary events for everyone, but for those near the recent fires out West, it has been even more so. As a regional fiber provider with network in Oregon and neighboring states, Hunter Communications has had to deal with not just the COVID-19 pandemic, but raging wildfires across its service territory as well. Grain Management took a majority position in the company this past spring, and Hunter recently embarked on an FTTH journey as well. With us today to talk about those experiences and its view of the marketplace overall is CEO Michael Wynschenk. [Read more →]

Some metro and regional news, one from New England, the other from the Southeast. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Darach Beirne, Vice President of Customer Success at Flowroute, now part of Intrado

Businesses across the globe are still adapting to organizational changes put into place because of the ongoing pandemic and they’re shifting their IT investments accordingly. Many companies have migrated to cloud-based communication systems and workplace tools to maintain continuity, improve remote collaboration across teams and enhance interactions with customers. However, [Read more →]

I almost hesitate to check domestic news right now, but luckily there’s plenty of international items to keep up with: [Read more →]

Western Africa has long been one of those places in the world where bandwidth comes from the ocean, not the land. Yesterday at the AfricaTech Festival, Orange made a move to change all that by announcing a pan-West African fiber network. [Read more →]

The Midwestern fiber builder and operator Everstream is expanding eastward into Pennsylvania, and they’re doing it the fast way. Today they announced a definitive agreement to acquire both fiber and customers from Uniti that will give the company an instant presence across the state. [Read more →]

A couple new data centers, some metro fiber, and a submarine cable RFS: [Read more →]

Here’s a quick rundown on some news from late last week plus a new data center launch from this morning: [Read more →]

This one slipped past me somehow when it came out over the weekend, but better late than never. Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Astound Broadband from TPG Capital and Patriot Media Management for $8.1B. [Read more →]