Telecom Ramblings

Windstream’s plans for its next generation optical backbone became a bit clearer yesterday with the choice of vendor. They have tapped Ciena’s coherent optical gear and software platforms to power the company’s ‘National Converged Optical Network’ project. [Read more →]

Last week it appeared Digital Colony’s Brazilian foray, Highline do Brasil, was poised to win the auction to buy Oi. Things have shifted quickly, however, and it now appears that a consortium backed by the Brazilian subsidiaries of America Movil, TIM, and Telefonica will come away with the prize. [Read more →]

Here’s a quick roundup of other news worth noting from this week: [Read more →]

Two interesting items from Windstream to look at today, plus some subsea ULL connectivity and an edge data center. [Read more →]

Some fiber has changed hands over in France. Altitude Infrastructure today officially announced the acquisition of Kosc Telecom. Kosc is a wholesale-only Connectivity-as-a-Service provider with reach throughout the country. Altitude is also focused on the wholesale FTTP space, with 3 million FTTH connections. [Read more →]

Tropical storms, presidential campaigns, pandemics, Tiktok bans, explosions in Lebanon…  It’s hard to hear oneself think in the news cycle these days, but here are a few bytes of infrastructure news to keep an eye on from midweek nonetheless. [Read more →]

Missed this one late last week, but better late than never. Zayo on Friday revealed a substantial investment in its infrastructure in the state of Tennessee. In all, the company has or is in the process of boosting its fiber in the state by 50%. [Read more →]

A few weeks ago, Seaborn emerged from a reorganization process with a new unified corporate structure and Partners Group as its majority owner.  With its Seabras-1 infrastructure in place, some new capacity on AMX-1 coming online soon, and a growing IP network capability Seaborn is looking forward to a new phase of growth.  With us today to talk about the company’s plans and how the pandemic has affected things this year is co-founder and COO Andy Bax. [Read more →]

As we say good bye to July, here’s a quick look at some news you might have missed from this week: [Read more →]

MOX Networks has polished off another unique dark fiber network buildout, this time in the Pacific Northwest. It’s just 25 route miles of fiber connecting a half dozen key data centers in Hillsboro back over to Portland, but provides an important diverse alternative to existing infrastructure. As a followup, MOX plans to build up to Seattle as well. [Read more →]

There’s no such thing as too much subsea bandwidth, or at least there isn’t when you’re Google. The tech giant announced yesterday yet another new subsea cable project, this time under the Atlantic. [Read more →]

CenturyLink has picked up a bit of government business in the desert southwest. The State of Arizona has awarded the company a new AZNet contract for connectivity and managed IT. [Read more →]

A lot is happening in Texas these days, but let’s stick to the fiber. FiberLight said today that its new Texas express routes buildout is complete, giving its statewide infrastructure a few superhighways to work with. [Read more →]

There is a substantial infrastructure M&A in the works down in Brazil. Highline do Brasil apparently has a week-long exclusive period to negotiate to buy Oi or a major piece of it for something north of $2.9B. [Read more →]

Here are a few bits of news from several major vendors from this week: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Steffen Paulus, Nokia Software

Earlier this year, the onset of the pandemic forced countries across the globe to rapidly enact social distancing and lockdown rules to curb COVID-19’s spread. This drastic change seemingly pushed us into the remote working era, creating a phenomenon that virtually all communication service providers (CSPs) had to face – radically shifting service usage patterns. [Read more →]

Two data center deployments, some SD-WAN, and a submarine cable. [Read more →]

A few interesting items from midweek worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

Dark Fiber & Infrastructure has been busy constructing fiber and conduit in the state of Maryland lately. Today they offered an update on their progress toward an alternative route from Ashburn heading northeast. [Read more →]

A few interesting items to keep an eye on while sheltering from the July sun: [Read more →]

There was a bit of consolidation in the Latin American network business late last week. The upstart provider EdgeUno and the Brazilian firm Sunnyvale Networks are joining forces. [Read more →]

The wholesale fiber and internet space has been a rough neighborhood ever since the dotcom crash, and over the past 20 years the cast of characters in it has evolved almost beyond recognition.  But there are a few providers out there that have stuck to their guns through it all.  One such service provider is Telia Carrier, the international division of the Swedish giant.  Telia’s IP backbone has consistently topped the charts in recent years, and their reach continues to grow steadily and organically.  With us today to talk about the company’s infrastructure and approach is CEO Staffan Göjeryd. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jason Moore, Co-founder and CEO, RouteThis

As economies across the globe begin reopening, conversations have turned to when the world will begin to go “back to normal.” After four months of lockdown—with restrictions in place that dictate who you can see, where you can go and [Read more →]