Telecom Ramblings

It has been quite a ride for Windstream over the last year or two, even more so than for the rest of us.  With restructuring now behind them, the company’s wholesale division is looking to put its newly national network and next generation technology to work in a big way.  With us today to talk about Windstream’s new look, its plans for the wholesale marketplace, and the ongoing effects of the pandemic on both the company and the industry as a whole is Joe Scattareggia, EVP of Wholesale Solutions.  Joe was with us here for a spotlight a couple years ago, and is back for another round. [Read more →]

The wait is over, GTT has made its deal to sell its fiber and data center infrastructure division. They have signed a definitive purchase agreement with I Squared Capital for $2.15B. [Read more →]

There was a bit of fiber M&A out in the Pacific Northwest announced yesterday. InstarAGF has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LS Networks. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Kailem Anderson, VP of Portfolio and Engineering, Blue Planet, a division of Ciena

The shift to remote working and our increasing reliance on the cloud and digital services have fueled significant changes in the way enterprises demand connectivity and consume bandwidth. More businesses across a [Read more →]

Plenty of infrastructure news from around the world to keep busy with this week: [Read more →]

There have been multiple interesting partnerships announced in the metro fiber market this week worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

Four interesting items from around the industry and across three continents to catch up on: [Read more →]

EQT has another big purchase in mind, if they can convince the right people. A Bloomberg report came out over the weekend detailing the Swedish private equity firm’s plans to make a bid for the Dutch incumbent. The company’s current market value of about $11B is at low ebb, making the idea increasingly alluring. [Read more →]

Also new in the news this week: more interconnection, another edge data center, some backhaul, and a new hire: [Read more →]

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

The adoption of SaaS-based cloud communication services has been steadily on the rise – propelled forward by the sudden shift to remote work in early 2020. Teams across industries and countries turned to [Read more →]

Two contract wins, a new CEO, and a new data center, not necessarily in that order: [Read more →]

There has been a bit of interesting M&A in the managed services world. Amsterdam-based Expereo has announced the acquisition of Globalinternet. [Read more →]

A couple infrastructure expansion projects and a couple of partnerships at midweek: [Read more →]

Along with today’s Telia deal, there was some interesting M&A in the data center world. 365 Data Centers announced this morning that Stonecourt Capital LP has acquired the company. [Read more →]

In a major announcement for the European telecommunications business, Telia Company today announced an agreement to sell its international carrier division. Polhem Infra will be buying Telia Carrier for SEK9.4B, or $1.06B, on a cash and debt free basis. [Read more →]

Two global network expansions, some regional fiber expansion plans, and a sale/leaseback deal worth noting: [Read more →]

As more and more fiber gets rolled out to towers and homes around the country to accommodate the race to 5G, satisfy heightened consumer demand from COVID-19, and connect under-served communities, the logistics of large-scale projects can get complex. With us today to talk about the company’s technology and its approach to addressing these challenges is Render Networks CEO, Sam Pratt. [Read more →]

Equinix announced yesterday the closing of a major expansion north of the border. In a deal I managed to miss entirely when it was announced back in June, Equinix has acquired 13 data centers from BCE Inc., the parent company of Bell Canada. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by GeoLinks’ Melissa Slawson

We’ve all heard the term “future proof” – the concept of building something unlikely to become obsolete. In the broadband world, a future-proof network is one that can accommodate the ever-changing needs of an ever-growing, ever-more-bandwidth-hungry society. While no one knows what network technologies await us, “future proof” has become synonymous with “fiber only.” However, promoting projects that exclude any technology except fiber makes the promise of a “future-proof” network more costly, more time consuming and much more difficult to deliver. [Read more →]

Some metro and regional deployments, product enhancements, and an IX: [Read more →]

A few upgrades, product rollouts, and interconnections worth noting at midweek: [Read more →]

In a major M&A move in the data center space today, DataBank has announced a definitive agreement to acquire zColo from Zayo. I wondered if Zayo might step back into the M&A game now after EQT and Digital Colony took them private, but I didn’t actually expect them to do so from the other side of the table. But of course Digital Colony is kind of on both sides of this particular table. [Read more →]

Some DC power, a bit of vendor M&A, and a couple of 5G deployments: [Read more →]