Telecom Ramblings

With the rise of automation, SD-WAN is steadily disrupting the enterprise networking market.  The COVID-19 pandemic has now thrust SD-WAN technologies further into the spotlight.  Participants in this sector have taken many approaches, and one of the more independent paths has been charted by Aryaka.  With us today to talk about Aryaka’s approach to the SD WAN marketplace are Shashi Kiran, CMO, and David Ginsburg, VP Product and Solutions Marketing. [Read more →]

The long holiday weekend beckons (at least here in the US), although in the current pandemic environment many of us are already home and staying there. Nevertheless, here are a few news bytes before leaving work behind: three expansions and a deal closing: [Read more →]

Yesterday a new M&A deal for a significant pile of US fiber infrastructure hit the markets. Conterra Ultra Broadband Holdings is changing hands, as APG Group and Fiera Infrastructure have done a deal with Court Square to acquire the company. [Read more →]

A federal contract, two partnerships, and a new product launch: [Read more →]

Time to catch up on a few items from last week that I wrote about but left in drafts and forgot about (oops, sorry folks). One metro fiber expansion, one M&A, one new data center, and an expanded partnership: [Read more →]

Despite the ongoing pandemic situation, there was a bit of interesting infrastructure M&A down in Texas announced today. The metro fiber solution provider PS Lightwave is acquiring IP Global, a Houston-based data center, connectivity, and voice service provider. [Read more →]

There are many niches within the colocation and data center marketplace beyond the big REIT names that get most of the press.  One company taking its own approach to the marketplace is ServerFarm, a US-based data center which operates a global footprint of both multitenant and managed enterprise data centers.  With us today is Arun Shenoy, ServerFarm’s SVP of Sales & Marketing.  Arun has been in the data center business since the late ‘90s, and joined ServerFarm two and a half years ago. [Read more →]

In other news from this week worth noting: two vendor wins, one partnership, and a business update. [Read more →]

There has been plenty of interesting stuff going on this week around the industry, time to catch up a bit: [Read more →]

With two recent inorganic expansions under its belt, FirstLight is following up with an expansion of a more organic variety. The northeastern provider is building its way into the MidAtlantic region with a major project in eastern Pennsylvania. [Read more →]

Every town, city, and county have felt the shockwaves of this year’s pandemic. COVID-19 has not only changed the ways in which we conduct business, but it has also fundamentally altered the way each industry must adapt and move forward to achieve success. Small, medium, and large businesses have seen devastating losses, and many owners continue to struggle to maintain their staff, grapple with the obstacles of reopening, or accept the consequences of shuttering their doors completely. [Read more →]

Back in 1995 when peering was young, a new internet exchange was founded in the German city of Frankfurt.  Today, DE-CIX has spread out to 20 global markets, connects more than 1900 networks, and exchanges more than 9 Terabits per second.  With us today to prep for Friday’s Anniversary Show is Chief Strategic & Corporate Development Officer Ivo Ivanov. [Read more →]

The infrastructure fund Macquarie has found itself a new target in a new destination. Last week it emerged that Enel, the Italian energy group that owns 50% of Open Fiber, has received a bid for that share from Macquarie Infrastructure Real Assets.
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This Industry Viewpoint was authored by David W Wang

Recently due to overwhelming demand of remote enterprise operations, e.g. work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, several service vendors have been accelerating the launch of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) to the markets. Cisco for instance, was [Read more →]

Two from orbit, some certifications, and some low latency: [Read more →]

One bit of investment news, one new contract, and two new PoPs: [Read more →]

Windstream and Infinera have been busy testing out the next generation of optical gear. Today they announced a successful live network trial of 800G and 700G single-wavelength technology down in the southwestern USA. [Read more →]

A contract win, a network expansion, a partnership, a new hire, and a colo expansion: [Read more →]

Four interesting items from the APAC region to start off the week, one possibly misunderstood M&A, a couple data center expansions, and a new PoP: [Read more →]

The Indian telecommunications market has always been of interest to big money investors, but over the last few months we have seen some significant action. In the last few days, Reliance Jio has sold off stakes in itself to both the private equity firms L Catterton and TPG Capital. The former is putting in $250M for a 0.39% stake, while the latter spent $598M or so for a 0.93% stake. [Read more →]

Three network expansions and a new NAP to note before the weekend: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Steve Alexander, Ciena Chief Technology Officer

Lessons learned from global virtualized edge deployments

The virtualization of network functions has become a top priority for service providers and enterprises alike. Research firm Technology Business Research, for example, predicts that [Read more →]

The global internet has a new interconnection point in southeastern Europe. DE-CIX and Lamda Hellix have teamed up to establish South East Europe Cloud & Interconnection Exchange, or SEECIX. SEECIX will focus on peering, interconnection, and cloud exchange services to carriers, clouds, and enterprises in southeastern Europe. [Read more →]