Telecom Ramblings

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Simplicity is one important theme at MWC 2019. It is, of course, not a solution as such, but it a success factor for all solutions. This is nothing new, but it is becoming very relevant with 5G, IoT, data and security. Many parties can build technology, but [Read more →]

Four items from four corners of the infrastructure world worth keeping an eye on: [Read more →]

Well, it’s happened. Windstream Holdings today announced that it has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Many saw this as inevitable following the recent court decision in favor of Aurelius for $310M in the wake of the company’s CS&L (now Uniti Group) spinoff back in the spring of 2015. [Read more →]

A few items from Asia and Latin America worth noting: [Read more →]

With the rumor mill relatively quiet for a week, Zayo has announced a substantial longhaul bandwidth deal in the southwestern US. An unnamed webscale provider is purchasing multiple 100G waves between Dallas and Los Angeles, which Zayo says is one of its larger recent capacity sales. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Jason Chandralal, General Manager – Product Engineering Services at Happiest Minds

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) offers the promise of increased agility, programmability, and revenue services opportunities. While SDN has been widely deployed in the data center and enterprise environments, and many service provider deployments are underway, I think the best is yet to come. [Read more →]

A few quick-takes on news from around the industry this week: [Read more →]

One of the telecommunications industry’s biggest names in India has seen a bad month get worse this week, according to various reports. The billionaire Anil Ambani is facing potential jail time if Reliance Communications, of which he is chairman, fails to pay a chunk of the dues it owes Ericsson. [Read more →]

Hurricane Electric unveiled a new network expansion yesterday across a broad North American front. The international backbone operator has tapped EdgeConneX to get it closer to, you guessed it, the edge. [Read more →]

Infinera unveiled the major elements of its next generation platform this morning under the moniker The Infinite Network. When fully in place, that new platform is expected to include 800Gbps wavelength capability. [Read more →]

A few items to catch up on from the start of this week and the end of last week: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Allan Tan, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

The launch of new data centers in Indonesia indicates that there is an extensive shift in business priorities that is driving the local enterprises to adopt multi-cloud strategies. Therefore, the demand for hosting infrastructure services will [Read more →]

Last week Google CEO Sundar Pichai said last week in a blog post that Google will be spending $13B on its infrastructure in 2019. That’s quite a lot of buildout, giving Google’s footprint outside of Silicon Valley even more depth. [Read more →]

Friday ended poorly for Windstream and well for the hedge fund Aurelius Capital Management. A Manhattan federal court has ruled against the service provider, and if the judgement holds up then the company might be facing a date with BK. [Read more →]

A few more quick takes on interesting news from this week: [Read more →]

Three interesting items worth noting from the last day or two: [Read more →]

CenturyLink reported its Q4 numbers yesterday after the market closed, continuing the integration process and boosting adjusted EBITDA.  The company decided to cut its dividend from $2.16 per share down to $1.00, which won’t make the markets very happy.  They also announced a plan to protect the company’s $7.3B pile of NOLs (net operating losses). [Read more →]

A few partnerships and contracts won so far this week that are worth checking in on: [Read more →]

This article was authored by Dylan Bushell-Embling, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

The majority of subscribers to Australia’s national broadband network (NBN) are now on speed plans of 50Mbps or higher, but nearly a quarter are still on the [Read more →]

Multiple reports ranging from the NY Post to Reuters are saying that Zayo has turned down a bid for the company. The bidder is said to have been a consortium led by Blackstone Group, and the proposed purchase price was around or just above $30/share. [Read more →]

Security concerns are never far from the surface in today’s networks, and Windstream today moved to make it easier for enterprise customers to stay on top of it all. They have now added SIEM, short for Security Information and Event Management, services to the company’s portfolio. [Read more →]

In Detroit this morning, Telia Carrier and 123Net unveiled a new partnership that expands the reach of both companies’ infrastructure. Telia has added a new PoP in 123Net’s Tier 3 data center, and 123Net is using the global backbone to scalably enhance its connectivity. [Read more →]

The data center space is a hotbed of investment in the hyperscale / cloud era, but sometimes we think it is just space and power.  Ok, maybe it mostly is, but there is also plenty of room to innovate around how you deliver those to customers whose sophistication is rapidly evolving.  Newer entrants like Aligned Energy are bringing new approaches that challenge the status quo. With us today is the CEO, Andrew Schaap, to talk about the company’s unique approach.  Andrew joined the company in 2015 after over a decade at Digital Realty Trust. [Read more →]