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Here Come the Russians, via Equinix
Explore Telecom Ramblings (19 hours, 45 min ago)
For many years, when we talked of global fiber networks, it was the US, Europe, and then go to the oceans to get to Asia. But Russian network operators are finally becoming relevant outside of Russia, both by building viable trans-Asian connectivity and expanding internationally in their own right. TTK, a.k.a. CJSC TransTelecom, is deploying a new core network node in Tokyo and also adding IP and Ethernet Exchange connectivity in Silicon Valley, Ashburn, Hong Kong, London, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt.
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tw telecom Advances in Hawaii, Pacific Northwest
Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 17 2012)
TW Telecom (NASDAQ:TWTC, news, filings) goes about its business in such an understated way that it’s too easy to miss the interesting bits. This week they had some luck to the west, picking up both a solid enterprise and federal wins. The GSA has awarded them one of those multi-year indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity contracts to supply various government agencies with VoIP, several flavors of Business Ethernet, and Private Network Transport. Agencies can either go through the GSA or direct through tw, and the contract runs through December of 2014 with provisions for two one-year extensions
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Industry Spotlight: Sidera Network's Clint Heiden | Telecom Ramblings
Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 10 2012)
With its position on the Northeastern corridor plus Chicago, Sidera Networks’ regional and metro fiber assets give it a premier position in the sector, especially when it comes to the financial services vertical. With us today to talk about Sidera’s current activities and plans for the future is their new President, Clint Heiden. Clint previously drove the fiber businesses of PAETEC and Intellifiber, and joined Sidera back in December.
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Metro Fiber Roundup 5/10: 24/7, Level 3, Fatbeam, tw telecom
Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 10 2012)
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Friday Roundup 5/4: Zayo, tw telecom, CFE, QBrick, Telx, ViaWest
Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 4 2012)
TGIF. There’s been a lot of news this week, more than I’ve been able to keep up with. Here’s some quick looks at a selection of interesting items: … [visit site to read more]
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FiberLight, Zayo Help CBeyond Take the Optical Ethernet Plunge
Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 2 2012)
CBeyond has been transforming itself away from its T1 origins for a while now, but today they announced a major new initiative to reach their customers via fiber alternatives. They hope to light 1,000 buildings and bring Metro Ethernet to 50% of their cstomer base by the end of next year.
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Network M&A: Gtt Acquires nLayer
Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 1 2012)
Just a few weeks shy of a year after taking out PacketExchange, Global Telecom & Technology (OTCBB:GTLT, news) has made its second acquisition of a tier-2 network operator. GTT seems to have made up its mind to go all-in in the IP transit and Ethernet space as part of its overall managed data service offerings. The nLayer assets will boost the company’s coverage and scale, both in the US and transatlantic.
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It’s Official: Vodafone to Buy C&W Worldwide
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Apr 23 2012)
After more than two months of consideration and a challenge from Tata Communications (NYSE:TCL, news, filings), Vodafone Group (NYSE:VOD, news, filings) said this morning that it has reached an agreement to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide (LON:CW, news). They had received a three day extension on Friday, which seemed to indicate the tying up of [...]
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Comcast’s Business VoIP Cloud Rolls In
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Mar 27 2012)
Remember about two years ago when cable giant Comcast bought up the small but dynamic wholesale VoIP services provider New Global Telecom? Since then Comcast has made waves in the metro Ethernet side of the enterprise market, but not so much with VoIP. Well, they took their time about it but they [...]
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On Spectrum and Wireless Backhaul Bottlenecks
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Mar 27 2012)
In a guest article in Forbes over the weekend, Level 3 CEO James Crowe opened a new front against the incumbent last mile providers. Or, more accurately, he reopened a front that the FCC has been trying to sit on for a very long time. He took them to task for exacerbating the very spectrum shortage [...]
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A Tampa Wireless Win For FiberLight
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Mar 22 2012)
Yesterday southeastern metro fiber operator FiberLight (news) announced another expansion project to go with the buildout in West Texas. They will be providing Ethernet backhaul services to over 40 additional towers in the Tampa metro area for ‘one of the nation’s leading wireless providers’. The Tampa project will add 50 route miles in the region [...]
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Colo Bytes 3/7: QTS, Telx, Interxion, IO
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Mar 7 2012)
Telx Group (news, filings) added another participant at its Cloud Connection Center in Los Angeles, where it recently expanded its square footage by 18%. Black Lotus has moved in to take advantage of the interconnection options in order to strengthen its DDoS protection and mitigation services. Telx recently rebranded and repackaged its full line of interconnection services (including its Ethernet Exchange) under the Connect Portfolio, reflecting how dynamic this space surrently is as the world moves into the cloud.
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Metcalfe, MEF to Introduce Carrier Ethernet 2.0
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Feb 23 2012)
The Metro Ethernet Forum has unveiled its next generation of Ethernet standardization, with none other than Bob Metcalfe doing the honors. Carrier Ethernet 2.0 has arrived. … [visit site to read more]
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MEF Takes On Mobile Backhaul
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Feb 10 2012)
This week, the Metro Ethernet Forum dived into the problem of how to scale mobile backhaul. With LTE now ready to take off in earnest, scaling the costs needed to bring all that traffic to the backbone is an urgent issue for most wireless carriers. As you might suspect, the MEF’s solution involves … [visit [...]
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Metro Bytes 2/9: tw telecom wins goverment deal; joins Amazon AWS
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Feb 9 2012)
TW Telecom (NASDAQ:TWTC, news, filings) picked up an interesting government deal as well. The state of South Carolina has awarded them a multi-year contract that enables tw to serve the state’s various agencies, departments, educational institutions, and such with its usual suite of Ethernet, IPVPN, and converged solutions. tw telecom has metro networks in Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Charleston, and spent 2011 adding buildings to its network nationwide at a startling pace. Meanwhile, just today they joined the list of fiber operators supporting Amazon’s AWS Direct Connect platform.
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Equinix, Neutral Tandem Ally For Ethernet Exchange
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Jan 16 2012)
The Ethernet Exchange business is continuing to evolve rapidly. Two years ago, four geographically expansive Ethernet exchange businesses emerged: CENX, the independent; Equinix, the carrier-neutral colo giant; Telx, the IP interconnection specialist, and Neutral Tandem, branching out from voice. But the pure exchange model has been difficult to monetize, and each effort has been looking for the right angle.
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Ramblings 2012 Predictions: Less Fiber/CLEC M&A | Telecom Ramblings
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Dec 23 2011)
Yep, you heard me right. After the plethora of smaller fiber deals in 2010 and this years larger combinations, I think 2012 is going to be a bit quieter
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Clinica Sierra Vista Hooks Up the tw telecom Way
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Dec 15 2011)
TW Telecom raked in yet another of its trademark multi-site, multi-year enterprise contracts yesterday over in the healthcare vertical. Clinica Sierra Vista will be using the company’s Business Ethernet and converged services to connect 46 … [visit site to read more]
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CLEC Integra Telecom has connected its Ethernet footprint with Saddleback Communications
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Dec 2 2011)
Out west, the large regional CLEC Integra Telecom has connected its Ethernet footprint with that of Saddleback Communications, bringing expanded connectivity to both companies. I haven’t run into Saddleback much, but they were created by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in the Phoenix metro area. If I had a map of their fiber footprint, I’d post it in my metro maps section – hint hint…
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Level 3 Expands South of the Border
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Nov 14 2011)
Continuing its integration of the Latin American assets of Global Crossing, Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ:LVLT, news, filings) today announced capacity upgrades as well as additional service deployments in Mexico. That means waves, private line, IP transit, Ethernet WAN, IP VPN, and Ethernet local access – the core of … [visit site to read more]
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There’s No Growth Like Packet Data Growth
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Nov 9 2011)
When you step back and take a look at a few competitive fiber operators results side by side, there is a common trend that has been very obvious this year. Packet-based data products and services have been the source of nearly all the growth, and nothing else is even close.
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Cologix Lifts the Curtains On Network Neutral Interconnection and Colo Biz
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Oct 18 2011)
It’s a nice time to be entering the colocation business if one takes TeleGeography’s report today to heart. With vacancy rates down in top markets, Cologix will have an easier time gaining a foothold and establishing its brand. Their interconnection business features 200+ carriers to choose from, one wonders if they have any interest in the Ethernet Exchange business or some variant in the future, a la Telx.
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Equinix’s Ethernet Exchange Gains Three Key European Connections
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Oct 12 2011)
The Ethernet Exchange business has not found its way into the news as much in 2011 as it did in 2010, but they are still out there. The quietest of them has perhaps been Equinix, perhaps because it needs the publicity less. But Equinix yesterday announced the addition of three key new participants, strengthening its [...]
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Three More Moves By Level 3
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Oct 12 2011)
If we expected Level 3 to go quiet while it gets its integration of Global Crossing rolling, the opposite appears to be the case. Three more moves on three completely different fronts – two early integration milestones and a key contract: …
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