1. Industry Spotlight: Ben Edmond of Global Capacity Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 23 2013) Middle Mile Last month, Global Capacity unveiled OneHub, a new streamlined way to reach the access networks, aggregated in the company’s flagship OneMarketplace Network. Owned by Pivotal Group since 2011, Global Capacity has been increasingly active in the interconnection space lately. With us today to tell us what they are up to with OneHub and beyond is [...] (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Overture Networks

2. Happy 40th Birthday Ethernet! Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 22 2013) Today marks the 40th birthday of Ethernet, which has come a long way since the napkin on which it was conceived by Bob Metcalfe at Xerox PARC.  Generally when we talk about 40th birthdays, we look back on some ancient, giant piece of antiquated technology and wax on nostalgically about how our phones are a [...] (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Tata   Xerox PARC

3. M&A Buzz Followup: What tw telecom Could Buy Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 20 2013) National Following my contrarian article last week where I predicted that tw telecom would not only not sell as analysts are predictingbut actually buy something, several folks asked me the rather obvious followup of ‘whom’. One regular commenter went so far as to ask if all roads still stop at XO, which of course has been [...] (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Zayo   tw telecom   Lightower

4. Genachowski Punts AT&T’s Sunset Request to Wheeler Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 13 2013) North America We simply don’t have an alternative regulatory regime in the IP world that is even remotely prepared to replace the archaic regulatory framework that is now such an integral part of the PSTN.  Even within the limited framework of interconnection the IP world has a mishmash of ad-hoc interconnection infrastructures, like peering and Ethernet NNIs and such, whose rules are not entirely unlike the pirate code a la Captain Barbossa in Pirates of the Carribean. (Read Full Article)

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5. Level 3′s Other Stealth M&A: IP Networks Inc Explore Telecom Ramblings (May 1 2013) Mobile Backhaul Thanks to a few helpful readers who chimed in last night since I obviously hadn’t dug up the news, we now know of another metro fiber deal currently pending. Level 3 Communications (NYSE:LVLT, news, filings) is apparently in the process of buying the San Francisco Bay Area’s IP Networks Inc. (IPN). (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Level (3)

6. GTT Buys Inteliquent’s Carrier Ethernet and IP Data Network Explore Telecom Ramblings (Apr 30 2013) Middle Mile Inteliquent has found itself a buyer for its Tier 1 IP and Ethernet network, and that buyer is none other than GTT.  GTT had already taken the step of building its own MPLS/IP network via the acquisitions of nLayer and PacketExchange in the past several years, moving forward from the ranks of resellers to join [...] (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   PacketExchange

7. DukeNet, Charter, Mammoth, tw telecom, Level 3, Explore Telecom Ramblings (Apr 19 2013) Cable / MSO , National Lots of short but interesting items this week from across the industry. Here’s a quick look at some from the metro fiber community: … [visit site to read more] (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   tw telecom   Level (3)

8. TI Sparkle provides Ethernet to Seabone IP Transit Explore Telecom Ramblings (Mar 20 2013) Global TI Sparkle is expanding its depth in the heart of Europe with a new PoP in Amsterdam. The presence in Amsterdam Vancis will further their high speed access capabilities to the Seabone IP Transit network and to their Lan2Lan Ethernet-over-MPLS solution. TI Sparkle has been perhaps the least visible of the top IP backbones over the last few years, but its depth in Africa and Latin America is in the right spots to find growth opportunities. (Read Full Article)

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9. PEG Bandwidth Plans 1500 Cell Site Expansion Explore Telecom Ramblings (Mar 11 2013) Mobile Backhaul The wireless backhaul specialist PEG Bandwidth announced a major expansion of its footprint today. With a series of recently executed contracts in hand to power 4G expansion for four large wireless companies, they’re planning to add 1,500 new cell sites across 10 states to their network. … (Read Full Article)

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10. TelePacific Ready to Rumble in Texas, What’s Next? Explore Telecom Ramblings (Feb 27 2013) California-based TelePacific says it’s ready for a big Texas push.  They’ve now finished integrating the Tel West assets, doing the rebranding, and have now merged Tel West’s channel program into its own agent channel. The company is now moving into the Texas market with the full force of its product set. They are already selling Carrier Ethernet-over-Copper from 145 wire centers across the state. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   TelePacific

11. tw telecom's 2013 Project: Instantaneous Bandwidth Explore Telecom Ramblings (Feb 13 2013) National tw telecom’s CEO Larissa Herda has announced a new network platform that they will be putting together this year. Going by the moniker ‘Constellation’, the new platform aims to give enterprises the same sort of flexibility and speed they can get from cloud computing for their network pipes. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Zayo   tw telecom   Level (3)

12. Carrier Ethernet 3.0 for an SDN world Explore Telecom Ramblings (Feb 7 2013) MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet Now that Carrier Ethernet 2.0 is all set for commercial deployment, you may now all brace yourselves for Carrier Ethernet 3.0.  Well, not yet. Not for awhile. But it is coming. And according to Bob Metcalfe – the man who invented Ethernet in 1973 – Carrier Ethernet 3.0 will be driven by two factors: greater speeds and software-defined networking (SDN). (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum

13. Sidera Sells Some 100G Waves Explore Telecom Ramblings (Feb 5 2013) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet Sidera will be delivering 100G upgrades to MetroCast’s connections between Rochester, NY and Boston, MA and between Ashburn, VA and Leonardtown, MD. They’ll use the bigger pipes to reach key peering points to meet the traffic demands of both their consumer cable/data/voice customers as well as the enterprises they serve via Metro Ethernet. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Lightower   sidera   Sidera Networks

14. GTT Buys IDC Global, Moves Into Cloud Services Explore Telecom Ramblings (Feb 5 2013) Cloud , IDC GTT made another inorganic move yesterday with the announcement that it has acquired Chicago’s IDC Global. Over the last few years, GTT has been busy transforming itself from a reseller into a network provider in its own right. The purchases of PacketExchange and nLayer gave them an IP/MPLS/Ethernet backbone, and they’ve been spending some capex to expand that footprint further in recent quarters. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   IDC   PacketExchange

15. Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Gets First 20 Certified Vendors Explore Telecom Ramblings (Jan 31 2013) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet CE 2.0 isn’t itself a standard, rather it’s a combined set of other Ethernet standards that have evolved since MEF 9 and MEF 14 and together represent the next level of sophistication for Carrier Ethernet. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum

16. Comeback kids: Integra Telecom and CEO Kevin O’Hara Explore Telecom Ramblings (Jan 22 2013) Access , Mobile Backhaul One of the bigger comeback stories over the past year or two in telecom and internet infrastructure has been that of Integra Telecom and its CEO Kevin O’Hara.  While many still think of the western regional network operator in terms of its traditional CLEC roots, the company has been taking new advantage of its deep fiber assets and is finally emerging as a fiber power in its own right. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Integra Telecom

17. Two Enterprise Wins for Level 3 Explore Telecom Ramblings (Jan 16 2013) Today’s announcement was one they got through the Amazon AWS Direct Connect partnership. Courtagen Life Sciences will be using their Ethernet Private Line services to send terabytes of compressed data to their ZiPhyr cloud platform for processing. It’s medical data, DNA information actually, and hence HIPAA requirements are in force and Level 3′s dedicated connectivity is replacing actual physical shipments they relied on in the past. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Level (3)

18. Fairpoint Accelerates Its Fiber-to-the-Tower Plans Explore Telecom Ramblings (Jan 11 2013) Mobile Backhaul At the end of 2012, Fairpoint says it now has more than 950 wireless connection points on its fiber backhaul infrastructure. During 2013 they plan to increase that by 39% to 1,300 based on currently signed contracts. It should be noted that these connection points are not towers themselves, but virtual Ethernet pipes. The actual number of towers on-net is expected to reach about 1,000 by year’s end across their northern New England territory, which is more than 60% of the towers served in the region as I recall. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   NuVox   FairPoint Communications

19. tw telecom Stretches Into Coeur d’Alene Explore Telecom Ramblings (Dec 18 2012) National TW Telecom  is expanding its national metro fiber footprint into a new metro area. They’ve built out fiber in Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls up in the Idaho Panhandle, stretching to the east from their existing Spokane market presence across the border in Washington. The expansion will bring tw telecom’s core Business Ethernet offering to the doors of hundreds of businesses in Coeur d’Alene’s business district. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Zayo   tw telecom

20. USA Fiber M&A: A Desert In 2012 Except for Zayo Explore Telecom Ramblings (Dec 18 2012) National As last year ended, I predicted that fiber M&A activity in the USA would decrease for 2012. Zayo’s Dan Caruso set out to prove me wrong of course, with six of his seven acquisitions aimed at yet more fiber. But beyond Zayo, I seem to have been right because it was pretty sparse when it [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   NuVox   Consolidated Communications   Integra Telecom

21. Zayo, Comcast, TelePacific, Integra Explore Telecom Ramblings (Dec 17 2012) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet Time for a quick look at what’s been going on in the metro, with items from Zayo, Comcast Business, TelePacific, and Integra Telecom: … [visit site to read more] (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Integra Telecom   Zayo   TelePacific

22. CenturyLink Puts 100GigE In Place Explore Telecom Ramblings (Nov 14 2012) Local , National , Regional CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL, news, filings) isn’t waiting any longer, and today jumped on the 100G bandwagon.  They are now offering 100G Ethernet Wavelengths across their US footprint plus Singapore and London.  Further expansion of the upgrade internationally is planned for early 2013.  (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Qwest   tw telecom

23. Integra, XO Upgrade Their EoC Explore Telecom Ramblings (Nov 7 2012) Business Ethernet , Regional For many enterprise-focused competitive operators Ethernet-over-Copper technology has been growing in importance, and of course in raw bandwidth potential as well. This week two large alternative carriers announced substantial upgrades to their EoC capabilities that are worth keeping an eye on. … [visit site to read more] (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Integra Telecom

24. TeleGeography: Low Capacity VPN Port Prices Falling Explore Telecom Ramblings (Nov 1 2012) Managed Data Services , Other analysts It appears the global enterprise WAN market has been evolving rapidly over the past year. According to TeleGeography, IP VPN port pricing has been falling as usual, but for low capacity ports it has been falling much more steeply. Here’s their chart:  … [visit site to read more] (Read Full Article)

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