Next time you go the zoo, be very careful with your cell phone.  Monkeys are always on the lookout for the coolest new phones.

On February 25, AT&T filed a lawsuit stating that the city of Louisville, KY, lacks the jurisdiction to allow high-speed Google Fiber and other ISPs to install equipment on its utility poles. AT&T claimed to welcome competition in providing Louisville residents with faster online access but that the so-called “One Touch Make Ready” ordinance goes against various state and federal […]

Verizon Communications Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement to purchase XO Communications’ fiber-optic network business for approximately $1.8 billion. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval from various governmental agencies and is expected to close in the first half of 2017. Consolidation continues in the telecommunication industry to provide the scale that is […]

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has announced their Flexible Access System Architecture (FASA) as part of their strategy to encourage sales of white box hardware for the optical access network. White Box sales of Ethernet Switches for data centers have been steady if unspectacular as reported by Dell’Oro (report on Data Center white boxes).  […]

In the past two weeks, we have seen two small Canadian telecom equipment manufacturers, BTI Systems and TeraXion be sold off in whole or in part. BTI is going to Juniper (see Sale of BTI). Assets from TeraXion going to Ciena (see TeraXion assets sold). Do small players like BTI Systems and TeraXion have a […]

Juniper Networks announced that it has acquired Canadian optical networking equipment company, BTI Systems. BTI provides carriers, service providers, content providers, colocation providers and cloud infrastructure companies with hardware and software-defined networking (SDN) tools. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We expect the acquisition will allow Juniper to accelerate the delivery of open and […]

Ciena Corp. and privately held TeraXion have reached an agreement for Ciena to acquire the Quebec City company’s High-Speed Photonics Components (HSPC) assets. Ciena will pay roughly CAN$46.6 million (US$32 million) for the assets, including their indium phosphide and silicon photonics technologies with the associated intellectual property (IP). “The TeraXion HSPC assets advance Ciena’s established […]

December 16, 2015: Earlier this evening, Shaw Communications, Inc. announced that it has agreed to purchase WIND Mobile Corp. for an enterprise value of approximately $1.6 billion. Wind operates in urban areas in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. They have 940,000 subscribers. Wind’s chief executive officer, Alek Krstajic will continue to run the wireless business, […]

Last week, Ciena, the optical transport equipment vendor, announced unaudited financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended October 31, 2015. For the fiscal fourth quarter 2015, Ciena reported revenue of $692.0 million as compared to $591.0 million for the fiscal fourth quarter 2014. For fiscal year 2015, Ciena reported revenue of $2.4 billion, […]

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., including its two primary operating subsidiaries, MTS and Allstream Inc., announced it has signed a binding agreement to sell Allstream to Zayo Group Holdings Inc., a leading provider of communication infrastructure in an all cash transaction for $465 million. “This transaction is the outcome of a comprehensive process which left no […]