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Seaborn Networks announced the appointment of David Zimmer as its Chief Sales Officer. Zimmer most recently served as Senior Vice President – Carrier Services Business Unit for Earthlink (acquired by Windstream). Before that, he rose through the ranks at Level 3 Communications (now CenturyLink) over a 13-year period, culminating in his serving as Vice President […]
NETGEAR introduced a 2U modular switch starting at $100 per port that scales up to 96 ports of 10G Ethernet or up to 24 ports of 40G Ethernet, or a combination. The M4300-96X stackable switch features 12 open slots and two redundant power with support for copper, PoE+ and fiber ports. The switch supports standard […]
Deutsche Telekom has activated its first six cells with commercial 5G antennas in the heart of Berlin and thereby achieved the first 5G data connection in a live network in Europe. The Deutsche Telekom 5G cluster covers an area of up to five kilometers wide in Berlin’s Mitte and Schöneberg districts for test operations. The […]
Telia Carrier has begun offering to provide wholesale IP Transit, Ethernet, IPX and Cloud Connect for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), content and cloud providers in Mexico. The company is rolling-out its first Point of Presence (PoP) in the city of Queretaro, north of Mexico City, a major industrial growth hub and nexus for content provider […]
Eletronet, which operates a national OPGW-based fiber optic network with more than 16 thousand km, 155 POPs in 18 States of Brazil, has selected Ciena’s converged packet optical solution to launch new wavelength services for wholesale, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and webscale companies. Eletronet currently ranks as one of the largest providers of connectivity to […]
Arista Networks reported revenue of $472.5 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2018, an increase of 1.0% compared to the fourth quarter of 2017, and an increase of 40.8% from the first quarter of 2017. The GAAP gross margin was 64.1%, compared to GAAP gross margin of 65.7% in the fourth quarter of […]
Sierra Wireless reported revenue of $186.9 million for the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 15.9% compared to $161.2 million in the first quarter of 2017. Gross margin was $62.1 million, or 33.2% of revenue, in the first quarter of 2018, compared to $55.5 million, or 34.4% of revenue, in the first quarter of […]
Zayo is continuing to study the possibility of converting its tax structure into a real estate investment trust (REIT). Preliminary investigation has revealed certain advantages. The company is now engaging with the IRS to seek clarification and has begun to execute the organizational changes that are required to operate as a REIT, including the realignment […]
The FCC is requesting a FY 2019 budget of $333,118,000, derived from regulatory fees for regular FCC operations, and an auction spending cap of $112,734,000. For comparison, the FCC received an appropriation of $322,035,000 for FY 2018, which was down approximately five percent from the FY 2017 appropriation. The FCC noted that some of the […]
William Welch resigned as Zscaler’s chief operating officer. No reason was given but the company said there is no impact on its upcoming financial results. Zscaler provides cloud security services. The departure comes less than two months after the company completed its IPO.
A new, operator-led Open Disaggregated Transport Network (ODTN) project is underway at the Open Networking Foundation (ONF). The goal of ODTN is to build optical transport networks using disaggregated optical equipment, open and common standards, and open source software. The project will deliver an open source platform for running multi-vendor optical transport networks. It will […]
Coriant named Pat DiPietro as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, replacing CEO and Chairman Shaygan Kheradpir, who has stepped down from his role to pursue other opportunities. DiPietro will continue to serve as Vice Chairman of the Board, a role he has held since the founding of Coriant in 2013. DiPietro previously held […]
CyrusOne, a data center REIT, posted Q1 2018 revenue of $196.6 million, up 32% over the same period last year. The increase in revenue was driven primarily by a 29% increase in occupied CSF, lease termination fees totaling $5.0 million, and additional interconnection services. The company said it leased approximately 29 MW of power and […]
