BROWSING: Lumen Technologies

5ms latency promised for 70% of customers in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Lumen Technologies has announced the launch of its enterprise edge computing solutions in Europe. The company claims 5 millisecond (ms) latency for 70% of enterprise demand in the UK, France,...

The need for ubiquitous, reliable connectivity was brought into sharp focus throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, funding for rural broadband has become a priority for many governments around the world. But the true burden still falls on service providers, which are now...

August greetings from Nebraska, Missouri, Louisiana, Iowa, Illinois, and North Carollina.  Pictured is the Capital One Tower in downtown Lake Charles (pre-hurricane pictures here).  Yes, those are boards, not an artistic glass mosaic.  It’s been nearly a year since Hurricane Laura took dead aim on...

Lumen will sell CenturyLink-branded assets to Apollo across 20 states and retain those in 16 states Lumen Technologies has agreed to sell a portion of its incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) operations to Apollo Global Management for $7.5 billion. Lumen will retain the CenturyLink-branded assets in 16...

Greetings from Hilton Head Island (SC),  Davidson/ Lake Norman (NC) and Omaha (NE).  Pictured is a long-time friend and former colleague, Christopher (“Topher”) Wren and I having a terrific conversation and dinner at Stokes in downtown Omaha.  Topher is currently the Senior Vice President...

T-Mobile US this week report a strong first quarter marked by 1.2 million postpaid net subscriber additions and 773,000 postpaid adds. T-Mo reported total revenue of $19.8 billion with net income of $993 million. In what CEO Mike Sievert described as a "beat-and-raise quarter,"...

Lumen Technologies, formerly CenturyLink, using its fiber and edge assets for enterprise 5G services According to the "Un-carrier," it wants to double its enterprise market share in the next five years. During a March analyst event, T-Mobile executives discussed the role of 5G in driving...

Centurylink is rebranding itself as an enterprise-focused business named Lumen Technologies and positioning its offerings as a global platform for Industry 4.0. "With Lumen, we are reinventing and repositioning the company to deliver on a brand new promise: To further human progress through technology," said...