CHANGING CONSUMER DEMANDS AND AUTOMATION SHAKING UP VOICE MARKET FOR TELECOMS:

DATA CENTER POST INTERVIEW WITH HUGO ROSEIRO, DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS, SPEAKINTELLIGENCE

As the Director of Partnerships for SpeakIntelligence, Hugo Roseiro loves building strategic relationships. He has more than 12 years of experience in the telecom industry, and is responsible for the acquisition and management of partners and suppliers for SpeakIntelligence, a global communication provider delivering all types of phone numbers, a cloud-based platform for intelligent routing, and easy to use telephony packages.

THE FUTURE OF 4G AND CONNECTING RURAL AMERICA:

DATA CENTER POST INTERVIEW WITH JAMES TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF CARRIER SALES, BLUEBIRD NETWORK

Based in Columbia, Missouri, Bluebird Network has over 6,000 fiber route miles of high-speed broadband and fiber-optic connections, and 135 Points of Presence (PoP) sites spanning the Midwest, including Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Tulsa, Omaha, Des Moines, and Memphis. The company also has an underground data center, Bluebird Underground, located in a subterranean mine in Springfield.

BLOCKCHAIN TECH PROVIDER BITFURY GAINS GOVERNMENT APPROVAL FOR $35 MILLION NORWAY DATACENTER 

Blockchain technology company Bitfury announced it will open an “energy efficient” datacenter in Norway March 20 in a deal with the blessing of the government. In a blog post, the business confirmed it would open two sites around the town of Mo i Rana, investing 274 million kronor ($35 mln) in infrastructure and hiring 30 employees.

TELECOM RESTRUCTURING ON THE RISE AS PROVIDERS LOOK FOR TURN-KEY SOLUTIONS

According to law firm Baker McKenzie, global mergers and acquisitions hit $2.6 trillion in 2017. But based on the firm’s most recent report, the global economy is poised to shatter that number this year with a record $3.2 trillion.