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Weekly Wrap: AT&T Abandons Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
Weekly Wrap for October 11, 2019
Plus, Silver Peak and Versa tout their SD-WAN stats, and reports suggest the U.S. government will subsidize Huawei rivals
One analyst cites climate change for AT&T's $2 billion sale; Silver Peak and Versa puff out their chests; and the U.S. continues to target Huawei.
AT&T Abandons Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
Silver Peak Surpasses 1,500 SD-WAN Deployments
Versa SD-WAN License Sales Top 200,000
VMware, Cisco, and Aryaka Continue to Dominate SD-WAN Sales
US Eyes Nokia, Ericsson Subsidies to Fight Huawei
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript
Today is October 1, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure.
This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution.
AT&T this week announced plans to sell its wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America for nearly $2 billion.
The deal includes wireless spectrum, real estate, around 1.1 million wireless customers and approximately 1,300 AT&T employees.
Analysts noted that the deal was driven by multiple factors.
These included AT&T attempting to relieve its enormous debt load that has ballooned to as high as $180 billion.
Much of that came from its recent acquisition of Time Warner and its past deal to acquire DirecTV.
Company executives have said that they are focused on reducing that debt.
Analysts also noted that the deal is also one of the first driven by climate change.
Roger Entner of Recon Analytics cited recent hurricanes that have devastated the Caribbean as having taken a toll on AT&T’s desire to continue operating networks in the region.
He stated that it was a no-win situation for AT&T to hold onto those assets considering climate change.
AT&T said it expects the deal to close by the middle of next year.
SD-WAN rivals Silver Peak and Versa Networks this week traded boasts about the success of their respective platforms.
Silver Peak kicked off the back-slapping by stating it had surpassed 1,500 customer deployments of its EdgeConnect platform since its launch four years ago.
Some of those deployments include deals with telecom giants NTT and Verizon.
Versa countered that announcement by claiming it has sold 200,000 SD-W...
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By SDxCentralWeekly Wrap for October 11, 2019
Plus, Silver Peak and Versa tout their SD-WAN stats, and reports suggest the U.S. government will subsidize Huawei rivals
One analyst cites climate change for AT&T's $2 billion sale; Silver Peak and Versa puff out their chests; and the U.S. continues to target Huawei.
AT&T Abandons Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
Silver Peak Surpasses 1,500 SD-WAN Deployments
Versa SD-WAN License Sales Top 200,000
VMware, Cisco, and Aryaka Continue to Dominate SD-WAN Sales
US Eyes Nokia, Ericsson Subsidies to Fight Huawei
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript
Today is October 1, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure.
This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution.
AT&T this week announced plans to sell its wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America for nearly $2 billion.
The deal includes wireless spectrum, real estate, around 1.1 million wireless customers and approximately 1,300 AT&T employees.
Analysts noted that the deal was driven by multiple factors.
These included AT&T attempting to relieve its enormous debt load that has ballooned to as high as $180 billion.
Much of that came from its recent acquisition of Time Warner and its past deal to acquire DirecTV.
Company executives have said that they are focused on reducing that debt.
Analysts also noted that the deal is also one of the first driven by climate change.
Roger Entner of Recon Analytics cited recent hurricanes that have devastated the Caribbean as having taken a toll on AT&T’s desire to continue operating networks in the region.
He stated that it was a no-win situation for AT&T to hold onto those assets considering climate change.
AT&T said it expects the deal to close by the middle of next year.
SD-WAN rivals Silver Peak and Versa Networks this week traded boasts about the success of their respective platforms.
Silver Peak kicked off the back-slapping by stating it had surpassed 1,500 customer deployments of its EdgeConnect platform since its launch four years ago.
Some of those deployments include deals with telecom giants NTT and Verizon.
Versa countered that announcement by claiming it has sold 200,000 SD-W...