The ball has dropped in Times Square and businesses are re-opening after holiday break, setting their sights on what 2018 may have in store.
Telecom Ramblings has a few predictions for what may occur in the next year.
Some of Telecom Ramblings guesses for the future include:
- More chaos for net neutrality
- AT&T abandoning its attempts to purchase Time Warner
- Verizon rolling out 5G in the US
Predictions are always tricky, so be sure to save this one and check back in next December to see how many came true.
In a bit of actual news,
FierceTelecom reports that voice and data communications provider Windstream reached into its wallet during the waning moments of 2017 to aquire MassComm. The New York-based MassComm provides telecommunications and connectivity management, consultation, and development solutions for voice, data, and networking technologies.
Financial terms were not disclosed, but Windstream believes the purchase will give it a broader portfolio of services to deliver.
“The combination of MassComm’s innovative services and customer base with Windstream’s larger CLEC operations and fiber network will enable the combined company to increase its competitiveness by expanding its portfolio of services, generating efficiencies that benefit customers, and serving more customers over its own facilities where it can,” Windstream said in an FCC filing.