The shift towards cloud-based communications solutions is undeniable in today's dynamic business landscape. As organizations seek more flexible, mobile, and cost-effective ways to collaborate, Service Providers (SPs) face the challenge of meeting these evolving needs while navigating various obstacles. Intermedia Cloud Communications, a trusted leader in cloud communications and collaboration, has taken a strategic step forward to address these challenges by expanding its partner program tailored specifically for SPs.

Colohouse, a portfolio company of Valterra Partners and a leading player in the colocation, cloud, hosting, and network services sector, has announced the successful acquisition of Hivelocity, the leading provider of bare metal hosting. This strategic move combines the portfolio of two well-established providers with a focus on cloud and bare metal services to meet growing market demand.

Console Connect and Wasabi Technologies have agreed to collaborate to help businesses deploy fast and secure cloud migration and multi-cloud provisioning worldwide.

AT&T and Ericsson announced that they have begun installing Ericsson Cloud RAN technology on AT&T’s commercial 5G network.

Adtran announced that Telstra has successfully trialed its FSP 150 edge compute device, opening the door to enhanced network services for business customers across Australia.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to launch an AWS infrastructure Region in Mexico by early 2025. The new AWS Mexico (Central) Region will give developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and nonprofit organizations, wider options for running their applications and serving end users from data centers located in Mexico, allowing customers to store their content in Mexico. As part of its long-term commitment to Latin America, AWS is planning to invest more than $5 billion (approx. MXN $85 billion) in Mexico over 15 years. The upcoming AWS Mexico Region is the latest in AWS’s ongoing investments in Mexico to provide customers with advanced and secure cloud technologies.

Netcracker Technology announced that T-Mobile has extended and expanded its strategic relationship with Netcracker as part of a multi-year engagement that will evolve and modernize the operator’s wholesale BSS platform.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) and Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) announced that the companies have entered a definitive agreement under which HPE will acquire Juniper in an all-cash transaction for $40.00 per share, representing an equity value of approximately $14 billion.

The cost of switching between cloud computing providers has long drawn complaints, with the services derided as “roach motels” that let businesses check in but not out.

With the launch of the new AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, AWS becomes the first major cloud services provider to have an infrastructure region in Western Canada.