New Innovation Lab program lets platform partners, such as Equinix, enable enterprises to order Comcast Business last-mile connectivity through standards-based APIs, aiming to cut delivery from weeks to days

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • New Comcast Business Innovation Lab program will let enterprises order Comcast Business last-mile connectivity through standards-based APIs within Equinix Fabric
  • Comcast Business delivers the integration through its digital orchestration platform using APIs aligned with the Mplify Lifecycle Service Orchestration framework
  • Initial phase covers last-mile Ethernet to eligible locations, with goal of cutting delivery from weeks to days, and is designed to extend to optical wavelengths, cloud connectivity, and cybersecurity

Comcast Business today announced a collaboration with Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company®, that will allow enterprises to order Comcast Business last-mile connectivity through standards-based APIs directly within Equinix Fabric®, Equinix’s software-defined interconnection service that enables customers to digitally connect their distributed infrastructure.

The collaboration builds on the Innovation Lab’s work with Colt Technology Services, announced earlier this quarter, to advance cross-carrier API interoperability and simplify how network services are delivered across providers. Both programs support Comcast Business’s strategy to make enterprise connectivity easier to discover, order, and deploy through software and partner ecosystems.

Comcast Business already connects customers to more than 700 data centers nationwide, and offers data center solutions including cross connects, cloud on-ramps, and data center interconnect. Today, enterprises can deploy cloud infrastructure, AI platforms, and applications in minutes through software. Yet, across much of the industry, the last-mile connection that links those facilities to offices, campuses, stores, and users is one of the last pieces still ordered by hand.