Comcast Business Opens Its Last-Mile Network to Partner Platforms, Starting with Equinix

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.

Companies moving workloads into colocation feel that friction the most, with compute and applications ready in minutes while they wait weeks for the connection that reaches the people who use it.

“For decades, connectivity has been essential to enterprise transformation, but the way it is ordered and delivered has not evolved as quickly as the infrastructure it supports,” said Bob Victor, Chief Product Officer, Comcast Business. “Cloud, AI, and colocation environments can be provisioned through software. The network needs to move closer to that same model. We’re already inside these data centers, and now enterprises can order that connection in software.”

“Enterprises are building globally distributed digital infrastructure to support cloud and AI workloads, but the networks connecting those environments have not always kept pace,” said Karthik Ramaswamy, Senior Vice President of Interconnection Products and Services, Equinix. “With Comcast Business last-mile connectivity integrated into Equinix Fabric, customers will be able to extend their Fabric network to more enterprise locations through the same digital experience they already use to connect their distributed infrastructure. Standards-based APIs help us make that experience simpler and more automated as customers connect increasingly distributed, multicloud, and AI environments.”

Equinix Fabric is available in more than 240 data centers across 66 markets, offering enterprises a neutral foundation for connecting distributed infrastructure to each other and to the cloud. That reach is critical as AI workloads push computing out of centralized environments and into more locations. The collaboration with Comcast Business extends the Fabric experience to the last mile, giving customers a simpler way to connect offices, campuses, and other enterprise locations to the infrastructure they already reach through Fabric.

Qualified partners will be able to check whether Comcast Business serves a location, get pricing, and place an order digitally, enabling those capabilities to be surfaced through experiences such as Equinix Fabric. Comcast Business delivers that through its digital orchestration platform, using industry-standard APIs aligned with the Mplify (formerly MEF) Lifecycle Service Orchestration framework. The interface follows an industry standard rather than a proprietary Comcast Business specification, so partners integrate once and reach the network through methods they already use elsewhere.

In the initial phase, Equinix Fabric customers will be able to digitally order Comcast Business last-mile Ethernet connectivity to eligible locations, while Comcast Business provisions the connection, with the goal of cutting delivery time from weeks to days. The companies will validate the approach with enterprise customers in live environments during this phase. Over time, the program is designed to extend to optical wavelengths, cloud connectivity, and cybersecurity.

Launched in April 2026, the Comcast Business Innovation Lab develops next-generation solutions in structured partnership with customers and leading technology providers, with defined milestones and a clear path from pilot to commercial scale. The Lab introduces new programs on a regular basis, driven by emerging enterprise priorities and direct customer input.

Enterprises and partners interested in participating can contact the team at: CBInnovationLab@comcast.com

About Comcast Business

Comcast Business offers leading global businesses the technology solutions and forward-thinking partnership they need. With a full suite of solutions including fast, reliable connectivity, secure networking solutions and advanced cybersecurity and a range of managed service options, Comcast Business is ready to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes. Comcast Business has been recognized by leading analyst firms for its continued growth, innovation, and leadership, and is committed to partnering with customers to help them drive their businesses forward.

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About Comcast Corporation

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