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Read MoreSAVANNAH, GA and JACKSONVILLE, FL — Hargray, a regional communications provider and metro-fiber over-builder, announced an agreement to acquire Dark Fiber Systems (DFS), a dark fiber provider in Jacksonville, Florida. This...
Read MoreATLANTA — Superior Essex, a manufacturer and supplier of communications cable and accessory products serving the communications industry, is streamlining fiber-optic network installations with new all dielectric self support...
Read MoreRIDGELAND, MS — C Spire, in coordination with Airspan Networks, Microsoft, Nokia and Siklu, announced their collaboration that will test and deploy a variety of broadband technologies in combination with new service and...
Read MoreSPARTANBURG, SC — AFL is introducing the LQ-Series I/O Plenum Loose Tube Cable, developed to provide a lower cost inter-building cabling solution for campus-based networks. Because the LQ cable is tested and qualified to meet...
Read MoreSAN JOSE, CA — Calix announced the GigaMesh, the latest addition to the Calix Smart Home and Business solution powered by EXOS. The GigaMesh enables communications service providers (CSPs) to extend Wi-Fi coverage to all...
Read MoreNEW YORK — Verizon 4Q Results show 54,000 Fios Internet net additions with Fios total revenue growth of 2.9 percent year over year. During the same time period, Verizon lost a net of 46,000 Fios Video connections, continuing...
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LONDON — The number of multiplay households in the Americas subscribing to double, triple or...
Read MoreMACON, GA and SAVANNAH, GA — Hargray, a regional communications provider and metro-fiber over-builder, announced the acquisition of three colocation facilities to offer advanced data security and computer hardware storage to...
Read MorePHILADELPHIA —Comcast high-speed internet revenue increased 10.1 percent, driven by an increase in the number of residential high-speed internet customers and rate adjustments, according to Comcast Corporation reported results...
Read MoreGREENFIELD, IN — NineStar Connect, a smart utility providing water, sewer, electric and high speed fiber services, completed its acquisition of Gem Water Utility from the Town of Cumberland, Indiana. The acquisition enables the...
Read MoreROME — Open Fiber, a wholesale player in the Italian broadband market, selected Nokia for a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) rollout that will bring ultra-broadband services to the small towns and rural areas of Italy. The Open Fiber...
Read MoreHOBOKEN, NJ — Broadband usage in the United States continued to accelerate across all market categories throughout 2018 and Amazon made substantial year-end inroads into consumers’ device ecosystems, according to OpenVault,...
Read MorePITTSBURGH, PA — Everest Infrastructure Partners announced the acquisition by EIP Holdings I, an investment vehicle associated with Barings LLC, of nearly 100 wireless tower assets from Norwalk, Connecticut-based Frontier...
Read MorePORTLAND, OR — Implementation of 5G, high adoption rate of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity, and rapid technological advancements in optical fiber cable network infrastructure would propel the growth of the global...
Read MoreORLANDO, FL — OFS, a global manufacturer of fiber optic solutions, introduced the R-Pack Rollable Ribbon (RR) Backbone Cable as the newest member of its portfolio of premises rollable ribbon cables. The R-Pack RR Backbone...
Read MoreRIVERVIEW, MI — Light Source Communications, a dark fiber provider of communications infrastructure, along with John Laing Group, an international originator, active investor and manager of infrastructure projects, announced...
Read MoreSAN JOSE, CA — 1Tennessee, a broadband internet, TV and telecomm cooperative in Tennessee, has deployed Harmonic’s CableOS virtualized cable access solution for DOCSIS 3.0 and 3.1 broadband service delivery. As the industry’s...
Read MoreSAN JOSE, CA — Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association (WCTA) has selected Calix GigaSpire BLAST, a Wi-Fi 6 system available exclusively to communications service providers, as part of its smart home offering. Powered by EXOS,...
Read MoreHILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC — Hargray Communications announced an agreement to acquire the Alabama assets of USA Communications, an incumbent cable provider serving Pell City, Alabama and surrounding areas. The transaction, expected...
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