TAMPA, FL – 3M unveiled a portfolio of Passive Optical LAN Solutions for the enterprise LAN. The future-ready fiber-to-the-desktop LAN technology offers an alternative to traditional copper-based Layer 2 Ethernet switches....
Read MoreQUEBEC CITY, CANADA — EXFO Inc., a provider of test and service assurance solutions announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI), a global manufacturer of fiber-optic...
Read MoreEVANSTON, IL – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn was joined by leaders from the city of Evanston and Northwestern University to announce a $1 million state investment to help the city become an Illinois Gigabit Community, bringing...
Read MoreWashington, DC – At the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski called for at least one gigabit community in all 50 states by 2015. Challenging broadband providers and state and municipal...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thirty-nine percent of U.S. adults between the ages of 18 and 34 would consider replacing their television cable/satellite provider with a streaming media subscription service in 2013, according to the...
Read MoreBINGHAMTON, NY – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer visited the site of the future Southern Tier High-Tech Incubator, along with a top Economic Development Administration (EDA) official to make the case for federal funding from the...
Read MoreRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, a manufacturer of optical fiber and connectivity solutions, announced the official launch of its 4th Level Data Center Solutions product line. 4th Level provides a...
Read MoreSPARTANBURG, SC – AFL and Dura-Line have joined together to develop Enterprise Air-Blown Fiber (eABF), a high-performance, blown fiber optic cabling system, which is engineered to offer a reliable, easy-to-integrate...
Read MoreOAKLAND, CA – Zhone Technologies, Inc., a global leader in FTTx network access solutions, announced that its ONT was deployed by North State, a broadband and entertainment provider based in High Point, North Carolina, to...
Read MoreEL PASO, TEXAS/CIUDAD JUÁREZ, MEXICO – Transtelco announced that it has completed construction of its high capacity metropolitan fiber optic network in Mexico City, Mexico. Located in the heart of the largest border region...
Read MoreHOUSTON – Alpheus Communications, a leading provider of Texas metro-regional fiber and networking solutions, announced that it has built out its fiber network to several large downtown Houston buildings. With this increased...
Read MoreLEWISVILLE, TEXAS – Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, a 231-bed hospital, and Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, a 293-bed hospital, which comprise two of five Las Vegas hospitals owned by Universal Health...
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BOSTON, MA – Strategy Analytics’ Q 2012 survey of broadband households in France,...
Read MoreSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – NBN Co, Australia’s national open access communications network that is being built to bring high speed broadband and telephone services within the reach of all Australian premises, slightly...
Read MoreLUBBOCK, TEXAS – NTS, Inc. announced that it has connected its first fiber customer in Iowa Park, Texas further expanding its “PRIDE” fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network. NTS’s ongoing fiber build out, when completed, is...
Read MoreCLEAR LAKE, SD – ITC, a South Dakota telco serving 15,000 customers, is putting its new IPTV customers onto Innovative Systems’ APMAX middleware solution. According to Ren Preheim, ITC’s network operations...
Read MoreCHARLOTTE, NC – FairPoint Communications, Inc., a leading telecommunications provider across 18 states, says its Ethernet mobile backhaul business in northern New England is expected to increase by more than 39 percent in...
Read MoreTULSA, OK – Direct investment in North American fiber to the home (FTTH) deployment will grow to $4.7 billion annually by 2017, or a total of $18 billion during the next five years, according to the market research firm...
Read MoreLONDON – The deployment of smart grids based on PON, (passive optical network, the most widely used type of FTTH technology) fiber communications will provide a $1.5 to $2 billion opportunity to FTTx PON component and...
Read MoreNEW YORK – Google and The Chelsea Improvement Company, a nonprofit neighborhood redevelopment corporation, have announced they have partnered to provide free public WiFi internet access in southwest Chelsea, which will...
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