Broadband Strategy and Doughnuts
When you can’t fund a communitywide network, your best strategy may be funding today’s best-served...
Building a Community Vision
The technology challenge for a rural community is closing the gap between the digital infrastructure...
Buy Local (Including Broadband)
Providing broadband locally – with help from electric utilities – can be a good way...
Bandwidth Hawk: Rural Broadband: Dividing The Spoils
Do you hope to serve a rural area that already has some broadband service? Work...
New Funding For Rural Broadband
The passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act and the opening of a funding window for...
Editor’s Note: A Tale of Two Nations
A special section on rural broadband will help you prepare for the Broadband Communities Summit...
Hargray to Acquire Dark Fiber Systems of Jacksonville, FL
SAVANNAH, GA and JACKSONVILLE, FL — Hargray, a regional communications provider and metro-fiber over-builder, announced...
Calix Introduces GigaMesh Satellite Wi-Fi Mesh Platform
SAN JOSE, CA — Calix announced the GigaMesh, the latest addition to the Calix Smart...
AFL Introduces Plenum-rated Indoor/Outdoor Loose Tube Cable
SPARTANBURG, SC — AFL is introducing the LQ-Series I/O Plenum Loose Tube Cable, developed to...
C Spire Announces Consortium to Tackle Rural Digital Divide
RIDGELAND, MS — C Spire, in coordination with Airspan Networks, Microsoft, Nokia and Siklu, announced...
Superior Essex Announces New ADSS Fiber Product Line
ATLANTA — Superior Essex, a manufacturer and supplier of communications cable and accessory products serving...
Verizon’s 4Q Results: Fios Posts 2.9% Revenue Growth YoY
NEW YORK — Verizon 4Q Results show 54,000 Fios Internet net additions with Fios total...
North America to Remain the Largest Multiplay Service Market through 2023
LONDON — The number of multiplay households in the Americas subscribing to double, triple or...
Hargray Acquires New Colocation Facilities to Support Local Business
MACON, GA and SAVANNAH, GA — Hargray, a regional communications provider and metro-fiber over-builder, announced...
Comcast’s Q4 2018: Broadband Revenue Rises 10.1% to $4.4 Billion
PHILADELPHIA —Comcast high-speed internet revenue increased 10.1 percent, driven by an increase in the number...
Nokia and Open Fiber Bridge the Digital Divide in Italy
ROME — Open Fiber, a wholesale player in the Italian broadband market, selected Nokia for...
FTTH Operator NineStar Connect Acquires Gem Water Utility
GREENFIELD, IN — NineStar Connect, a smart utility providing water, sewer, electric and high speed...
Broad-Based Broadband Usage Accelerated in 2018
HOBOKEN, NJ — Broadband usage in the United States continued to accelerate across all market...
Everest Infrastructure Acquires Wireless Towers from Frontier Communications
PITTSBURGH, PA — Everest Infrastructure Partners announced the acquisition by EIP Holdings I, an investment...
OFS Launches R-Pack Rollable Ribbon Backbone Cable
ORLANDO, FL — OFS, a global manufacturer of fiber optic solutions, introduced the R-Pack Rollable...
Single-mode Optical Fiber Market to Reach $6.81 Billion by 2025
PORTLAND, OR — Implementation of 5G, high adoption rate of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity, and rapid...








