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...