Verizon Agrees to $1.05 Billion Purchase Agreement with Corning for NG Optical Solutions

NEW YORK – Verizon Communications announced a three-year minimum purchase agreement with Corning Incorporated to...

Southern Fibernet Selects Conklin-Intracom IPTV Platform for Hosted TV in Valdosta, Georgia

DULUTH, GA — Southern Fibernet has selected Conklin-Intracom’s fs|cdn Anywhere platform to power its SFN...

Nokia and Elisa Successfully Trial First 10 Gig Network in Finland

ESPOO, FINLAND — Elisa, a telecommunication, information communication technology (ICT) and online service company in...

Magellan to do Fiber Feasibility Study for Johnson City Power Board in Tennessee

DENVER, CO — The Johnson City Power Board in Johnson City, Tennessee, has engaged Magellan...

Yokogawa Releases Entry-level OTDR for Testing Last-mile Optical Access Networks

NEWNAN, GA — Yokogawa Test & Measurement, a provider of measurement solutions for the broadband...

Comcast Signs 16 Business Customers in The Battery Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA — Comcast Business said it has signed 16 new business customers inside The...

Nokia and nbn Australia Explore Ultra-broadband Future with NG Fiber Trial

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — nbn AUSTRALIA has successfully tested Nokia's universal NG-PON fiber solution in Nokia's...

Antietam Cable Expands Flight Gigabit Service in Hagerstown, Maryland

HAGERSTOWN, MD — Antietam Cable Television, a full-service telecommunications company, announced the expansion of Phase...

FCC Chairman Pai Announces Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee

WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced the appointment of 29 members to...

Riverside County, CA Requesting Bids for Countywide Fiber Network

RIVERSIDE, CA — Riverside County put out a call for private-sector partners interested in developing...

AFL Expands Fiber Connector Inspection Product Line

LOWELL, MA and SPARTANBURG, SC — AFL, a provider of products and services to the...

Calix Launches AXOS OFx Connector

PETALUMA, CA — Calix, a provider of broadband communications access systems, announced the completion of...

Next Century Cities’ Agenda Identifies Policies to Expand Broadband

WASHINGTON — Next Century Cities released its 2017 Emerging Issues Policy Agenda, offering policy recommendations...

Governor Cuomo Launches Round III of New NY Broadband Program

ALBANY, NY — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo launched the request for proposals for Round III...

Dobson Selects ADVA Optical Networking Fiber Assurance Solution

OKLAHOMA CITY — Dobson Technologies, the Oklahoma-based telecom services, transport network and IT provider, has...

COS Customer Skekraft.net Named Best City Network in Sweden 2017

UMEA, SWEDEN — Skelleftea Kraft Fiber Network, a customer of COS Systems that provides gigabit...

First Responders and AT&T to Build National Public Safety Broadband Network

DALLAS - A public-private infrastructure investment between First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and AT&T will...

IEEE Publishes Standard Amendment for Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber

PISCATAWAY, NJ — IEEE, a technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, and...

GLDS Leverages Calix AXOS for Standardized OSS/BSS Integration

PETALUMA, CA — Customer management and billing solutions provider GLDS is leveraging the Calix AXOS...

Senators Introduce Community Broadband Act

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Edward Markey (D-MA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Angus King...

Bell Investing $638 Million in Montréal Fiber Expansion

MONTRÉAL — Bell announced it will invest a further $638 million to bring direct fiber...