Frontier, Nokia take 100G out on test drive
Frontier and Nokia demo’d 100G broadband speeds on a stretch of 20-year old fiber in Lewisville, Texas Nokia has been helping other operators prep their networks for 50G and 100G PON Most consumers won’t need these speeds anytime soon, but...
Great Plains builds cloud-based architecture to support OSS
Great Plains is building a new digital experience platform based on a cloud architecture The goal is to improve support customer interactions with the sales and marketing teams In preparation, the first thing the company has done is to migrate its...
It’s time to meet Fierce Network Research
NEW YORK, July 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Fierce Network, a news portal serving decision makers throughout the global communications and enterprise cloud industry, today announces Fierce Network Research, dedicated to delivering insights focused on the impact, benefits and challenges...
Addressing the Broadband Technician Shortage and the Need to Properly Train for Success (Part 2.)
Sean Kelly, RCDD, CFHP – Light Brigade Technical Director/Head of Marketing In part 1 of this article, we addressed the industry shortage of properly trained and qualified fiber optic technicians, the extrinsic factors that contribute to the slow attraction...
Zayo preps for data center, AI and broadband boom with middle mile focus
Zayo is building middle mile “off-ramps” to connect rural communities If networks aren’t connected to a middle mile, “it’s like building a suburb that’s not connected to any other roads,” Zayo’s Bill Long told Fierce The middle mile isn’t just important...
Singapore, Chile top broadband speeds as US ranks 6th: Ookla
The U.S. came in sixth place in Ookla’s recent global fixed broadband ranking Singapore and Chile were among the countries that pulled ahead with median download speed Deploying broadband across a large landmass like the U.S. is rife with challenges,...
Struggling Nokia seeks to break in to the AI data center with $2.3B Infinera buy
Infinera will help Nokia address increasing AI traffic growth from data centers The market is shifting from Nokia’s traditional base in mobile access networks and fixed networks Big Internet content providers are another potential market for the combined companies With its $2.3...
Survey: CSPs Need Better AI and Automation Support from Vendors
Welcome to the latest Fierce Network Research Bulletin, where this week we have bad news for communication service providers (CSP) vendors about customer satisfaction, as well as the usual control plane, stat of the week and dropped packet. CSPs are...
Fiber optic cables can do more than just broadband
Fiber optic cables used for broadband can also be used as sensors The Fiber Optic Sensing Association is promoting this dual usage For network owners, it opens up the possibility of new revenue streams It turns out that fiber broadband...
Ciena sees ‘funnel’ of opportunities in managed optical fiber
Ciena CEO Gary Smith touted the value of managed optical fiber networks for the company’s revenue Roughly half of Ciena’s total Q2 revenue “is driven now directly and indirectly from cloud providers.” Inventory issues persist, but they’re getting better, a...