This 100% Carbon Fiber Pitaka Apple Watch Band Is Back Down to Its Lowest Price
If you own an Apple Watch, you know that even watch bands are not cheap. However, we spotted a deal on a bold, 100% carbon fiber Apple Watch band that makes a great gift for a loved one or for...
Op-Ed: Fiber is the gold standard for rural broadband – BEAD must emphasize it
Op-Ed: Fiber is the gold standard for rural broadband – BEAD must emphasize it As the federal government prepares to invest tens of billions in rural broadband through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, the choice of...
How Hotwire made its mark in the scorching fiber market
Hotwire, recently acquired by PE firm Brookfield, is looking to shake up the crowded fiber landscape It has an advantage in being a fiber-only ISP with footholds in multiple verticals, an analyst told us Hotwire exec David Ramos talked up...
How the Big 3 think about their fiber growth strategy
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon collectively want to deploy fiber to about 119M U.S. locations Each operator is progressing differently with fiber, but AT&T is most ahead so far Here’s what they said in their Q2 earnings calls about fiber strategy...
Zayo Europe to connect German metros with 3,500-km fiber network, built on Ciena tech
Leading network infrastructure provider Zayo Europe has deployed Ciena’s optical technology to launch a new German network covering 3,500 km of fiber across 10 core domestic metros including Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Berlin. The network also extends to an 11th key hub across the border in Strasbourg, France....
AFL Talks BEAD Delays, AI Demands, and Fiber Resilience
At Fiber Connect in Nashville, Ryan O’Sullivan, Commercial Sales Director at AFL, joins FMTV’s Alejandro Piñero to unpack the uncertainty swirling around the BEAD rollout. With funding delays, shifting policies, and tariff rollbacks clouding the near-term outlook, O’Sullivan describes how...
Utopia Fiber finishes Bountiful build despite dark money campaign
Utopia Fiber finishes its open access network in Bountiful, Utah ahead of schedule In the beginning of the project, dark money groups fought it The city of Bountiful owns the network, which it paid for through a bond FIBER CONNECT...
Ciena hopes to head under the sea with fiber optic sensing tech
Ciena is a major player in subsea fiber optics Now, the company is exploring the use of fiber optic sensing in subsea scenarios A board member of the Fiber Optic Sensing Association weighs in on the topic You could consider...
The pace of fiber optic innovation is ‘staggering’ of late, says Ciena exec
The entire fiber ecosystem is racing to keep pace with the demands of AI One Ciena exec gives a lot of credit to Corning for innovations in fiber optic glass The next frontier will be fiber optic innovation within the...
Lumen sees enormous potential in more cloud-based voice services
Lumen sees potential to tap into the $47B cloud voice market The company unveiled a new set of cloud-managed products that can be accessed via a single device No comment on rumors of a potential Mass Markets sale, but Lumen...