Corning unveiled a new suite of products to help operators build more fiber into the data center The move comes as the data center industry faces demand for “rapidly growing” AI clusters, said Dell’Oro’s Sameh Boujelbene Corning wants to replace...

Comcast’s Elad Nafshi thinks the operator’s network can use AI better than its fiber competitors, particularly when it comes to identifying network issues The ways Comcast is improving its network “may be underappreciated” among investors, said NSR’s Jonathan Chaplin AI...

Broadband providers are likely to spend slightly more on satellite equipment than optical line terminals (ONTs) and optical networking terminals (ONTs) What was supposed to be a good year for the broadband access market is now up in the air,...

Kwikbit offers fixed wireless service to manufactured home communities, where it can be difficult for providers to deploy fiber Roughly 66,000 MHCs exist in the country, said Kwikbit CEO Joe Costello Few FWA providers target that segment of the broadband...

Utopia Fiber CEO Roger Timmerman says true open access supports a number of internet service providers He noted that AT&T and BlackRock’s Gigapower JV primarily supports AT&T, currently Meanwhile, Utopia’s network often supports as many as 19 internet service providers...

There were several big news announcements in 2024 about AI driving demand for fiber broadband The biggest news item was Lumen’s win of a fiber broadband contract with Microsoft It’s likely we’ll see a lot more activity in 2025 to...

Convergence between wireless and wireline emerged as a big topic in 2024 AT&T and Verizon are moving to bundle more fiber-based internet services with mobile T-Mobile is getting involved in fiber JVs, but it’s downplaying the importance of a fiber...

LOGIX Fiber Networks, a leading provider of high-speed fiber-based internet services in Texas, is partnering with major wireless operators and wireless internet service providers (WISPs) to install 5G rooftop towers across key markets in the state. The initiative supports the...

AlixPartners says consolidation is happening and will soon accelerate in the fiber market Likely prospects are small startup fiber companies that mid-tier broadband providers will pluck But the small startups need to show that they’re profitable There are more than...

Brightspeed isn’t yet applying to the FCC to retire large swathes of copper Instead it replaces copper automatically for customers who are having service problems It can replace copper with either fiber or a unique wireless technology Brightspeed is on...