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Nokia and Fibertime Accelerate Deployment of Fiber Broadband in Underserved Areas of South Africa

Nokia announced that Fibertimes will expand its fiber broadband coverage to an additional 400,000 households, with a focus on underserved communities in South Africa. This brings the company one step closer to its goal of connecting 2 million households by 2028. Fibertimes will utilize Nokia’s IP and fiber access technologies to build “semi-mobile” networks in … Continued

STL and Netomnia Accelerate Deployment of All-Fiber Network in UK

Leading optical digital solutions provider STL has expanded its long-term partnership with Netomnia, the UK’s second-largest alternative network provider. The two companies are jointly developing advanced optical solutions to support Netomnia’s capital-efficient, future-ready all-fibre network in the UK. Netomnia is deploying a native 10 Gbps XGS-PON all-fiber network, specifically designed for scalability and efficiency. Alongside … Continued

AT&T and Corning Reach Multi-year Purchase Agreement Worth over $1 Billion

AT&T and Corning have reached a multi-year purchase agreement to provide next-generation optical fiber, optical cable and connection solutions, support AT&T to expand its optical fiber network, and help more Americans access high-speed Internet. As the largest fiber optic Internet provider in the United States (based on the number of households using fiber to the … Continued

Corning Switches from Copper Cables to Fiber Optic Cables in Data Centers

We have repeatedly heard about the need for fiber optic connections between data centers to support the growth of large-scale artificial intelligence (AI). However, there are still a large number of copper cables inside the data center, which provides a huge opportunity for optical suppliers such as Corning. The need to change Mike O’Day, Senior … Continued

Hollow-Core Fiber Company Relativity Receives $6.1 Million in Seed Financing

Recently, Relativity Networks announced the completion of a seed round financing of $6.1 million, with investors including Prysmian, GOVO Venture Partners, and new and existing investors who have participated in the company’s pre Series round. This financing brings the total financing amount of Relativity Networks to $10.7 million, further verifying its ability to scale the … Continued

Brightspeed Raises Another $575 Million in Financing

Brightspeed, the third largest fiber optic broadband builder in the United States, announced today the completion of $575 million in financing to accelerate the expansion of its fiber optic network. This new funding is in addition to the $3.7 billion already raised in 2024 and will be used to build high-speed fiber optic networks for … Continued

What does Brendan Carr’s Appointment as Next FCC Chairman Mean for US Fiber Broadband?

Almost all telecom industry professionals anticipated this, and Donald Trump appointed Commissioner Brendan Carr as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It remains to be seen how the FCC under Carr’s leadership will develop, but Fierce Network has stated that they do have a fairly good understanding of how it will handle … Continued