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Louisiana’s BEAD broadband dream

Jan. 17, 2025

Louisiana has become a broadband catalyst, winning the first allocation of Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding. Meanwhile, Ekinops’ optical struggles...

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President-elect Donald Trump nominates Senate aide Trusty for FCC post

Jan. 17, 2025

Ekinops’ Q4 gains in access, software offset by optical networking declines

Jan. 16, 2025

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Building Broadband: Brightspeed reaches 1.82M fiber-enabled locations; Canadian Fiber Optics Corporation (CFOC) secures $59M investment from Power Sustainable for rural broadband expansion

Jan. 16, 2025

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Louisiana’s first mover BEAD fiber broadband advantage

Jan. 16, 2025

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STL announces self-certification of its BABA-compliant optical products

Jan. 16, 2025

On Topic

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On Topic: Tech Forecast for 2025/ What Will Be Hot

Dec. 9, 2024

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On Topic: Metro Network Evolution

Dec. 6, 2024

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On Topic: Fiber - The Rural Equation

Oct. 29, 2024

Network Design

Edgecore Networks releases new fiber switch series

Dec. 9, 2024

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Veea deploys monitoring and automation solution at Indiana farm

Dec. 4, 2024

Nitel announces expanded SD-WAN portfolio

June 27, 2024

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National OnDemand’s J. Tucker Construction deal enhances its fiber, last mile solution construction set

Jan. 16, 2025

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Hawaiian Telcom launches $1.7B public-private fiber partnership

Jan. 13, 2025

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Overcoming rural fiber rollout challenges: applying European innovations to the USA

Jan. 13, 2025

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Broadband and optical movers and shakers: Aryaka names new Chief Customer Officer, VP of Security Product Management; Aureon names GVTC veteran O’Neal as CEO

Jan. 9, 2025

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Highline snaps up 906 Technologies fiber, ISP business

Jan. 9, 2025

Data Center

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CoreWeave’s initial UK data centers are now operational

Jan. 16, 2025

PowerSecure PowerBlocks with EPA-certified Tier 4 Final ultra-low emissions onsite backup generation at the Edged Atlanta Campus.

Edged Energy taps PowerSecure to supply energy solutions for Atlanta data center

Jan. 14, 2025

TECfusions Keystone Connect in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.

TECfusions to repurpose former Pennsylvania Alcoa plant as a data center site

Jan. 14, 2025

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AI data centers will drive $583B IT, networking and energy opportunities by 2030

Jan. 14, 2025

5G Mobile

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Sizing up the top 2024 M&A deals

Dec. 30, 2024

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Building Broadband: 360 Broadband deepens Oklahoma presence; Accelecom and Quad State Internet expand broadband in Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois

Dec. 19, 2024

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Uniti will extend Windstream Kinetic’s FTTH footprint after merger closes

Dec. 12, 2024

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Verizon’s CEO sees potential synergies from its pending Frontier acquisition

Dec. 10, 2024

Test

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Tempo debuts FIP100 fiber connector inspection system

Oct. 17, 2023

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ECOC 2023: Testing the new optical evolution

Oct. 16, 2023

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ECOC 2023: Teledyne LeCroy acquires Xena Networks

Oct. 5, 2023

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Santec debuts an O-band version of its swept photonics analyzer

Sept. 14, 2023

Videos

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GFiber’s 2025 telecom policy outlook

Jan. 10, 2025

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Ciena’s upbeat carrier outlook

Dec. 20, 2024

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Comcast Business advances managed services story

Dec. 13, 2024

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Embracing a new broadband and cloud moment

Dec. 6, 2024

Optical Tech

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Pluggable coherent optics adoption drives metro DWDM market shift

Jan. 7, 2025

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Marvell enhances custom AI accelerators with co-packaged optics

Jan. 6, 2025

US Conec enters licensing agreement with 3M

Jan. 6, 2025

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From AT&T to Ciena: Tracking optical earnings in Q4 2024

Jan. 6, 2025

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Lightwave+BTR’s Top 2024 articles

Dec. 26, 2024

Business

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IQ Fiber furthers regional fiber M&A by completing its ThinkBig Networks acquisition

Jan. 7, 2025

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Building Broadband: ALLO targets Boulder, Colo and Flagstaff, Ariz with fiber broadband; Amperage empowers VistaBeam’s rural broadband ambitions with strategic investment

Jan. 7, 2025

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From AT&T to Shentel: Tracking broadband earnings in Q4 2024

Jan. 6, 2025

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Parks Associates: ARPU for traditional home service bundles increased in 2024

Jan. 2, 2025

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Cable’s Q3 subscriber numbers take a hit from ACP ending

Dec. 26, 2024

Lightwave

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Volume 36, Number 4

Digital Edition

Webcasts

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Innovating the network edge with 100G-ZR QSFP28: The next frontier in coherent optics

Feb. 25, 2025

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Optical Transceivers in the Age of AI: Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities

Feb. 18, 2025

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Linear Pluggable Optics – The low-power optical interconnects for AI and Hyperscaled data centers.

Feb. 5, 2025

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Getting ready for 800G-1.6T DWDM optical transport

Jan. 29, 2025

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From Concept to Connection: Key Considerations for Rural Fiber Projects

Jan. 15, 2025

Broadband

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Parks Associates consumer research shows nearly a quarter of U.S. households receive internet and mobile services as part of a bundle

Jan. 10, 2025

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GFiber and the FBA focus on customer needs as the industry prepares for policy changes

Jan. 7, 2025

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NTCA: Rural broadband subscribers are tapping into higher speeds

Jan. 3, 2025

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Cable One amends MBI investment

Jan. 2, 2025

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Telcos continued fiber broadband push in Q3 2024

Dec. 26, 2024