Lightwave's Friday Five
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2026 Friday Five Videos
Ziply Fiber is appealing to low-latency hungry customers with its 400G Northern Link Route. In other news, TDS and Truvista Fiber lit up the M&A charts this week, and U.S. data center providers look for alternative markets to build. Sean Buckley, editor in chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this week’s Friday Five video.
Credo and Molex are bolstering their co-packaged optics (CPO) capabilities with proposed deals for DustPhotonics and Teraverse. In other news, Openreach enhances its broadband sustainability efforts and Comcast retains its dominant SD-WAN position. Sean Buckley, Editor in Chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this week’s Friday Five video.
Lightwave's colleague Sharon Vollman, ISE EXPO content ambassador and conference leader, has retired. In other news, New England broadband remains resilient during record cold and snow, and Semtech sounds off on the optical industry's capacity problem. Sean Buckley, editor in chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this new Friday Five video.
Lightwave is bringing back the Diamond Technology Reviews to honor broadband innovations. We're also covering AT&T Wireless' NYC tunnel coverage enhancement and Corning's fiber plant in Hickory, NC. Sean Buckley, editor in chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this new Friday Five video.
As OFC came to a close, Lightwave is offering a special coverage page highlighting key news, products, and other developments from the show. In other news, Astound names a new CEO, and Lumentum gears up for CPO. Sean Buckley, editor in chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this new Friday Five video.
In this special OFC 2026 Friday Five, we look at AOI's rising transceiver profile, the creation of 400G per-lane specifications, and Corning's latest cabling and fiber innovations for data centers.
Stonepeak is merging GFiber with Astound to create a new independent fiber broadband provider.
As the optical industry moves from 800G to 1.6T, OFC 2026 will highlight the importance of network performance over raw speed.
Broadband and optical industry stakeholders face the decision of whether to dedicate legal resources and time to secure a refund or to absorb tariff-related losses.
Lightpath saw fourth-quarter revenues jump as bookings to hyperscalers and enterprises rose again.
We celebrate our 13th annual Lightwave Innovation Reviews that highlights offerings from a host of optical and broadband technology developers.
In this issue of the Friday Five, Verizon raises its fiber broadband target to 40-50 million locations, while AT&T is moving fast on driving convergence, and Corning is confident about the fiber supply.
Mission Telecom is bridging the wireless funding gap for schools and libraries affected by recent E-Rate changes. Meanwhile, Distributed Cloud Networking (DCN) momentum grows, and Hawaiian Telcom continues its FTTH push.
Lightwave is celebrating the life of cable pioneer Rocco Commisso, Mediacom's founder, CEO and chairman, who passed away. Meanwhile, AT&T offers businesses a 30-day service trial, and Ekinops sees near-term optical revenue challenges in the fourth quarter.
CommScope's access and RUCKUS business lines have been reborn as Vistance Networks. Leadership transitions also took place with Ekinops naming a new CEO while Lumos' CEO plans his departure.
Marvell advances its data center ambitions with the acquisition of XConn Technologies. The cable industry saw top-management transitions at Cable One and WOW! with newly appointed CEOs. Sean Buckley, Editor in Chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this week's Friday Five video.
2025 Friday Five Videos
Ciena forecasts new telco spending trends. Meanwhile, Dycom enhances its data center capabilities with the acquisition of Power Solutions, and Lumentum takes on on co-packaged optics.
Marvell made another significant push into the data center industry with its pending acquisition of Celestial AI. In other news, Dycom sees dollar signs with BEAD and Xifinity/Parks tout the value of instant-on broadband.
