Consolidated Communications has made symmetrical gigabit fiber FTTP available to 122,000 locations during the first half of 2021. Expansion plans include making service available to 300,000 locations by year’s end. The company has upgraded infrastructure in more than 60 towns…
Verizon and Samsung have conducted an end-to-end fully virtualized 5G data session over C-band spectrum over a live network, according to the carrier. The demonstration anticipates the carrier’s use of C-band spectrum it recently acquired. Virtualization decouples the hardware and…
Thirty-five thousand homes and business in San Angelo, TX, are getting access to 10G-capable FTTH connectivity in a project that will be fully funded by Vexus Fiber. It will be the latest in several Texas markets that Vexus has announced….
The Fiber Broadband Association’s Optical Telecom Installation Certification (OpTIC) program, which was announced today, aims to enable quick scaling of fiber education, fill in gaps in technician skills and accelerate North American deployments. The fiber technician certification program, which will…
Altice USA said that it is rebranding its mobile service as Optimum Mobile. Optimum Mobile will be the brand for both Optimum customers in the New York City tri-state area and Suddenlink, which serves customers in the west and mid-Atlantic…
Through a corporate blog post, Comcast highlights an innovative use of an existing technology — reconfigurable add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs) – that now greatly increases technicians’ visibility into local network traffic. ROADMs generally are used in long haul transport. A key…
Cox through its smart city platform, Cox2M, and Henderson, NV have extended their smart lighting project to include smart water meters and smart parking. Smart water meters lead to early leak detection, early freeze detection – which can prevent water…
Consolidated Communications will leverage DZS technology for planned 10G XGS-PON fiber broadband deployments. Consolidated is on a path to extend its fiber footprint to 70% of its service territory. A five-year expansion plan, which already is underway, eventually will pass…
Cox Business Net Assurance, a new service, uses two strategies to maintain connectivity during an Internet service interruption or power outage. If a customer’s Internet service is interrupted, the wired and private Wi-Fi connections automatically failover to a wireless LTE…
Gibson Technical Services has been selected by Charter Communications to build out 8,600 miles of full service construction across Louisiana, Alabama and North Carolina in an initiative partially funded by the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. Gibson, a subsidiary…
AT&T’s 5G technology will underlie JBG SMITH’s National Landing smart city project, according to a letter of intent the companies have signed. A definitive agreement for this AT&T 5G smart city initiative is expected “in the coming weeks,” according to…
Kinetic Wholesale by Windstream says that it added fiber to 354 macro tower sites during the second quarter of the year. Kinetic Wholesale, which is a business unit of Windstream, operates in 18 states. It is in the midst of…
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