Salisbury, Maryland & Hanover, Maryland – February 13, 2022 – (BUSINESS WIRE) – The Maryland Broadband Cooperative (MdBC), a middle-mile network provider, has tapped Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) for new transport gear to upgrade its existing 2,500 fiber mile statewide optical network. With this initiative,…
Knoxville, Tennessee – February 7, 2023 – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB), an award winning provider of electric, natural gas, water, and wastewater services, announces it has selected LightSpeed Technologies, Inc., (“LightSpeed”), a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) partner and systems integrator providing next-generation…
St. Louis, Missouri – February 7, 2023 – Bluebird Network, a communications infrastructure provider and operator of two data centers and over 11,000 miles of fiber, is proud to detail its successful partnership with University of Central Missouri as the primary internet service…
Houston and Smithville, Texas – January 30, 2023 – /PRNewswire/ – Rural Telecommunications of America, Inc. (RTA) finalized the acquisition of local Internet Provider SCT Broadband. RTA will begin upgrading its services with RTA’s gigFAST® INTERNET, VOICE, and streaming TV services in Smithville, Flatonia, LaGrange, Schulenburg, Bastrop, and the surrounding…
Quincy, Massachusetts – January 26, 2023 – (BUSINESS WIRE)–Breezeline, the nation’s eighth-largest cable operator, has launched the next generation of TV, “Breezeline Stream TV” in its Columbus and Cleveland service areas in Ohio, making it easier than ever for customers…
Hawk Networks hopes the Althea microtransactions platform it has built will be the secret sauce for the networks the company is establishing in rural areas to support precision agriculture. We talked to Althea CEO Deborah Simpier recently about the company’s…
San Diego, California – Wyyerd Fiber, a fiber-to-the-premise Internet Services Provider (ISP), has launched service in two anchor communities in Southern California, Chula Vista, and National City. Wyyerd offers a full suite of services to residences, businesses, enterprises, carriers, and…
Bluebird Network today announced that it had completed its 126-fiber-route-mile network build in Illinois, giving it a network of 11,000 miles of fiber and further expanding the company’s reach outside its initial Missouri footprint. The recently completed Illinois network will…
Sulphur, Louisiana – January 9, 2023 – Fastwyre Broadband, a leading broadband service provider to communities throughout the United States, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Moundville Communications, Inc., a leading telecommunications provider in Alabama. The acquisition, effective…
Harbor, Oregon – December 19, 2022 – On November 30, 2022, the Port of Brookings-Harbor approved the construction of Beacon Broadband’s fiber optic network on port property. Beacon Broadband is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative committed to…
Regional fiber provider United Communications says that it has passed 50,000 addresses on its 1,700 route mile fiber network. United Communications is working with local governments, community groups and businesses in Project UNITE, which has a goal of connecting all…
Taholah, WA – October 26, 2022 – The Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) today announced the launch of Toptana Technologies, the first indigenous-owned cable landing station and backhaul network provider on the West Coast of the United States. This new venture will…
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