Windstream Wholesale announced Regional Rapid Fiber, a 400G pluggable-based wave service designed to support point-to-point connections within multiple regional sites across the Windstream Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) beginning early this summer. The service on the expanding ICON network is…
Lumen Technologies has launched 400G IP transit ports on its tier 1 Internet backbone in the U.S. and Europe, making it one of relatively few internet backbone operators to have done so, according to the company. Citing data from the…
Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting, now offers streetlights that can also support connectivity to wireless networks, including cellular networks. “We replace the light fixture, not the pole, to build out wireless mesh networks in the last mile of cities,”…
AT&T and Frontier have signed a deal that will enable AT&T to deploy wireless infrastructure in Frontier central offices. The deal also calls for AT&T to purchase fiber connectivity to connect with cell towers that are in Frontier’s network. Asked…
Viasat will provide satellite-based Internet services to Granite Telecommunications, a reseller that serves multi-location businesses and governmental agencies. Granite provides services to gas stations, food chains and other organizations that have locations all over the country. The company resells services…
Chicago-based Crosstown Fiber took the lid off its business launch today, which aims to build, maintain, and operate a robust fiber network with a specific focus. The company will offer fiber infrastructure built below ground to provide unique routes and…
Windstream Wholesale intends to transform its core optical network infrastructure using Infinera equipment. The pair intend to introduce new Node-on-a-Blade technology in Windstream’s network. The move fits in nicely with Windstream’s previously announced Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) initiative. ICON…
AT&T said today that it has made a deal with Frontier that calls for Frontier to bring fiber to large enterprise customers outside AT&T’s current footprint and to support AT&T’s 5G mobility network. Spokespeople for AT&T and Frontier confirmed that…
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…
Windstream Wholesale’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) service, announced yesterday, will offer wholesale customers the ability to establish custom optical transport network (OTN) routes and extend their networks closer to the edge. Telecompetitor talked with Art Nichols, Windstream vice president…
Facebook said today that it will build a fiber network in Indiana to interconnect some of its data centers. The company also noted that it will make capacity on that network available to communications service providers. Where possible, Facebook purchases…
Windstream announced the addition of 60K wholesale fiber locations across its 18 state footprint. The additional wholesale access locations became available during the first quarter of 2021. These new Windstream wholesale fiber locations are available in exchanges where Windstream is…
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