Can a new privately-funded fiber provider survive and thrive in rural markets? LiveOak Fiber, launched in June 2022, and its backers believe so. The company has greenfield 10 Gbps networks under construction in Glynn County, Georgia, and Okaloosa…

Passive optical networking (PON) technology is likely to sustain its grip on the broadband equipment market and widen its lead over cable spending over the next five years, with Dell’Oro Group predicting global PON equipment revenue will reach $13.2…

Impact With at least 1.1 million North Carolina households unable to access the internet due to either lack of infrastructure, cost, digital literacy, or a combination, the state government has its work cut out for it to achieve digital equity for…

Regulation Service providers had until September 1 to submit broadband availability data into the FCC Broadband Data Collection system. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel took the opportunity on Friday to highlight the commission’s efforts to update…

Member News Mumbai, 1 September 2022: STL [NSE: STLTECH], one of the industry’s leading integrators of digital networks, today announced the addition of Ashwini Bakshi as Chief Sales Officer to its global leadership team. In his new role, Ashwini…

Impact The Fiber Broadband Association’s most recent survey of online consumers revealed that fiber is playing a key role in improving the quality of jobs, education, and health care. Conducted by RVA LLC Market Research and Consulting (RVA) in May…

Impact With more fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) to be deployed in the next five years than in the entire history of the broadband industry, electric utilities are uniquely positioned to close the digital divide, delivering service to the unserved and…

Impact Work-from-home (WFH) and collaboration trends jump started by the pandemic aren’t going away, according to the latest Futurum Research survey, with large businesses continuing to support WFH in various degrees regardless of the industry. The…

Industry News On June 28, 2022, nearly 200 government and community leaders, national broadband experts, and members of the business community came together for the first-ever Upstate Rural Broadband Conference at the Doubletree Hotel in Binghamton.…

Member News Plan calls for AT&T Fiber with speeds of up to 5 Gigs to help close the digital divide in Texas Panhandle city AMARILLO, Texas, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The city of Amarillo today announced a $24M project with AT&T* to build its…

Impact Many utilities have a long-standing relationship with fiber networks for monitoring and controlling their power distribution grids and it’s one that is increasingly proving valuable to the communities they serve both in terms of improving…

Member News London, 23 May 2022: STL [NSE:STLTECH], one of the industry’s leading integrators of digital networks, today announced that it will test its programmable FTTx (pFTTx) software solution with Netomnia for their live networks in the UK. With…

Member News Grants from Next Level Connect Program will help serve more than 10,000 locations. (May 17, 2022) – Vantage Point Solutions’ Broadband Funding team has done it again, helping secure nearly $50 million in grants for rural broadband…

Impact One of the big issues bedeviling states is the availability of accurate and precise data on who either does or doesn’t have broadband connectivity. The Federal Communications Commission’s census tract map methodology for determining who does…

Impact Federal and state agencies are gearing up to distribute billions of dollars in broadband grant monies under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is the lead…

Impact LINCOLN COUNTY, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Lincoln County is no longer an internet “desert”. The county recently finished up a broadband infrastructure project, and they are looking forward to getting the community hooked up. In September, the county…

Impact Supply chain issues aren’t going to go away overnight, according to the most recent “Fiber for Breakfast” webinar speaker. Every company needs to be prepared to understand their role in it, from suppliers to manufacturers and service…

Last week BlackSky reached its goal of putting a total of 12 satellites into space by the end of 2022. The company added 6 satellites to its constellation this fall, launching three times in quick succession, with each launch placing two satellites…

Startup company Albedo has received the first U.S. license to commercially sell 10-centimeter imagery. The company has taken advantage of new regulation released by the U.S. Department of Commerce in July 2020, working with NOAA’s Commercial Remote…

This week, we conclude our special report series on the hybrid cloud by looking at how new technologies like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and cryptocurrency are driving current and future compute needs. Hyperscaling and retail…