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Grain Management finishes Summit Broadband buy
Founded in 1994, Summit Broadband serves residents and businesses in central and southwest Florida. It operates a fiber-optic network of more than 1800 fiber route miles.
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AFL offers Xpress Fiber Management dual access module panel
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JGR Optics’ RL1 – Automated Return Loss Meter reaches shipping stage
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AFL offers Xpress Fiber Management dual access module panel
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CityFibre to buy FibreNation from TalkTalk, tweaks Vodafone FTTH deployment agreement
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Deutsche Telekom, EWE launch German FTTH network provider Glasfaser Nordwest
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Equinix agrees to buy Packet for bare metal automation expertise
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Silver Peak SD-WAN services to run on Ciena 3906 and 3926 universal CPE
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AFL offers Xpress Fiber Management dual access module panel
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Legrand offers Infinium Quantum data center fiber-optic cabling system
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OptoNest offers MPO splitter configured as LC to MPO fiber connectors
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JGR Optics’ RL1 – Automated Return Loss Meter reaches shipping stage
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VIAVI partners with Ingram Micro for fiber and cable network test technology distribution
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AFL offers Xpress Fiber Management dual access module panel
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Angola Cables trials Nokia PSE-3 chipset transmission across SACS, Monet submarine networks
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Telxius achieves 550 Gbps/wavelength during BRUSA submarine network trial
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Grain Management finishes Summit Broadband buy
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CityFibre to buy FibreNation from TalkTalk, tweaks Vodafone FTTH deployment agreement
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Deutsche Telekom, EWE launch German FTTH network provider Glasfaser Nordwest
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Prysmian to supply fiber cable for rural Mexican fiber broadband project
Prysmian Group says it has won a contract from Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), a government owned company in Mexico, to supply fiber cable for the Proyecto de Conectividad Fibra Óptica Red Eléctrica Inteligente.
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NEC, OCC qualify 20-fiber-pair submarine cable, aim for 24 fiber pairs
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NeoPhotonics sampling 400ZR ClearLight OSFP coherent optical transceivers for data center interconnect
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Rosenberger OSI installs OM4 multimode fiber network for German utility TenneT
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Osprey Communications plans fiber network from Northern Virginia to Nashville
Osprey Communications, LLC and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) have announced an agreement that will see Osprey build a fiber-optic network across Virginia using rights-of-way provided via VDOT’s Fiber Optic Resource Sharing program.
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UK regulator Ofcom proposes support of copper-to-fiber transition
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GPX India chooses Nokia for data center interconnect
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Transmission
KDPOF to demo 25-Gbps automotive plastic optic fiber network
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