AT&T’s Lumen fiber acquisition drives up converged customer base by nearly 50%

The service provider is finding it can add more wireless customers in markets it didn't reach with broadband before.

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Lumen’s CEO says its Alkira acquisition will accelerate its strategic revenue growth curve

AI-Ready Optical Transport from DCI to Ultra-Long-Haul

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Poll: What factors will deepen the use of optics in AI scale-up networks?

Through 41 independent operating companies, Dycom maintains deep relationships within every community it serves.

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Dycom’s Q2 long-haul and middle-mile backlog surpasses $1B

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Verizon shores up its fiber supply

In this Broadband Pulse podcast interview, we caught up with Bill Major, CEO of FiberLight, a competitive service provider expanding its fiber footprint to support growing businesses and data center providers scaling to meet AI needs.

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Ayar Labs scales funding to $650M

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Building Broadband: Douglas Fast Net begins $42M rural Oregon fiber expansion

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The great AI fiber boom is here

A new wave of investment is creating thousands of new job opportunities throughout the southern United States as we migrate from an information-based economy to an AI-powered ...

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The death of the cookie-cutter data center

Why agile phasing is the only way to survive the AI boom.

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Fiber and Cable Advances

This webinar will provide insights into new deployment and technological trends.

Oct. 6, 2026

The Science of Light

Discover how optical spectrum analyzers reveal the hidden details of light, which six parameters define their performance, and how different architectures compare, so you can ...

Sept. 9, 2026

Passive Optical Network Equipment

Industry Survey: Navigating MPO Connectivity Examining Drivers, Demands, and Challenges

As manufacturers in the fiber optic industry, USCONEC and VIAVI Solutions are bellwethers for the latest innovations and applications in optical networking technologies, including...

Aug. 27, 2026

Passive Optical Network Equipment

Application Note: Testing Hollow Core Fibers (HCF)

Hollow core fibers (HCF) are transforming the fiber optics industry with lower attenuation, ultra-low latency, reduced chromatic dispersion, and non-linear effects.

Aug. 27, 2026

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Uniti rides the wavelength service curve

Uniti Fiber saw its wavelength and lit optical capacity revenues rise 50% during the second quarter. Meanwhile, the Ohio Telecom Association rebrands as the Ohio Broadband &...

Sept. 4, 2026

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Belden sets focus on easing the broadband technician experience

Belden, which has carved out a reputation for serving both telcos and cable operators, has continually evolved its fiber-centric broadband product set, and its recently released...

Sept. 1, 2026

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Verizon’s multi-billion Corning fiber supply deal supports fiber broadband, AI expansion

The agreement centers on Verizon's nationwide consumer fiber broadband expansion and on enhancing its long-haul and metro backbone to support Gen AI compute needs.

Sept. 8, 2026

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Verizon advances its Carrier Ethernet standing amidst M&A market shuffle

While Verizon and others advance their standings in Vertical Systems Group’s latest LEADERBOARD, AT&T retains its top spot as the provider with the largest market share.

Sept. 3, 2026

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Ohio Telecom Association rebrands as the Ohio Broadband & Technology Association

The Ohio Telecom Association (OTA), the statewide trade association representing telecommunications companies in Ohio, announced that it’s changing its name to better reflect ...

Sept. 3, 2026

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Cable One’s CEO says a bundled mobile/wireline strategy will close the FWA market gap loss

The cable operator, which rolled out wireless in March, can offer consumers a competitively priced dual service set to compete with integrated wireless/wireline providers and ...

Aug. 31, 2026

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Ethernet broadens its lead in AI back-end networks

Dell’Oro noted that AI back-end network switch sales have surpassed front-end networks for the first time in the second quarter.

Sept. 8, 2026

Driven by gains in its fiber infrastructure and its consumer Kinetic fiber broadband business, Uniti reported consolidated revenues of $909.7 million for the second quarter of 2026.

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Uniti takes a unique, targeted market wavelength approach

The service provider’s wavelength and lit capacity revenues rose 50% during the second quarter.

Sept. 1, 2026

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Data center interconnect (DCI) IPoDWDM and WDM system use grew 45% in Q2

A new Dell’Oro Group report noted that the overall optical transport equipment market grew 15% year over year in the second quarter.

Sept. 1, 2026

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Lumen pushes the off-net cloud service boundaries

Lumen has expanded access to its Multi-Cloud Gateway service, connecting over 10 million U.S. business locations to private cloud networking services. Meanwhile, Relativity enhances...

Aug. 28, 2026

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EXFO: FTBx-88810 Series+

EXFO’s FTBx-88810 Series provides wide versatility, covering all rates from 1G to 800G—including 800ZR—and supporting Ethernet, OTN, Fibre Channel, and coherent optics in one ...

Feb. 12, 2026

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Nokia positions itself in the Ultra Ethernet race

The company conducted an end-to-end Ultra Ethernet test across its data center switch family.

Oct. 7, 2025

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PODCAST: OIF on the optical networking interoperability opportunity

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In this episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, host Sean Buckley, editor in chief of Lightwave and BTR, talked to the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) about the importance...

May 20, 2025

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At 5G’s midpoint, what’s in store for the second half?

While operators initially battled macroeconomic headwinds and technical complexity, testing engagements show new 5G wireless industry momentum.

April 29, 2025

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Virgin Media Ireland automates fiber broadband delivery with Blue Planet

The new initiative is designed to help improve the consumer broadband experience.

Sept. 19, 2023

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Render, VETRO partner to integrate platforms for fiber network construction, management

The combination of Render Networks’ geospatial network construction platform with VETRO’s cloud-native fiber network planning and management system will accelerate customer connections...

June 26, 2023

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Padtec ties with UfiSpace, IP Infusion for open switch and router development

The company expects to deliver an end-to-end equipment line for disaggregated communication networks.

May 22, 2023

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Broadband Forum launches TR-489 ONU authentication standard project

TR-489 “Authentication of an ONU and selection of eOMCI or vOMCI” will offer system integrators, network operators, and equipment manufacturers a clear framework to accelerate...

May 18, 2023