Lightwave's Friday Five
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2026 Friday Five Videos
In this issue of the Friday Five, Verizon raises its fiber broadband target to 40-50 million locations, while AT&T is moving fast on driving convergence, and Corning is confident about the fiber supply.
Mission Telecom is bridging the wireless funding gap for schools and libraries affected by recent E-Rate changes. Meanwhile, Distributed Cloud Networking (DCN) momentum grows, and Hawaiian Telcom continues its FTTH push.
Lightwave is celebrating the life of cable pioneer Rocco Commisso, Mediacom's founder, CEO and chairman, who passed away. Meanwhile, AT&T offers businesses a 30-day service trial, and Ekinops sees near-term optical revenue challenges in the fourth quarter.
CommScope's access and RUCKUS business lines have been reborn as Vistance Networks. Leadership transitions also took place with Ekinops naming a new CEO while Lumos' CEO plans his departure.
Marvell advances its data center ambitions with the acquisition of XConn Technologies. The cable industry saw top-management transitions at Cable One and WOW! with newly appointed CEOs. Sean Buckley, Editor in Chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this week's Friday Five video.
2025 Friday Five Videos
Ciena forecasts new telco spending trends. Meanwhile, Dycom enhances its data center capabilities with the acquisition of Power Solutions, and Lumentum takes on on co-packaged optics.
Marvell made another significant push into the data center industry with its pending acquisition of Celestial AI. In other news, Dycom sees dollar signs with BEAD and Xifinity/Parks tout the value of instant-on broadband.
