Lightwave's Friday Five

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.

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. 

Lightwave's Winter print magazine follows four cities' smart city journeys. Meanwhile, Uniti is plotting an MDU broadband play, and congressional leaders aim to streamline railroad rights-of-way.