Key Highlights
- Key industry players' Q3 2025 earnings are tracked, providing insights into financial health and market trends.
- The report covers a wide range of companies including telecom giants, optical vendors, and broadband service providers.
- Updates include performance summaries, strategic initiatives, and market outlooks based on recent quarterly results.
- Historical data from previous quarters (Q4 2023 to Q2 2025) offers context for current industry performance.
- Useful for investors, industry analysts, and stakeholders seeking detailed financial and strategic insights into the broadband sector.
The third quarter of the 2025 earnings reporting season has begun, and Lightwave will track how key players in the broadband industry performed. Please check here for updates on this segment's providers, vendors and integrators.
You can also check out how Lightwave tracks the third quarter of 2025 results of the major players in the optical networking industry.
Also, check out our coverage of Q4 2023, Q1 2024, Q2 2024, Q3 2024, Q4 2024, and Q1 2025, Q2 2025 broadband earnings.
October 14
Ekinops
www.ekinops.com
Ekinops is reworking its top management ranks as the company’s long-term CEO, Didier Brédy, is leaving on the heels of a decline in third-quarter revenues. In the third quarter of 2025, Ekinops reported revenue of $26 million, down 27% compared to the third quarter of 2024.
- see our coverage
October 22
AT&T
www.att.com
Driven by ongoing gains in its fiber broadband and mobile wireless business segments, AT&T reported third-quarter revenues of $30.7 billion.
- here’s our broadband coverage
- see our business services coverage
Ribbon Communications
www.ribboncommunications.com
Ribbon's enterprise segment was impacted by the U.S. government shutdown, causing a 3% YoY sales decline, though other customer segments grew nearly 7%.
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October 28
Corning
www.corning.com
Corning reported its third-quarter optical networking sales grew 33% year-over-year to $1.65 billion, driven by strong adoption of Gen AI products and high-density fiber solutions.
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Frontier
www.frontier.com
Frontier’s dedication to enhancing its fiber network continues to bode well for the telco, raising not only its fiber reach but also its fiber customer base in the third quarter.
- see our broadband coverage
October 29
Shentel
www.shentel.com
The rural independent service provider passed 400,000 homes and businesses in its Greenfield expansion markets during the third quarter.
- see our broadband coverage
- here’s our business services coverage
Verizon
www.verizon.com
Verizon sees its pending acquisition of Frontier and its out-of-territory fiber expansion plans to provide more customers with its wireless/wireline bundles.
- see our coverage
October 30
Comcast
www.comcast.com
Comcast's Q3 2025 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) were $1.12, beating analyst estimates, while revenue fell 2.7% year-over-year to $31.2 billion.
- see our business services coverage
CommScope
www.commscope.com
CommScope delivered third-quarter net sales of $1.63 billion, up 51% year-over-year and adjusted EBITDA of $402 million, a year-over-year increase of 97%.
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October 31
Charter Communications
www.charter.com
November 3
Harmonic
www.harmonic.com
Led by gains in broadband, Harmonic reported revenue of $142.2 million, down year over year from $195.8 million in the third quarter of 2024.
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November 4
Adtran
www.adtran.com
Adtran reported $279.4 million in third-quarter 2025 revenues, reflecting year-over-year growth across all three revenue categories.
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Uniti
www.uniti.com
Uniti reported consolidated third-quarter revenues of $723 million.
- see our optical coverage
- see our broadband coverage
November 5
Wide Open West
www.wowway.com
WOW!’s reported $144 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, down $14.0 million, or 8.9%, as compared to the same period last year.
- see our coverage
November 6
Optimum
www.optimum.com
Optimum, formerly known as Altice USA, reported total revenue of $2.1 billion, down 5.4% year over year, while its Lightpath division grew nearly 6% as it secured more wins with data center providers for its fiber services.
- see our broadband coverage
- see our Lightpath coverage
Cable One
www.cableone.com
Cable One reported total revenues for the third quarter of 2025 were $376 million compared to $393.6 million in the third quarter of 2024.
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November 7
TDS Telecom
www.tdsinc.com
TDS Telecom added 42,000 fiber addresses in Q3 and aims to reach 1.8 million by 2025, with 80% of addresses served by fiber.
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November 19
Dycom
www.dycomind.com
Dycom reported that its third-quarter 2026 earnings call contract revenues rose 14.1% to $1.45 billion for the quarter ended October 25, 2025, compared to $1.3 billion for the previous year’s quarter.
- see our broadband coverage
- and our data center coverage
November 25
Clearfield
www.seeclearfield.com
Clearfield’s net sales from continuing operations were $150.1 million, compared to $125.6 million in fiscal year 2024, an increase of 20%.
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