PODCAST: Fidium’s CEO Gaurav Juneja on its pure-play fiber provider transformation
Gaurav Juneja took over the reins of Fidium, formerly Consolidate Communications in January, assuming the role from Bob Udell, who stepped down after many years with the company. As CEO, he leads the brand's ongoing fiber network expansion and transformation across multiple states, including California, where he is today, resulting in bringing fiber broadband access to many communities that have had limited or, in some cases, no broadband access. By the end of this year, Fidium will be 70% fiberized across its ILEC footprint. And what that translates to is about 1.7 million fiber passes.
But consumer broadband is only one part of the Fidium fiber strategy. The service provider is also pushing to expand its fiber network into more businesses. The service provider sees in both mid-cap and large-cap businesses. Besides business customers, Fidium is also actively pursuing opportunities to bring its fiber to data centers. Today, it has about 145 data centers on net, and another 155 data centers near its network within its territory.
In this new Broadband Pulse podcast, we spoke with Fidium’s CEO, Gaurav Juneja, about how he is moving fast on its ongoing transition to a pure-play fiber provider.
Meet our guest
Gaurav Juneja is currently President and Chief Executive Officer at Fidium. He joined Fidium in 2023 and serves as Chief Operating Officer.
Earlier in his career, Gaurav was Executive Vice President and General Manager for Consumer and Chief Revenue Officer at MetroNet.
He also served as Vice President of Consumer and Channel Sales at Dish Network.
Juneja holds an MBA in Business Administration and Management from Cornell University and a BA in psychology from Trinity College, Hartford.
About the Podcast
In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we address key issues affecting the optical and broadband industries. Join us every week for insights from industry leaders on these topics. Visit our website at www.lightwave.com and click on our podcast site at www.broadbandpulse.podbean.com/.
About the Author
Sean BuckleySean Buckley
Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove.
