Fiber

In move to connected everything, still “significant gap in infrastructure,” SQUAN exec says New Jersey-based network infrastructure design/build firm SQUAN today announced that John Ferrara will serve as the company’s …

As the global network infrastructure is tasked with maintaining pace with voracious bandwidth demands that continue to rise exponentially, fiber optic wireline networks are often looked at as the silver …

U.S. Department of Agriculture program provides loans and grants for a dozen rural broadband projects The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding a dozen projects in 11 states with loans …

  Commscope also highlighted the firm is well-positioned to capture business opportunities in the 5G field Commscope expects to see future benefits from partnerships with large North American customers despite …

Hub home provides fixed wireless to nearby residences Regional carrier C Spire, which is headquartered in Ridgeland, Miss., provides a variety of cellular and broadband services businesses and residents around …

How far we have come from two-wire analog Plain Old Telephone Systems (POTS) lines to modern methods of communications. While two-wire POTS lines have mostly been repurposed to permit DSL …

New ebook hits on multiplexing, PON, business cases and other key aspects of fiber deployment Whether its used for metro capacity, backhaul or inside a building, fiber is a cornerstone …

Corning commercializes SD-LAN solution after year of trials Local area networks (LANs) are key to the operation of business-critical in-building systems, including Wi-Fi, point of sale devices, IPTV, audio/visual tools, …

Vapor IO working with Crown Castle to deploy edge data centers Large, centralized data centers house the racks, servers and other hardware needed to support cloud services, content delivery networks, …

The realization that gigabit (and beyond) broadband speeds will be the baseline enabler of the Fourth Industrial revolution has private equity’s attention, which might kick off another round of carrier …

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam stepping back effective August 1 Hans Vestberg, after a six-year stint as CEO of Ericsson, joined Verizon in April 2017 as executive vice president, chief technology …

  ExteNet aims to complete the acquisition of Hudson Fiber Network during the second half of 2018 ExteNet Systems, a developer and operator of distributed networks, has announced an agreement …

ConnectX talk delves into NASCAR’s unique IT challenges CHARLOTTE, N.C.–Just a few hundred yards from the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Steve Worling gave the audience at the Connectivity Expo an …

Verizon sees four key elements of 5G: Fber, spectrum, sites and software Speaking with analyst Craig Moffett during the recent MoffetNathanson Media and Communications Summit, Verizon EVP, CTO and President …

Facebook’s Terragraph focused on multi-gigabit wireless in urban areas Densely populated urban areas are centers for demand of more bandwidth and faster wireless speeds. At the same time, these areas …

  U.K. connectivity provider SSE Enterprise Telecom will be in charge of Three’s network transformation project U.K. mobile operator Three has signed an agreement with compatriot connectivity provider SSE Enterprise …

NYC, New Jersey fiber companies to merge New York and New Jersey metro-area fiber companies ZenFi Networks and Cross River Fiber are merging into a private-equity-backed company in order to …

COLLEGE PARK, Md.–Fiber deployment is critical for both current networks’ capacity needs and preparation for 5G networks, but it also poses significant deployment challenges. Panelists at the Wireless Connect event …

Nokia claims to be the global market leader in GSM-R for railroads Railroad travel is a mainstay of both commuter and long-distance mobility within Europe. As such, European Union regulators …

Industry experts talk fixed wireless opportunity While the big four U.S. carriers are locked in a 5G arms race that comes with a good deal of marketing hype, there are …

Each step in the evolution of radio access networks (RANs) brings unique opportunities and challenges for mobile network operators. Today, fiber has mostly replaced coaxial cables in new mobile fronthaul …

Fiber gives flexibility to 600-antenna DAS system The San Diego Convention Center, with some 615,000-square-feet of exhibition space and 204,00-square-feet of meeting, is high-end, waterfront real estate that boasts an …

In a keynote presentation this week at the Deutsche Bank 2018 Media, Telecom and Business Services Conference, AT&T SVP and CFO John Stephens likened the carrier’s build out of FirstNet …

Sophie Legault, Director of Product Management at EXFO discusses and demonstrates EXFO’s SkyRAN solution while at Mobile World Congress 2018.

GTT announcement agreement to purchase Interoute GTT Communications, Inc. announced a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Interoute, operator of one of Europe’s largest independent fiber networks, for $2.3 billion in …