Industry Announcements
Content posted in August 2020
Alaska Communications secures spectrum for fixed-wireless broadband
Industry Announcements   8/31/2020   Post a comment
Alaska Communications has secured spectrum through the FCC auction for licenses in the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band.
Liberty Broadband closes private offering
Industry Announcements   8/28/2020   Post a comment
Liberty Broadband Corporation closes private offering of $575M of 2.75% exchangeable senior debentures due 2050.
Cumberland Connect taps Calix for broadband network
Industry Announcements   8/27/2020   Post a comment
Tennessee cooperative works with Calix to complete end-to-end fiber network integration 83% faster.
Bluebird extends fiber network to Strafford, Missouri
Industry Announcements   8/27/2020   Post a comment
Bluebird's latest network expansion follows a series of buildouts in rural Missouri.
TIM, Tiscali set terms for FiberCop partnership
Industry Announcements   8/27/2020   Post a comment
TIM and Tiscali sign memorandum of understanding for co-investment through FiberCop.
Luna Innovations brings fiber to smart bridge in Italy
Industry Announcements   8/26/2020   Post a comment
Luna Innovations teams with CETENA, GHT Photonics to create and implement fiber-optic health monitoring system for Polcevera Viaduct bridge in Italy.
Virgin Media launches 'Essential Broadband' plan
Industry Announcements   8/26/2020   Post a comment
Virgin Media debuts new broadband service targeted at customers facing financial difficulty.
Vodafone Gigafast Broadband goes live in 15 UK towns, cities
Industry Announcements   8/25/2020   Post a comment
Vodafone Gigafast Broadband is now available for 360,000 homes and businesses across Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool.
ITS builds fiber for autonomous vehicle testbed
Industry Announcements   8/24/2020   Post a comment
ITS builds full fiber network to support testing of connected and autonomous vehicles at London's Smart Mobility Living Lab.
Everstream, Windstream bring 400GbE services to market
Industry Announcements   8/24/2020   Post a comment
Everstream and Windstream announced the operational turn-up of long-haul 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Wavelength Services.
Conexon, Osmose working to ensure rapid FTTH deployment
Industry Announcements   8/21/2020   Post a comment
Conexon leverages partner Osmose Utilities Services to help electric cooperatives deploy FTTH networks within accelerated deadlines.
i3 Broadband announces fiber plans for Jacksonville, Illinois
Industry Announcements   8/20/2020   Post a comment
i3 Broadband has partnered with Jacksonville, Illinois, to make 100% fiber-optic broadband services available citywide.
UVAX taps MaxLinear to power smart city solutions
Industry Announcements   8/20/2020   Post a comment
UVAX has selected a MaxLinear G.hn Wave-2 chipset to develop connected street light solutions for smart cities.
Clearfield enables carriers to further extend FTTP, 5G
Industry Announcements   8/20/2020   Post a comment
New StreetSmart Small Count Fiber Hand-Off Box from Clearfield better aligns capital expense with fiber management and turnup at small cell sites.
Calix adds Automated Network Service Provisioning feature
Industry Announcements   8/19/2020   Post a comment
Calix's introduction of Automated Network Service Provisioning through SMx enables providers to get valuable services to market faster.
CityFibre makes £40M (US$53M) investment in Swindon
Industry Announcements   8/19/2020   Post a comment
The CityFibre investment means nearly every home and business in Swindon will gain access to next-generation broadband.
Openreach connects 1,200 premises in Merthyr Tydfil
Industry Announcements   8/19/2020   Post a comment
Openreach announces that over 1,200 Merthyr Tydfil homes and businesses can now access full fiber broadband speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s.
Calix announces new Customer Success service
Industry Announcements   8/18/2020   Post a comment
Calix intros new product offering to enable communications service providers (CSPs) to deliver new subscriber services.
Logix Fiber Networks teams with DartPoints for edge interconnection
Industry Announcements   8/18/2020   Post a comment
Partnership with Logix Fiber Networks interconnects DartPoints facilities to enable single-hop access to 150+ data centers and peering hubs.
Vodafone intros 'Work and Play' broadband line
Industry Announcements   8/17/2020   Post a comment
Vodafone now offers a second broadband line giving customers dedicated broadband for home working.
Virgin Media's Project Lightning reaches Old Whittingham
Industry Announcements   8/17/2020   Post a comment
Virgin Media has connected 3,600 homes in Old Whittingham, Derbyshire, to its FTTP broadband network.
Calix expands support for CAF II recipients
Industry Announcements   8/13/2020   Post a comment
Calix expands compliance and testing support for CAF II recipients as reporting deadlines approach.
Transition debuts 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Industry Announcements   8/13/2020   Post a comment
Transition Networks debuts PCIe 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Network Interface Card (NIC) optimized for data centers.
Full Circle Fiber acquires Noble
Industry Announcements   8/13/2020   Post a comment
Noble will continue to operate independently under its new name, Noble Broadband LLC.
TDS offers 1-Gig speeds in northern Colorado
Industry Announcements   8/12/2020   Post a comment
Towns of Ault, Eaton, Johnstown, Mead, Milliken, Pierce, Severance and Wellington get access to the speedy tier.
Calix dashboard gives view into critical network issues
Industry Announcements   8/12/2020   Post a comment
New tool from Calix gives CSP support teams a visual dashboard to proactively address subscriber Wi-Fi and home network issues.
Liberty Global to acquire Sunrise Communications
Industry Announcements   8/12/2020   Post a comment
Strategic combination of UPC Switzerland and Sunrise to create the leading fixed-mobile challenger in Switzerland.
TEC taps ADTRAN to bring 10G services to mid-south
Industry Announcements   8/11/2020   Post a comment
TEC is leveraging ADTRAN's TA5000 fiber access platform to deliver multi-gigabit services to hospitals, schools, universities and municipalities.
Calix announces upgrades for Revenue EDGE
Industry Announcements   8/11/2020   Post a comment
The Revenue EDGE enhancements allow CSP marketing teams to quickly customize, launch and scale targeted marketing campaigns.
Virgin Media connects 2,500 Leasowe homes
Industry Announcements   8/10/2020   Post a comment
The FTTP network is part of Virgin Media's 'Project Lightning' and delivers average top speeds of 516 Mbit/s.
Gogo reports 55% revenue decline
Industry Announcements   8/10/2020   Post a comment
Consolidated revenue of $96.6M dipped 55% from Q2 2019 due to the impact of COVID-19.
FWA subs to surpass 450M by 2030
Industry Announcements   8/7/2020   Post a comment
Fixed wireless access (FWA) is rapidly gaining momentum as a fixed-broadband alternative, according to Counterpoint Research.
Strategy Analytics intros fixed broadband pricing dashboards
Industry Announcements   8/6/2020   Post a comment
Strategy Analytics launches new dashboards to track, analyze and display current and historic broadband pricing globally.
New 'Call of Duty' causes 60% usage spike for Virgin Media
Industry Announcements   8/6/2020   Post a comment
This was Virgin Media's busiest spike in peak time traffic since the last Call of Duty: Warzone mid-season 4 update on 30 June.
CityFibre breaks ground in Rotherham
Industry Announcements   8/5/2020   Post a comment
CityFibre has commenced work on its full-fiber network build in Rotherham.
Calix appoints Michael Weening as COO
Industry Announcements   8/5/2020   Post a comment
In his new role, Weening adds Revenue EDGE to existing responsibilities leading sales, marketing, services, customer success and product operations.
WHIN to launch first US aerostat for broadband
Industry Announcements   8/5/2020   Post a comment
Wabash Heartland Innovation Network (WHIN) will launch first telecommunications aerostat to be deployed in the US for rural broadband.
Wisper teams with Calix to drive subscriber growth
Industry Announcements   8/4/2020   Post a comment
Wisper Internet has selected Calix's Revenue EDGE solution to help grow its subscriber base by 400% over five years.
Virgin Media launches gigabit speeds for 1M homes
Industry Announcements   8/4/2020   Post a comment
Liberty Global launches gigabit broadband services from Virgin Media for almost 1M homes in Glasgow, Leeds and Bradford.
CityFibre completes Stirling fiber build
Industry Announcements   8/3/2020   Post a comment
CityFibre finishes full fiber network build in Stirling, passing 17,500 premises, marking its first complete project in Vodafone partnership.
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