Last Mile / Middle Mile

Fiber Connect 2026 convened from May 17–20 at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Florida, drawing a record crowd of broadband operators, vendors, and policy advocates to witness a defining pivot...

ORLANDO — Fiber Connect 2026 opens this week at a moment when the U.S. broadband industry is operating at unprecedented scale. According to figures shared by the Fiber Broadband Association, nearly...

ORLANDO — Opening the Fiber Connect 2026, Gary Bolton articulated a broader strategic vision for the fiber industry: fiber infrastructure is no longer simply about delivering faster broadband access to...

Vecima Networks outlined a broad roadmap for converged cable and fiber access networks ahead of ANGA COM 2026, including new 50G-PON capabilities, cloud-native DOCSIS 4.0 infrastructure, AI-driven operations, and streaming...

Vistabeam announced the activation of what it says is the first household in the United States connected through funding from the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The connection,...

Point Broadband and Clearwave Fiber closed their merger, forming a scaled independent fiber broadband operator with an initial footprint of more than 500,000 homes and businesses across 12 U.S. states....

T-Mobile is accelerating its fiber broadband strategy with two new joint ventures that extend its reach to more than 1 million additional U.S. homes. The company will form a 50/50...

X-lumin, a privately held free-space optical communications company based in Merritt Island, Florida, reported 400 Gbps full-duplex wireless optical transmission on a live terrestrial link deployed in West Palm Beach....

Brightspeed reported it has passed more than 3 million fiber-enabled locations across its 20-state footprint, marking its second consecutive year of exceeding 1 million new fiber passings. The Charlotte-based broadband...

AFL, Corning Incorporated, Lightera, and Prysmian issued a joint statement on March 16, 2026 affirming their ability to supply Build America, Buy America (BABA)-compliant fiber and cable for the full...

The Broadband Forum has launched a new Wholesale Access project to define service requirements, best practices, and technical frameworks for sharing broadband network infrastructure in the FTTP and cloud era....

InfraVia, Liberty Global and Telefónica agreed to acquire Substantial Group for an enterprise value of £2 billion through their joint venture, nexfibre. The deal is expected to close by Q3...

Helexon, a broadband operator formed by Strategic Management LLC and positioned as one of the largest prospective recipients of federal BEAD funding, has selected the Calix One platform to execute...