Last Mile / Middle Mile

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering nearly $700 million in grants and loans to connect thousands of rural residents, farmers and business owners in 22 states and the...

The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) and Cartesian unveiled their BEAD Threshold Financial Model that helps states calculate their Extremely High Cost Per Location Threshold (EHCT) for fiber broadband deployments using...

Fiber broadband is considered the best internet service delivery method in terms of speed and reliability among 63% of all U.S. consumers, including 54% of cable users, according to an...

Nokia is expanding its ‘network-in-a-box’ program to provide essential network infrastructure products in a single bundle that operators and Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program participants need to quickly...

Nokia announced a partnership with Sanmina to manufacture fiber-optic broadband network electronics products and optical modules in the U.S. for use in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program....

Sales of PON equipment for fiber-to-the-home deployments, cable broadband access equipment, and fixed wireless CPE will show a 0.2 percent Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) from 2022 to 2027, as...

DZS introduced an end-to-end, environmentally hardened fiber broadband solution. Highlights of the DZS FiberWay: The DZS Velocity Multi-Terabit OLT systems that deliver industry-leading, non-blocking performance and high density, including XGS-PON...

Broadband Forum is launching significant upgrades to USP 1.3 and TR-181 Device 2.16.  The new features establish a standardized, interoperable method for deploying and supporting value-added applications in a containerized...

Padtec S.A. has joined the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA), an association that brings together operators and companies from several countries that operate in the telecommunications sector – specifically, in the...

Adtran has expanded of ALM fiber monitoring platform with PON assurance features for granular and actionable insights. The new capabilities enable communication service providers (CSPs) to monitor their entire PON...

Comcast has surpassed 100,000 rPHY digital nodes deployed across its nationwide network. The rollout began in 2019, surpassing 50,000 rPHY nodes deployed across the network in 2022. The pace continued...

KKR will acquire a majority interest in PangeaCo and the existing fiber optic networks of Telefónica del Perúand Entel Perú to build Perú’s first nationwide open access wholesale fiber optics...

The Broadband Forum launched a project to help connect Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs), such as apartment complexes, with 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). The “Fixed Wireless Access Extension” project from Broadband...