Last Mile / Middle Mile

The FCC is kicking off an inquiry into the state of broadband across the United States, as required by section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, including universal deployment,...

BT reported revenue of £10.4bn for the six month period to 30-September, in line with the prior year; adjusted revenue £10.4bn, up 3% on a pro forma basis due to...

Google Fiber is deploying Nokia’s 25G PON solution to enhance its existing fiber network and deliver a new 20 Gig broadband service to customers through GFiber Labs. Gfiber expects to...

As part of a Fiscal '24 Supplemental Budget Request to Congress, President Biden is requesting an additional $6.0 billion to strengthen the Affordable Connectivity Program by extending free and discounted...

The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has launched a new Security Appraisal Framework and Enablement (S.A.F.E.) program aimed at improving the trustworthiness of devices across all data center IT infrastructure. ...

In lab testing of DOCSIS 4.0, Comcast achieved a peak speed exceeding 4 Gbps symmetrical. The trial used CommScope MiniBridger FDX amplifiers in a six-amplifier cascade to emulate a typical...

Nokia announced availability of its 25G PON technology on the Lightspan SF-8M sealed fiber access node for cable operators. The sealed remote Optical Line Terminal (OLT) also concurrently supports both...

Comcast will begin rolling out DOCSIS 4.0 to select neighborhoods in Colorado Springs next week and to areas of Atlanta and Philadelphia before the end of the year. Comcast’s path...

CommScope introduced an enterprise-class Wi-Fi 7 access point (AP)—the R770 from its RUCKUS Networks division. The RUCKUS R770 platform is driven by RUCKUS AI, a cloud service for network assurance and business intelligence to...

Adtran released its SDX 6324 optical line terminal (OLT), specifically designed to deliver high-performance broadband services to low-density applications.  The new fiber access platform features four Combo PON ports supporting...

Mediacom, the 5th largest cable operator in the United States, will deploy Nokia’s XGS-PON systems and equipment, to support new geographical serving areas. Mediacom, which offers broadband to 3.3 million...

The Fiber Broadband Association announced the following winners of the Fiber Connect 2023 Proof of Concept (PoC) Showcase.  Most Innovative Award – presented to Infinera and LightRiver for its “Multi-Vendor...

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...