AT&T and BlackRock launch Gigapower, a wholesale fiber provider

AT&T and BlackRock launched a joint venture company called Gigapower, which will offer a fiber network to ISP and other businesses in parts of select metro areas throughout the country using a commercial wholesale open access platform.AT&T,  which will be the first tenant on Gigapower, said the new JV will greatly expand the number of customers and communities with access its AT&T Fiber internet service. AT&T is already the nation’s...

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Zayo teams with Fermaca on U.S.-Mexico long-haul fiber

Zayo announced a strategic partnership with Fermaca Networks to provide diverse fiber connectivity between the United States and Mexico.Fermaca aims to launch a new long-haul dark fiber route in Mexico in 2025, which will be the newest and longest long-haul dark fiber route in Mexico in 20 years. Zayo is teaming with Fermace to provide access through Queretaro with a diverse border crossing through El Paso, Texas. Queretaro has emerged as one...

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Federated Wireless extends mobile coverage via private 5G

Federated Wireless introduced a solution that enables public cellular access through 5G private wireless networks.Federated Wireless' Neutral Host 2.0 uses shared Citizen Broadband Radio Spectrum (CBRS) spectrum to power a single radio network that can be simultaneously shared by multiple mobile network operators (MNOs). This is in contrast to legacy Distributed Antenna System (DAS) neutral host systems that required separate radios to support differing...

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Digital Realty equips new Paris data center with liquid cooling

Digital Realty expanded its service offering with a new high-performance computing (HPC)-capable data center in Paris, France.The state of the art data center in La Courneuve is equipped with a direct liquid cooling (DLC) system to support the HPC equipment.Digital Realty said the new HPC-capable data center has been designed to be adaptable to customers’ evolving infrastructure needs while also optimizing for energy efficiency. With DLC, customers...

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Emirates Telecommunications (e&) expands alliance Vodafone

Vodafone and Emirates Telecommunications (e&, formerly Etisalat) announced a strategic relationship that establishes e& as a cornerstone shareholder of Vodafone. The deal is the next phase in a strategic relationship that began in May 2022, when e& made its original investment in Vodafone. e& now holds a 14% stake in the company.The strategic relationship also covers a broad range of growth areas, enabling the companies to benefit...

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Ciena supplies Coherent Routing and WaveLogic 5 to Great Plains Comm

Great Plains Communications (GPC), which operates a privately-owned 16,500+ mile fiber network reaching 13 states, is deploying Ciena's Coherent Routing solution and WaveLogic 5 Nano (WL5n) to: support 5G and xHaul services for fiber-to-the-tower (FTTT) customers up to 10Gb/s—10 times the previous capacityprovide high-performance, scalable 400G Data Center Interconnect (DCI) services to large cloud and data center operatorsensure the utmost...

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Iowa's USA Communications picks Adtran for XGS-PON

Iowa-based USA Communications has deployed Adtran’s 10Gbit/s fiber access platform and XGS-PON technology to provide high-speed internet services across its rural and urban territory in the eastern part of the state.“Our technology strengthens USA Communications’ position as a leader among the internet service providers operating in Eastern Iowa. By leveraging our solution to expand and enhance its network, it can reach underserved areas and offer...

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