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This week in broadband builds: altafiber kicks off three-year build in Westerville, Ohio; Spectrum expands in Ohio, Florida and Michigan; Comcast footprint grows down south; GoNetspeed connects York, ...

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Belgian fiber collaboration gets the green light; Vodafone offers try-before-you-buy; new CEO for GD Towers.

New research from network edge routing provider RtBrick suggests America’s broadband problem is no longer about raw speed but network architecture. As demand for low-latency applications grows, operat...

A draft federal study concludes that AI data centers are now the dominant driver of electricity demand growth, compelling planners to reconsider where and how the grid expands.

City-focused full fibre (FTTP/B) provider Hyperoptic, which now claims to have built their gigabit broadband network to cover 2 million UK homes (mostly across blocks of flats / MDUs), has today summa...

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Markus Persson, Global Industry Director, Telecom at IFS. The new blueprint for delivering low-latency, high-speed 5G SA, no matter where you are 5G Standalone ...

The latest Q2 2026 results from network operators Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today reported a fall in consumer broadband customers of -28,200 to total 5,417,900 (vs -5.3k in Q1), while their mobi...

Keiron Printing Technologies, a developer of laser-induced forward transfer (LiFT) precision solder paste printing, has closed a €20.7 million ($23.5M) series A round to commercialize a process that r...

IBM signed an agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories (HRL), a flagship research and development institution jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors. Following the acquisition, Boeing and GM will con...

LightPath Technologies is selling its subsidiary, LightPath Optical Instrumentation, including its manufacturing facility and its operations in China, for $4.5 million. The divesture is part of a tran...

Broadband provider Olilo has informed us that they’re hoping to launch a new package offering symmetric speeds of 5Gbps (5,000Mbps) via full fibre (FTTP) network supplier CityFibre in the near future....

The AI data center controversy could influence the upcoming election.

News President Donald J. Trump lacked the authority to unilaterally cancel the Digital Equity Act’s Competitive Grant Program, according to a federal judge. Edited by Brad Randall, Broadband Communiti...

GAO tells lawmakers fewer broadband programs may be needed after BEAD

AMD’s latest hardware innovations aim to reshape the AI infrastructure market, challenging Nvidia’s dominance and driving the next wave of agentic AI adoption.

The FCC's plan for a 'Super Band' that combines the lower and upper C-band is taking shape as the agency also looks to auction spectrum in the 2.7GHz band in 2028.

From fraud prevention to RAN energy savings, Rakuten Mobile is using AI to move network data from insight to automated action The telecom industry discourse on AI keeps returning to…

The company said it’s not yet seeing an impact from Starlink in rural areas

Schneider Electric and AMD have released their first jointly developed reference design for the AMD Helios rackscale platform, aiming to speed up deployment of high-density AI infrastructure while red...

GoNetspeed connects first customers in York, Maine YORK, Maine (July 23, 2026) — Building on its strong and expanding presence throughout Maine, GoNetspeed has begun connecting its first York customer...

Events Multifamily Broadband Communities Summit 2026 is mere weeks away. Here’s a look this year’s dedicated track focused on broadband, managed Wi-Fi, and technology policy across the multifamily sec...

Furukawa Electric has become a preferred partner for providing Vecima's fiber-to-the-premises gear to Japanese operators, starting with 10G-EPON products. #pressrelease

Comcast's broadband losses improved amid record wireless adds in Q2. Execs see better times ahead as free mobile lines convert to paid and Comcast's pivot on pricing and packaging grips the market.

Long-haul fiber demand doubled in 2025, while metro demand increased up to 20x. AI has radically redefined network requirements. #pressrelease

Partnerships The initiative has now connected nearly 7,000 homes and businesses across the region to reliable high-speed internet, ConnectLA announced July 16. Edited by Brad Randall, Broadband Commun...

While AI-related traffic is affecting multiple network segments, Brodie Gage, chief product and technology officer at Ciena, said the most immediate pressure is emerging in metro networks, particularl...

Chubut Aims to Host Argentina's Second International Cable Landing Station Cristina Cueto, Data Center DynamicsJuly 22, 2026 Argentina’s Chubut province has taken a formal step toward expanding the co...

Dominion says data centers transferred to backup power after a transmission line fault, creating one of the largest sudden load changes publicly reported on the US grid.

The world's biggest optical transceiver supplier, Zhongji Innolight, is heading for a $7 billion IPO in Hong Kong, boosted by the AI boom.