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As demand for faster, more reliable connectivity continues to grow, network infrastructure is under increasing pressure to deliver greater capacity, flexibility, and resilience. The post Innerduct cho...
Joint venture will bring together Forged Fiber 37 and Gigapower under one wholesale fiber commercial open access company to accelerate expansion of fiber internet across more U.S. communities. #pressr...
As NTN moves from proof of concept to commercial reality, the industry faces critical questions around business models, spectrum, device readiness, network architecture, interoperability, testing, and...
The deal couples MontanaSky’s 30-year local presence in Kalispell and Libby with Vero Fiber’s national network infrastructure, Vero Fiber announced Oct. 1. The post Vero Fiber completes merger with Mo...
IPS Funds Candle Branch and Wakayama Landing Tokyo Brief Desk, Tokyo BriefOctober 5, 2026 IPS, Inc. announced on October 5, 2026 that its board had approved a public share offering to support a Candle...
DayOne's US IPO filing comes as the Singapore-based operator expands aggressively, with a 200MW Kyushu, Japan, facility among its latest projects.
The discussion highlighted an important tension: data centres are becoming more important to the economy just as public and political scrutiny of them is increasing. The post Data centres: From misund...
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VMO2 calls BT's takeover of TalkTalk a 'stitch-up'; INCA welcomes blocking of Openreach's discount offer; Hayo hopes to boost API take-up in Africa, Middle East
QTS Data Centers (QTS) has appointed Val Walsh as its new president of Europe, adding a former Microsoft executive to its team. The post QTS acquires former Microsoft exec during European expansion ap...
Sujatha Ramanujan has been named CEO of the newly awarded U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) STELLAR Engine of the Rochester/Finger Lakes Region of New York, led by the University of Rochester (UR...
From rack-level batteries to BESS and solid-state transformers, new power architectures are reshaping where and whether the UPS belongs in the data center.
Precision applications like optical metrology, quantum sensing, and atomic clocks require a laser source with an exceptionally stable optical frequency. Often, this stability comes from bulky lasers h...
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in developing optogenetics — a technique which makes it possible to sho...
With its 2026 forecast, photonics market research firm LightCounting is projecting a roughly-10x increase in shipments of silicon-based pluggable modules from 2024’s projected total. As industry striv...
When hurricane season is approaching in the Americas and much of Europe is already taking jackets out of the closet, there are places where summer still reigns. In Málaga in late September, palm trees...
In a bit of good news for small and midsized broadband operators, ACA Connects and NTCA recently obtained a temporary exemption from the FCC's ban on new, foreign-made consumer routers.
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Philippines-Singapore C2C Link Restored Dawn Solano, Philstar TechOctober 3, 2026 InfiniVAN said the Philippines-Singapore segment of the C2C submarine cable was restored and under monitoring from 12:...
The rescue comes as TalkTalk Group heads into administration The post BT swoops in to acquire TalkTalk appeared first on Total Telecom .
Data center development now requires addressing grid costs, water use, and community benefits. Securing power alone is no longer enough for approval.
With this mission, the company brings the total number of satellites launched since its foundation to 11 and advances the commercial deployment of a technology that has already been validated. The pos...
A proposed 20-story Kansas City data center trades suburban sprawl for urban density, offering proximity and network diversity – but at higher construction costs that only specific workloads may justi...
xAI's Memphis facility went from empty warehouse to 100,000-GPU supercluster in under four months, setting a new speed record for AI infrastructure deployment and demanding dense fiber interconnects t...
A new industry analysis reveals AI data centers require 36x more fiber optic cable than conventional server deployments. The demand spike has pushed lead times to a full year in some markets, with maj...
Rightfiber says the asset acquisition broadens their regional network into 26 Nebraska communities. The post Rightfiber completes acquisition of Fastwyre’s Nebraska business appeared first on Broadban...
MEDUSA, NaiTel Add Jordan Landing Access Publication Staff, MEDUSA Submarine Cable SystemOctober 1, 2026 NaiTel, the telecommunications arm of Aqaba Digital Hub, and MEDUSA have signed a strategic agr...
In their announcement, the CBO also said had been referred to law enforcement agencies, including the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The post Colorado ISP disputes findings they acted improperly wi...
Pfluger, Menendez Propose Undersea Cable Security Law Publication Staff, Office of U.S. Representative August PflugerOctober 1, 2026 Representative August Pfluger introduced bipartisan legislation on ...
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan Target 2026 Cable Launch Aida Qurbanli, Operative Information CenterSeptember 26, 2026 Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are targeting commissioning of their Trans-Caspian fiber-optic l...
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