Verizon to acquire Frontier for $20 billion

Verizon Communications and Frontier Communications have announced a definitive agreement for Verizon to acquire Frontier in an all-cash deal valued at $20 billion. This strategic acquisition of Frontier, the largest pure-play fibre internet provider in the US, will significantly bolster…

EXA Infrastructure acquires Bulgarian telecommunications provider

EXA Infrastructure has reached an agreement to acquire Global Communication Net AD (GCN), a Bulgarian telecommunications provider operating a national fibreoptic network exceeding 2,500km. This acquisition represents a key enhancement of EXA Infrastructure’s strategic assets in South-Eastern Europe. The transaction,…

Vecima’s US-made fibre products roll off MARA production line

Vecima Networks and MARA Technologies recently announced that the first units of Vecima’s Entra SF-4X Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) have been produced at MARA’s facility in Holly, Michigan. This milestone was celebrated with an official visit on 28th…

Roll-out of intelligent fibre targets underserved rural areas

Adtran has announced that PhireLink has rolled out its open and intelligent fibre access technology to deliver high-quality broadband to some of the most underserved rural communities in Louisiana. This deployment uses Adtran’s Mosaic One software-as-a-service platform and Intellifi connected…

Local reactions define regional trajectories of connected home CPE

The prospects of inflation and a global recession are a common variable that will influence how network service providers (NSPs) in different regions assess their strategic customer premises equipment options (CPE) for 2023. That said, local market conditions will determine…