North Carolina city to benefit from new fibre network
The US City of Greenville is to receive a $40m investment into bringing fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) directly to residents.
The US City of Greenville is to receive a $40m investment into bringing fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) directly to residents.
Potosí, Bolivia, the highest city in the world, is set to benefit from the deployment of a GPON broadband network.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released the results of its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction.
Lumen Technologies has expanded its network infrastructure in México.
Rural service provider, TEC is to bring 10G services across the mid-south region of America.
The Government of Canada investment is investing $8.5m in fibre to help residents of rural areas access high-speed internet.
The Orange County Broadband Authority (OCBA) is connecting residents in the predominantly rural region with its own fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, after experiencing difficulty finding an ISP to service the area.
Fibre optic data, internet, data centre, cloud computing and unified communications service provider, FirstLight has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of DFT Communications.
Indianapolis-based fibre broadband provider, Intelligent Fiber Network (IFN) is making plans for market expansion, targeting around 80,000 identified and serviceable locations.
North American developer of open access fiber optic networks, SiFi Networks has secured significant investment from the Smart City Infrastructure Fund to bring high speed connectivity to more areas of the USA.
The plans for an economic recovery will undoubtedly need vast levels of public and private investment.
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