FTTH in the Americas

U.S. provider, Kinetic has announced the availability of its 2 Gig Kinetic fibre in select residential markets.

Canadian rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications has purchased the fibre internet infrastructure of the Municipality of the County of Annapolis in Nova Scotia.

U.S. provider, Cox Communications is to make a multi-billion-dollar annual infrastructure investment over the coming years to build a 10-Gigabit capable fibre network.

U.S. communications regulator the Federal Communications Commission has officially launched the Affordable Connectivity Program.

Texas and Louisiana service provider, Vexus Fiber is to build a FTTH network in Laredo, Texas, introducing more than 70,000 properties to multi-gigabit speed service.

G8 Telecommunications has committed to increasing network capacity to meet the growing needs of enterprises, network operators, and government companies across Brazil.

Dallas-based infrastructure provider, InnerCity FiberNet has agreed to acquire connectivity solutions firm Gigabit Communications.

California ISP, Sonic is expanding its network into Oakland to support both existing GPON services and new XGS-PON services to deploy a future-proof FTTH network

Prysmian Group has committed to investing $85m in equipment and technology upgrades at plants in North America.

Frontier Communications has accelerated the extension of its fibre network, setting a new target to reach 10 million premises by the end of 2025.