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1. Digital Crossroad Data Center Connects To Comcast's Fiber Network 3/11/2021

   Comcast Business has connected its high-speed Ethernet fiber network to Digital Crossroad, a recently commissioned data center campus in the Chicagoland market. Comcast’s advanced network supports Digital Crossroad’s high-capacity infrastructure, which is engineered to accommodate enterprise and hyperscale customers.

2. MetroNet Has Begun Construction Of 100% Fiber Optic Network In Fayetteville, North Carolina 3/9/2021

   MetroNet began construction of its fiber infrastructure soon after announcing its partnership with Fayetteville to provide a 100 percent fiber optic network service to residents and businesses.

3. Champion ONE Enables Accelerated XGS-PON Deployment At Syringa Networks With New Open Architecture Solution 3/4/2021

   Champion ONE, a brand of Legrand, and a leading supplier of open optical network solutions, has partnered with Syringa Networks to rapidly deploy an open architecture XGS-PON network, the first of its kind in the U.S. Syringa Networks, a facilities-based provider offering fiber-based, managed transport, and voice solutions to business customers in the United States and globally, planned to deploy 1G services to their SMB customers.

4. Virgin Media Trials Infinera’s Cutting Edge Multi-Gigabit Network Technology 3/3/2021

   Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today that Virgin Media has trialed innovative network technology which provides new ways to roll out multi-gigabit speeds to consumers and businesses.

5. APTelecom Partners With Bulk Fiber Networks For Sales On HAVFRUE Cable System 2/25/2021

   Bulk Fiber Networks announced today that it has engaged APTelecom, an award-winning fiber consulting firm specializing in global markets, to serve as its International Sales Partner to assist with the monetization of HAVFRUE, a new submarine cable system providing connectivity across the Atlantic.

6. L-com Debuts 18 New Passive Fiber Optic Splitters/Combiners 2/25/2021

   L-com, an Infinite Electronics brand and a preferred manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, announced today that it has introduced a new series of passive optical splitters/combiners.

7. FB Submarine Partners, LLC Announces New Subsea Cable Between Florida And Cancun, Mexico 2/23/2021

   FB Submarine Partners, LLC, a privately owned developer of international telecommunications projects announced today a 1,200 kilometers advanced subsea fiber optic cable system from Florida to Cancun, Mexico.

8. KKR To Acquire Telefónica Chile’s Wholesale Fiber Optic Network To Create First Open Access Network In Chile 2/22/2021

   KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Telefónica, a leading global telecommunications company, to establish Chile’s first open access wholesale fiber optics company with the mission to bring greater broadband access across Chile.

9. Zayo Bolsters Fiber Network Capabilities At NJFX Cable Landing Station Campus 2/22/2021

   NJFX, the only Cable Landing Station (CLS) colocation campus in the U.S offering Tier 3, carrier-neutral data center capabilities, today announced that Zayo Group Holdings Inc. (Zayo), has expanded its presence at the NJFX CLS campus with the completion of two, diverse, underground, high-capacity fiber cables interconnecting the NJFX campus to Zayo's global network.

10. Southern Cross Selects Pioneer Consulting For Shipboard Representation On New Submarine Telecom Cable Connecting Sydney, Auckland, And Los Angeles 2/17/2021

    Pioneer Consulting, the full-service submarine fiber optic telecommunications consulting and project management company, has been awarded the shipboard representation contract for Southern Cross NEXT, the in-progress 13,494 km trans-Pacific submarine cable system connecting Sydney, Auckland, and Los Angeles, with branches linking Fiji, Tokelau, and Kiribati.