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1. Frontier Communications Is Expanding Its Connecticut Fiber-Optic Network To Bring Gigabit-Capable Broadband To An Additional 280,000 Consumers In 2021 7/13/2021

   Frontier Communications is expanding its 100 percent fiber-optic network in Connecticut, bringing blazing-fast speeds and reliable broadband connections to an additional 280,000 consumers in 2021 as the initial phase of its multi-year expansion effort.

2. Halo Technology Group Announces 2 Strategic Acquisitions: ARIA Technologies And Solid Optics 7/12/2021

   Halo Technology Group ("Halo" or "Halo Group"), the world's largest independent manufacturer of fiber optic transceivers and high-speed cabling, announced today it has completed two acquisitions to broaden its product portfolio and strengthen its global presence.

3. Great Plains Communications Bringing Fiber Optic Broadband Business Services To Council Bluffs, Iowa 7/8/2021

   Great Plains Communications (GPC), a growing Midwestern telecommunications provider, is expanding its fiber-optic network and rolling out gigabit-speed services in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

4. Movistar Chile Selects SIAE MICROELETTRONICA As One Of The Providers For Its 5G Backhaul Network 7/8/2021

   Telefonica, through their brand Movistar Chile, will launch its 5G mobile network in the country, expanding services for mobile broadband users as well as opening up to new service opportunities driven by the 5G high performance access network.

5. TechnipFMC And Halliburton’s Subsea Fiber Optic Solution Selected By OTC And ExxonMobil 7/7/2021

   TechnipFMC and Halliburton Company today announced they received an OTC Spotlight on New Technology Award (SONT) for their Odassea Subsea Fiber Optic Solution, an advanced downhole fiber optic sensing system. ExxonMobil selected the solution for its Payara development project in Guyana.

6. MetroNet Announces Plan To Build 100% Fiber Optic Network Across College Station 7/7/2021

   MetroNet today announced a plan that will provide the City of College Station with 100 percent fiber optic internet, TV and phone directly to businesses and residents.

7. Seaborn Selects Infinera’s ICE6 Technology And Expands Spectrum Delivery In The Americas 7/6/2021

   Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) and Seaborn Networks (Seaborn), a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic cable systems, announced today the selection of Infinera’s industry-leading ICE6 800G coherent technology for Seaborn’s subsea network.

8. ResortNet, LLC. Acquires The PCO Division Of McKinney Communications, Corp 7/1/2021

   ResortNet, LLC. , a Colorado-based internet service provider and private cable operator (PCO), has acquired the PCO division of McKinney Communications, an Alabama based television service provider.

9. Airtel Deploys One Of The World’s Newest Photonic Designs From Ciena To Nearly Triple Optic Fiber Capacity For Rolling Out 5G 6/29/2021

   Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India's premier communications solutions provider, has implemented one of the world’s newest photonic infrastructure designs from Ciena to almost triple optic fiber network capacity for delivering a world-class 5G experience to customers.

10. BKSTEC Aims To Replace Consumer-Grade Copper Cables By Lowering Cost Of Fiber Optics Through Automation 6/25/2021

    BKSTEC, a leading design and manufacturer of fiber optic cables for HDMI 2.0 and 2.1, USB 3 and 4, DisplayPort and more, with years of experience in delivering fiber optic solutions to OEM/ODM partners announces the world's first automated production line for fiber optics, which lowers the cost of fiber optics to replace copper cables for current and future generations of HDMI and USB products.