Regulatory News

  1. IQ Fiber Announces Network Deployment In St. Petersburg, Florida 3/4/2025

    IQ Fiber, a Jacksonville, Florida based provider of 100% fiber-optic internet service, announces it is expanding its modern 10-gig capable network to the city of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County. This expansion continues the company’s growth across the Eastern United States.

  2. Global Internet Grid Could Better Detect Earthquakes With New Algorithm 2/3/2025

    Early detection of earthquakes could be vastly improved by tapping into the world's internet network with a groundbreaking new algorithm, researchers say.

  3. NextLight Simplifies Management Of High-Speed Network With Smartoptics 1/30/2025

    Smartoptics, a leading provider of optical networking solutions, today announced that NextLight, the award-winning municipal fiber provider of Longmont, Colorado, USA, has upgraded its high-capacity fiber network with a Smartoptics solution.

  4. Finland Seizes Russian Oil Tanker After Suspected Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable Sabotage 12/27/2024

    Finnish authorities seized the Russian oil tanker Eagle S after the country’s police opened a criminal investigation into the vessel’s possible involvement in another cutting of undersea power and communications cables in the Baltic Sea on Christmas Day, news agencies are reporting.

  5. First Demonstration Of Quantum Teleportation Over Busy Internet Cables 12/20/2024

    Northwestern University engineers are the first to successfully demonstrate quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic.

  6. Internet Communications Become Hacker-Proof With Quantum Mechanics 12/12/2024

    Retelit, Italy's leading B2B telecommunications company, together with Telebit, a specialized system integrator in telecommunications, digital solutions, and e-mobility, and ThinkQuantum, a University of Padua spin-off offering cybersecurity solutions and quantum communication systems, has successfully completed a trial for the application of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) as a method for encrypting data transmitted over fiber optic cables.

  7. Nokia And Aramco Successfully Achieve First 2.4Tbps Optical Transmission 12/5/2024

    Nokia and Aramco achieved the first-ever 2.4Tbps “PSE-6s full card capacity” field implementation in Aramco’s operational network.

  8. Loop Launches Fiber Internet In Mountain Top, Bringing Reliable High-Speed Connectivity To Residents And Businesses 12/3/2024

    Loop, a locally-owned and operated internet provider, is proud to announce the launch of its fiber internet service in Mountain Top, bringing a much-needed upgrade to connectivity for residents and businesses in the area.

  9. IQ Fiber to Acquire ThinkBig Networks 11/22/2024

    IQ Fiber, a Jacksonville, Florida based provider of 100% fiber-optic internet service, announces it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire ThinkBig Networks, LLC, a Maryland-based provider of 100% fiber-optic internet service.

  10. Krell Technologies Launches Photonics Outreach Program For High Schools 10/28/2024

    Krell Technologies launched its first Photonics Outreach Program, engaging high school students with hands-on photonics activities to inspire interest in science and technology careers.