Regulatory News
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AT&T Launches Fiber Broadband In Rural Vanderburgh County, Indiana
10/5/2022
Just as Indiana farmers are harvesting the crops they planted in the spring, residents of Vanderburgh County are reaping the benefits of fiber-optic technology, planned and planted by AT&T earlier this year
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Hexatronic Signs Agreement To Acquire U.S.-Based Rochester Cable From TE Connectivity
10/3/2022
Hexatronic Group AB (publ) (“Hexatronic”) has signed a binding asset purchase agreement to acquire all business activities of Rochester Cable (“Rochester Cable”), one of the main designers and manufacturers of harsh environment electro-optical cables in the USA, from TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectors and sensors, for an enterprise value of USD 55 million
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Corning Opens Optical Fiber Manufacturing Plant In Poland To Meet Growing Demand For High-Speed Connectivity In Europe
9/8/2022
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today formally opened a new optical fiber manufacturing facility in Mszczonów, Poland, to meet growing demand for high-speed connectivity in the European Union and surrounding regions.
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Nokia To Build Optical Transport Network For Energie AG, Austria
9/1/2022
Nokia today announced that it has been selected by Austrian utility and infrastructure company, Energie AG Oberösterreich, to build an optical transport network across 18 sites in Upper Austria.
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Pioneer Consulting Engaged By Brazil’s Zemax-Planova Consortium To Assist With Deployment Of Petrobras’ Malha Óptica System
8/30/2022
Pioneer Consulting, the full-service submarine fiber optic telecommunications consulting and project management company, announces it has been contracted by the Zemax-Planova Consortium to provide expertise related to the various oil and gas (O&G) aspects of the Petrobras Malha Óptica project in Brazil.
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AT&T Plans To Bring AT&T Fiber To Parts Of Louisiana
7/25/2022
The state of Louisiana and AT&T* are collaborating on a plan to bring a state-of-the-art fiber network to nearly 9,800 homes, businesses and farms in parts of thirteen Louisiana parishes. The $19M project is contingent upon a final contract between the state of Louisiana and AT&T.
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Existing Fiber-Optic Cables Can Monitor Whales
7/18/2022
A new study demonstrates for the first time that the same undersea fiber-optic cables used for internet and cable television can be repurposed to tune in to marine life at unprecedented scales, potentially transforming critical conservation efforts.
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Fiber Optic Sensing Detects Tremor From Icelandic Subglacial Volcano
7/6/2022
Researchers used a fiber optic cable on the ice cap of an Icelandic subglacial volcano to detect low-frequency volcanic tremor, suggesting this technology could be useful in monitoring other ice-covered volcano systems.
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Infinera And NEC To Modernize Neutral Networks’ Mexico To United States Fiber Optic Network With Industry-Leading ICE6 800G Solution
6/28/2022
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) and NEC Corporation (NEC: TSE: 6701) announced today that Neutral Networks deployed Infinera’s ICE6 technology for its new transnational neutral fiber optic network NEXT.
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Clearfield To Acquire Nestor Cables, A Leading European Developer And Manufacturer Of Fiber Optic Cable Solutions
5/17/2022
Clearfield, Inc. (“Clearfield”) (NASDAQ: CLFD), the specialist in fiber management and connectivity platforms for communication service providers, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Finnish company Nestor Cables Oy (“Nestor”), a leading developer and manufacturer of fiber optic cable solutions.