Regulatory News

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.