AT&T follows rival Verizon in tapping Corning to satiate fiber fetish
New multi-year deal is valued at more than $3 billion
News - Fiber
The latest news on networking, cloud, and AI infrastructure
-
AT&T Business to link Amazon Leo satellite service into managed offer
The managed part is now known, the when is still unknown
-
Broadcom alum’s startup unveils optical connector to boost fiber density by 4x
Mixx Technologies targets emerging CPO market with an ultra-high-radix connector
-
Brookhaven, Stony Brook transmit entangled photons over 13-mile free-space link
First US demonstration adds a wireless leg to a 161-mile, eight-node quantum network
-
Zayo expands Corning partnership to secure long-term fiber supply for AI expansion
As company works toward 15,000 new route miles target by 2030
-
Researchers entangle quantum memories through 260 miles of fiber
Experiment exceeded a fundamental limit on direct entanglement distribution, but used coiled and deployed fiber rather than geographically separated nodes
-
DARPA backs Qunnect upgrade for more resilient quantum networks
Contract will fund next-generation polarization compensation for Qunnect’s Carina entanglement distribution platform
-
Gramercy Networks unveils plans for low latency global financial backbone
Vendor targets trading firms with unified high-speed connectivity linking financial centers across three continents
-
Verizon targets fiber vandals via $25,000 reward offer
'This must stop because our communities should not be put at risk by thieves who vandalize or steal cables,' Verizon's Joe Russo proclaims
-
Zayo enlists Nvidia to help build dedicated ‘AI corridors’ across the US
Fiber expansion project to connect high-demand markets and emerging data center hubs
-
AI data center and neocloud expansion fueling dark fiber demand: report
Zayo analysis reveals metro demand surged 20-times in ‘AI-driven’ hubs while new fiber sales tripled
-
Verizon CEO boasts $1B Google dark fiber deal is tip of the AI opportunity iceberg, quiet on latest job cuts
A lot happening at Verizon
-
Microsoft Azure in outage after routine fiber check
Services saw drop in West US region
-
AT&T CEO John Stankey stays strong on the carrier’s AI-support stance
Dismisses need for more M&A and expanded satellite partnerships
-
Microsoft taps 3M’s expanded beam tech to streamline AI infrastructure connectivity
Partnership to reduce data center deployment times … and dust
-
Flexential flexes 400G capacity in US metro network boost
Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, and Oregon get 400G lift
-
Lumen lights up network upgrades for Yankees Stadium
Lumen connects the stadium via two 100-gig fiber paths from Tampa
-
Zayo Group names former Verizon exec Sowmyanarayan Sampath as CEO
As Steve Smith will retire at the end of August
-
Lumen guts channel staff in AI and data center pivot: report
Partner division sees heavy cuts while voice sales are shuttered going forward
-
Airties acquires India-based Aprecomm as part of geographic, market expansion
Platform differentiation will be maintained
-
Lumen completes Alkira acquisition for cloud networking dominion
The $475 million deal expands Lumen's footprint in cloud-to-cloud and data center-interconnect space
-
AT&T adds Everbridge 360 critical event management to enterprise, public sector offerings
The AT&T supported service uses the carrier’s domestic wireless network
-
Indosat spins off fiber business as CEO extends tenure by five more years
Telco monetizes fiber assets
-
AWS injects AT&T into Interconnect connection cadre
The integration ties AT&T’s network into AWS Interconnect service
-
Tata Communications announces India-Singapore subsea cable investments
Connecting Mumbai-Singapore and Chennai-Singapore