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Articles Fiber-fueled smart city project hits the streets in Angers, France Broadband World News, , 1/17/2022 The city of Angers, France, has embarked on a 12-year contract with Engie Consortium to develop an 'intelligent territory' with several 'smart' initiatives that extend to street lights, waste, water and energy. The Divide: Shirley Bloomfield on bridging the 'rural-rural' divide Nicole Ferraro, Editor, Broadband World News, 1/13/2022 This week: Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, on the challenges facing rural providers when it comes to network deployment and upkeep, and how federal funds from the infrastructure law can best be spent to close the digital divide in the most-underserved areas of the country. Fiber builds projected to accelerate through 2025 – report Nicole Ferraro, Editor, Broadband World News, 1/11/2022 New report outlines the potential for record fiber growth over the next few years, but the ultimate outcome depends on how federal funds get spent. Goodbye, Atlantic Broadband. Hello, Breezeline Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/10/2022 The company did not announce any new broadband initiatives in concert with the branding change. But Breezeline estimates that 97% of its customers already have access to gigabit services. UTOPIA Fiber adds two more cities to its open access network Nicole Ferraro, Editor, Broadband World News, 1/7/2022 Cedar Hills and Santa Clara are the latest cities in Utah to join UTOPIA's municipal open access fiber network, despite pushback from incumbents. Frontier adds record 45K fiber subs in Q4 Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/6/2022 In the midst of an aggressive FTTP buildout plan, Frontier's fiber subscriber customer additions in the period were a 50% improvement over the prior record of 29,000 net adds in Q3 2021. New York introduces $1B 'ConnectALL' broadband plan Nicole Ferraro, Editor, Broadband World News, 1/6/2022 The multi-part plan includes efforts already underway, as well as new grant programs designed to support and expedite rural broadband access. Cable One and partners team up to form fiber-fueled JV Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/4/2022 A new firm involving Cable One, GTCR, Stephens Capital Partners and The Pritzker Organization aims to accelerate the growth of a unit comprising Cable One's Clearwave and Hargray fiber businesses. What we learned about the digital divide this year Nicole Ferraro, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/30/2021 Key takeaways on industry infighting, muni networks, maps and more from 42 episodes of The Divide podcast. Gigabit subscriptions set for 'big increase' next year – Omdia Nicole Ferraro, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/28/2021 Led by China, analysts expect global gigabit subscriptions to reach 50 million in 2022, up from 24 million at the end of 2020. Rural broadband report talks up fiber, funding and supply constraints Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading, 12/23/2021 Here are five of the most interesting things from the NTCA's recent survey and report on broadband availability in rural America. From the digital divide to 6G, top regulatory trends to watch in 2022 – Omdia Nicole Ferraro, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/22/2021 The analyst firm points to trends it says will be 'at the heart of regulatory activity' next year, including spectrum licensing, the digital divide and – yes – 6G. Load More Articles + All Articles All Articles Perspectives: Opinion & Commentary Texas should adopt a statewide comprehensive approach to tackling the digital divide Heather Gate, Vice President, Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation and CN Texas, , 5/6/2021 More Perspectives		Industry Announcements Vyve expands fiber business services to 25 new markets Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Fidium Fiber available to 55,000 New Hampshire homes Tuesday, January 18, 2022 FCC, NTIA name members to telecommunications workforce working group Friday, January 14, 2022 CityFibre, Swindon Borough Council to bring full fiber to tenants Thursday, January 13, 2022 Ecopia AI tapped by Canadian government for rural broadband mapping Wednesday, January 12, 2022 Bluepeak to bring fiber network to Muskogee, Oklahoma Wednesday, January 12, 2022 Calix expands 10G XGS-PON market leadership Tuesday, January 11, 2022 More Industry Announcements Twitter Feed Tweets by Broadband World News Information Resources >> Drive Down Costs, Drive New Services Forward: Discover the Freedom of Disaggregation in Your Network >> The Synergies of Disaggregation >> eBook: Make Your Help Desk Data Work for You >> White Paper: Routing at the Network Edge >> Delivering on the promise of broadband >> FTTx Case Study Series eBook >> Broadband networks case studies - Innovating the future of FTTx and HFC networks >> Virtualizing the cable headend >> Network Convergence - Building a smart, simple infrastructure with advanced network capabilities >> Network Capacity: Why You Should Be Concerned All resources Webinars ARCHIVED Wednesday, October 6, 2021 11:00 a.m. New York / 4:00 p.m. London Cloud-Native Containerized Solutions for PON: How to Make Them Work and Why You Should Consider Them The demand for high-speed broadband services and hyperconnectivity has driven massive surges in network data usage like never before. 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