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With 25 years of reliable technical expertise, we serve the modern optical communications community. Lightwave offers a comprehensive media platform that focuses on fiber optics and optoelectronics—essential technologies for enhancing voice, data, and video communication networks and services. Our skilled editorial team provides valuable insights into technology, applications, and market trends, catering to corporate leaders, department heads, project managers, network engineers, and technical managers across equipment suppliers, service providers, and large organizations. Our long-standing connection with the entire optical ecosystem—including technology vendors, communication carriers, and significant enterprises—allows us to support our audience in making crucial business decisions.

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FBA highlights the need for a more robust middle-mile network infrastructure

4 days ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

NASHVILLE—While middle-mile networks play a crucial role in delivering fast, affordable, and equitable broadband access to communities across North America, a new study by the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) notes that rural areas face a significant shortage of middle-mile infrastructure, which drives up the cost of internet access. A middle-mile network is defined as a network that connects two or more networks.
PODCAST: Fiber Connect 2025 Show Daily - Day Two

4 days ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

In Lightwave’s day two daily podcast for Fiber Connect 2025, we're breaking down the key announcements, presentations, and conversations at the Nashville show.
Fiber Connect 2025 Product Roundup: Highlighting MDU broadband, PON, network powering and terminals

4 days ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

NASHVILLE—During this week’s Fiber Connect show, several Fiber Broadband Association members showcased new product developments. These products highlighted various aspects of fiber broadband deployments, MDU broadband, PON, network powering, and terminals. Fiber terminalsGiven the various deployment scenarios service providers are implementing with their fiber broadband builds, the need for flexible terminals is crucial. One vendor that’s responding to that call is Clearfield.
Fiber Connect 2025 Show Daily - Day One

5 days ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

In the first episode Lightwave’s daily podcast for Fiber Connect 2025, we're breaking down the key announcements, presentations, and conversations at the Nashville show.
AT&T retains the top provider of U.S. on-net building fiber ranking

5 days ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

AT&T remains the dominant service provider with fiber-lit buildings, reflecting the service provider’s gain in new business fiber installations. The service provider has retained the #1 position on Vertical Systems Group’s U.S. Business Fiber LEADERBOARD for a ninth consecutive year. AT&T’s standing was reflected in its first-quarter results.
Lumen solidifies its business centric focus

1 week ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

Lumen looks to fulfill its business-centric services dream by selling its FTTH business to AT&T. Meanwhile, Dycom sees opportunities in service provider consolidation, and Altice USA sets an MDU broadband plan. Sean Buckley, editor in chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this new Friday Five video.
Five telecom industry groups urge Trump administration to end BEAD program delay

1 week ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

A group of broadband-related industry advocacy groups is calling on the Trump administration to lift the delay in administering funds from the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.
Building Broadband: Brightspeed lights 10K Beaufort, South Carolina, with fiber internet service; Comcast’s new Indiana broadband build to serve 10K users

1 week ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

Brightspeed, Comcast, Fidium, GTA, GoNetspeed, Metronet, Texas, RightFiber and United Communications are all expanding broadband in various communities through a mix of venture capital and state funding sources. Brightspeed lights 10K Beaufort, South Carolina, with fiber internet serviceBrightspeed has connected 10,000 homes and businesses in and around the city of Beaufort, with more locations coming online every day.
Dycom’s CEO says Charter/Cox and Verizon/Frontier deals are a positive sign

1 week ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

FTTH, data center rampingWhile the outcome of the new deals won’t be clear until these deals close next year, Dycom remains bullish about fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and data center network builds. During the recent quarter, several service providers, including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen, all experienced an increase in FTTH subscribers and locations. Both AT&T and Verizon will scale their fiber reach further when they complete their acquisitions of Lumen’s fiber business and Frontier.
FiberLight’s Dallas-Fort Worth headquarters align with emerging AI opportunities

1 week ago | lightwaveonline.com | Sean Buckley

FiberLight has relocated its corporate headquarters to the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex, positioning it to capitalize on the explosive growth of data center operations and defining a new era for Texas as a key player in the accelerating demand for AI infrastructure.