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Render Networks launches Self-Serve Blueprinting to enhance operational flexibility and accelerate network builds  DENVER, CO. (January 23, 2025)—Render Networks, a…

altafiber Business relaunches Partner Channel to support business customers across its footprint CINCINNATI, Ohio – The altafiber Business organization is pleased…

Old Harbor Native Corporation and Alaska Communications Will Build Advanced Broadband Network Serving Tribal Communities on Kodiak Island Project includes…

Visionary Broadband Acquires Mountain Broadband   GOLDEN, Colo. (Jan. 15, 2025) – Visionary Broadband has taken another major step toward improving…

Member News

Member News highlights exciting news from our member companies.

Render Networks launches Self-Serve Blueprinting to enhance operational flexibility and accelerate network builds  DENVER, CO. (January 23, 2025)—Render Networks, a…

altafiber Business relaunches Partner Channel to support business customers across its footprint CINCINNATI, Ohio – The altafiber Business organization is pleased…

Old Harbor Native Corporation and Alaska Communications Will Build Advanced Broadband Network Serving Tribal Communities on Kodiak Island Project includes…

Visionary Broadband Acquires Mountain Broadband   GOLDEN, Colo. (Jan. 15, 2025) – Visionary Broadband has taken another major step toward improving…

Industry News

Industry News rounds up need-to-know information from all corners of the fiber industry.

The broadband industry is sitting on the precipice of a historic moment. Over the past three years the NTIA has…

Build America, Buy America (BABA) purchasing requirements are an essential part of the $42.45 billion BEAD program, designed to “onshore”…

Over the summer and through the fall this year, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association and the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) have…

As we close out 2023, this year went by faster than data transmits through fiber. The FBA Public Policy Committee,…

Regulation

Regulation highlights key policy, regulatory and legal issues impacting fiber deployment.

Build America, Buy America (BABA) purchasing requirements are an essential part of the $42.45 billion BEAD program, designed to “onshore”…

Over the summer and through the fall this year, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association and the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) have…

Sorensen and Riggs said they ended up in broadband leadership positions without a formal background on the issue. (Source: FBA)The…

As we close out 2023, this year went by faster than data transmits through fiber. The FBA Public Policy Committee,…

Impact

Impact dives into how broadband connectivity is shaping communities, including how our members are contributing to that change.

Tackling Broadband Barriers in West Virginia This week, Annie Stroud, Broadband Director at Generation West Virginia joined Fiber for Breakfast…

The City of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. are rivals in sports but share a deep history along with a modern…

With a combination of a fast-growing population and the second-smallest area of all the states, Delaware is on track to be the first in the country to provide connectivity to all. The first state has been investing in broadband for over a decade and most of its addresses have been connected.

Sorensen and Riggs said they ended up in broadband leadership positions without a formal background on the issue. (Source: FBA)The…

Innovation

Innovation looks at up-and-coming technologies and trends that could shape the industry’s future.

Tackling Broadband Barriers in West Virginia This week, Annie Stroud, Broadband Director at Generation West Virginia joined Fiber for Breakfast…

Louisiana’s Broadband Strategy for Resilience and Economic Growth Louisiana’s broadband strategy, led by Veneeth Iyengar, Executive Director of ConnectLA, is…

The Fiber Broadband Association will conduct an unprecedented number of in-person events in 2025, including a record seven Regional Fiber…

U.S. Home Fiber Deployments Set a New Record of 10.3M homes As the year closes, holiday decorations go up and…

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