Through the Governor’s Office of Science, Innovation and Technology (OSIT), the State of Nevada has initiated Phase III of the High Speed Nevada Initiative (HSNV), aiming to expand high-speed internet access across the state.

Arelion and Ciena announced the successful completion of the world's first 1.6 terabits-per-second (Tb/s) wavelengths data transmission in a live network field trial. Powered by Ciena’s state-of-the-art WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e), this milestone occurred on Arelion’s 470km route between its existing Points-of-Presence (PoPs) in Ashburn, Virginia (Equinix ) and Telxius’ (Telxius-CLS) Virginia Beach cable landing station, increasing capacity between two critical locations in Arelion’s North American network. Following this trial, Arelion will deploy WL6e across its network to increase its ability to serve the surging bandwidth demands of 5G, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) applications, cloud services, content delivery and more for wholesale and enterprise customers.

Fiber leads the way in the fixed market, with AT&T Fiber demonstrating strong performance and hailed as the fastest and most consistent fixed internet service provider in Ookla’s latest Speedtest Connectivity Report.

Cirion Technologies, a provider of digital infrastructure and technology in Latin America, announced that the company has acquired a 15,000 square meter plot of land, located immediately adjacent to its existing high-interconnection data center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ("RIO1"), to support the expansion of its data center presence in the region.

The Argentinian telecommunications regulator has granted SES a license to provide Information and Communication Technology Services, whether fixed or mobile, wired or wireless, national or international, with or without its own infrastructure in the country.

Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announced the successful completion of a Network-as-a-Service Proof of Concept (PoC) on a quantum-safe Internet use case.

Lumen Technologies announced an agreement with Corning Incorporated for a substantial supply of next-generation optical cable. This fiber-dense cable will more than double Lumen's US intercity fiber miles, offering significant capacity to major cloud data centers racing to stay ahead of AI workloads and high bandwidth applications fueled by massive amounts of data.

Guam’s Citadel is poised to capitalize on the >1 Pb of new subsea capacity planned to transit Guam. Citadel is being supported in its commercialization activities by long-term partner, APTelecom. The Guam Exchange runs atop trusted network compliant equipment with a Day 1 capability for up to 800Gbps of Ethernet traffic forwarding between IXP customer ports.

SECOM, the wholly owned broadband subsidiary of Southeast Colorado Power Association (SECPA), is modernizing its middle-mile and business Ethernet access network using Infinera’s XTM Series optical transport solution to bring new multi-gigabit broadband services to previously underserved rural southern Colorado communities.

The Central Pacific Cable project is an initiative supported by a USTDA-funded feasibility study. This groundbreaking project aims to establish vital connectivity by linking Guam, American Samoa, and 12 Pacific Island countries and territories.