Fiber Forward Weekly | Exciting Updates for Fiber Connect 2025

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This week, FBA announced several exciting developments for the upcoming Fiber Connect 2025. Highlights included:

Earn 10 BICSI Continuing Education Credits Attending Fiber Connect 2025
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation Joins Women in Fiber Luncheon at Fiber Connect 2025
Fiber Broadband Association Reveals Finalists for 2025 Awards.

View the Fiber Connect 2025 agenda and register here. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Lucy Green at lgreen@fiberbroadband.org.

Brightspeed Fiber Internet Coming to Lima, Ohio, Bringing Next-Level Speeds to Thousands

R&M:Compact Splice Closures for Accelerated Expansion of FTTH Access Networks

Hexagon receives ‘Best AI & Digital Twin Solution’ award at The RELIABILITY Conference 2025

Alaska Communications, Slalom to Deliver Managed Cloud Solutions

FLIGHT FIBER by Antietam Broadband Expands to Manchester, MD

Vivacity Infrastructure Group Welcomes New Senior VP of PMO, IT and Transformation

Wichita State University, Connected Nation, DE-CIX Advance AI-Ready Interconnection with new Internet Exchange Point in Kansas

Nex-Tech Endorses Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 Read More

| Loans $100,000 to Support Restaurant in Stockton, KS Read More

Surf Internet Doubles Fiber Reach, Surpasses 200,000 Internet Passings Across Great Lakes

Read More | Awarded $1.17 M to Expand Broadband in Rural Indiana

Ripple Fiber Announces the Completion of Strategic Merger with HyperFiber

Fidium begins access upgrades for Chittenden County CUD communities Read More

eCommunity™ Fiber drives smart city infrastructure with Adtran

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On this week’s episode of Fiber for Breakfast, Kristina Gary, CEO of Old Harbor Native Corporation (OHNC), shared the vision and impact behind Project NunaPet, a transformative broadband project set to connect remote Alaska Native communities across Kodiak Island.

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Ready to flex your fiber skills? Clearfield invites fiber optic technicians across the U.S. to compete in the Smart Tech Challenge!

The competition offers a chance to win one of three fabulous prizes valued up to $1,200 – testing knowledge, handiwork and ability to harness new installation tools like the BILT app.

Dive into the first stage, a fiber quiz and questionnaire, before June 6, for your chance to win.

Compete in the Smart Tech Challenge