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Fiber and AI, Gamer Driven Insights, and Brand Economics Headline A Strong Line Up for Fiber Connect 2025 Pre-Conference Workshops 

 

FBA today announced the full line-up of Pre-Conference Workshops at Fiber Connect 2025. On June 1, these half-day immersive workshops will offer in-depth insights into the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the fiber broadband industry- from scaling operations to tapping into gamer-driven design insights. 

 

Read the full release here 

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Clearfield Launches Flexible TetherSmart Multi-Fiber Terminal as Industry’s Smallest, Carrier-Grade Access Terminal

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Go!Foton to showcase MORE fiber connectivity solutions at Fiber Connect 2025

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Render Networks Expands Partner Ecosystem with VETRO Integration to Advance Broadband Deployment at Scale Read More

Constellation SaaS Partners with CSG to Accelerate Billing and Payments for Fiber Broadband Providers

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Sumitomo Electric: World Record Achieved in Transmission Capacity and Distance

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ESPI: Introducing the Wi-Fi UPS: Reliable Connectivity When It Matters Most  

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Adtran expands Wi-Fi 7 portfolio with SDG 9000 Series for residential, small business and MDU connectivity

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Harmonic Transforms MDU Broadband Connectivity with New SeaStar Node

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Ripple Fiber Expands Debt Capacity to $350 Million to Fuel Nationwide Fiber Network Growth

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Alaska Communications Welcomes Yasir Alvi as CFO

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Surf Internet Breaks Ground on New Fiber Network in Illinois

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High School Wins Brightspeed’s Bright Future Esports Lab Contest

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Ciena Showcases Broadband Solutions at Fiber Connect 2025

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Pennsylvania Telephone Company to Join LHTC Broadband

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Redzone partners with gaiia to bring reliable internet to Maine

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The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas (KTIK) has issued an RFP seeking qualified Internet Service Providers to support the deployment and operation of broadband services for its federally funded wireless network. 

 

Proposals are due by June 26, 2025, and interested parties must submit an Intent to Bid by June 5.

 

📄 Learn more and access the full RFP

 

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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 

 

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On this week’s episode of Fiber for Breakfast, Juliet Fink Yates, the city’s Broadband and Digital Inclusion Manager, discussed how Philadelphia is tackling the digital divide with determination and innovation, transforming access to broadband, devices, and digital literacy across the city—especially for low-income families. 

 

Watch this week's Fiber for Breakfast 

 

Read the full summary

 

 

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Middle Tennessee’s Uniting Fiber

Fiber Forward Magazine | Doug Mohney | Q2 Issue

 

 

🎧PODCAST: Rounding up broadband builds for May 25, 2025

Lightwave + BTR | Sean Buckley | 5/27/25

 

 

🎧Will a Moratorium on State AI Laws Advance in the US Senate?

Tech Policy Press | Cristiano Lima-Strong & Justin Hendrix | 5/25/25

 

 

Broadening Our View on Broadband

Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure | 5/1/25

High-Tech Tools for Network Construction and Maintenance

Fiber Forward Magazine | Doug Mohney | Q2 Issue

 

BANDWIDTH HAWK: Benched nominations enable BEAD ruination

Broadband Communities | Brad Randall | 5/27/25

 

The Digital Equity Act Tried to Close the Digital Divide. Trump Calls It Racist and Acts to End It

Broadband Breakfast | Associated Press | 5/25/25

 

🎧Podcast: Managing the checkerboarding of municipal regulations

Total Telecom | Brad Randall | 5/22/25

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